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24 Hours of Le Mans, Free Practice 2 – The Toyotas dominate the night

For the very first night test session of this 2021 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Toyota stood out by setting the two best times. In LM P2 the Jota N°38 continues its domination.

Published on 19/08/2021 à 00:12

Loïc ROCCI

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24 Hours of Le Mans, Free Practice 2 – The Toyotas dominate the night

The Toyota GR010-Hybrid of José Maria Lopez, Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi in the Mulsannes of the Circuit de la Sarthe. © Xavi Bonilla / DPPI

Hypercar: Buemi the fastest at night

Après avoir signé le meilleur temps des Essais Qualificatifs un peu plus tôt dans la journée, l’équipe Toyota Gazoo Racing a poursuivi sa domination en réalisant le meilleur temps lors des Essais libres 2. C’est la GR010 Hybrid N°8 (Buemi/Nakajima/Hartley) qui s’est montrée la plus rapide. A l’issue des deux heures effectuées de nuit, le Suisse a signé la meilleure performance en 3’29’’351. Il a devancé ses équipiers de la N°7 (Conway/Kobayashi/Lopez) and the Glickenhaus No. 708 in (Derani/Mailleux/Pla). L'Alpine came in 4th position ahead of the other Glickenhaus No. 709 from (Briscoe/Dumas/Westbrook) who again brought up the rear in this category.

LM P2: Jota still at the top

In LM P2, the Jota No. 38 (Gonzalez/Felix Da Costa/Davidson) confirmed its best time of the afternoon in 3'32''390. The English team is ahead of the No. 70 Realteam Racing car (Garcia/Duval/Nato) and the No. 22 of United Autosports USA (Hanson/Scherer/Albuquerque). Ben Hanley, for his part, crashed into the wall when braking in Indianapolis with his No. 07 DragonSpeed ​​Oreca 21.

GTE Pro : Porsche prend les devants

Beaten earlier today by Ferrari, the Zuffenhausen brand took advantage of the night to dominate this session. The 911 RSR of WeatherTech Racing (McNeil/Vanthoor/Bamber) won in 3'49''018 ahead of that of the Porsche GT Team (Bruni/Lietz/Makowiecki). The category was marked by the puncture of the Ferrari No. 52 (Serra who was at the wheel/Molina/Rigon).

https://twitter.com/24heuresdumans/status/1428107044326936577

GTE Am: Dempsey-Proton Racing confirms

Dominant during the day, the No. 88 Porsche of Dempsey-Proton Racing (Andlauer/Bastien/Arnold) was once again the fastest in 3'51''452. She is ahead of the Ferrari of the German Rinaldi Racing team (Ehret/Hook/Bleekemolen). For Team Project 1, gentleman driver Robert Foley gave the mechanics some work by hitting the wall of tires with his No. 911 Porsche 46 RSR at Tertre Rouge: 

https://twitter.com/24heuresdumans/status/1428115111428988928

 

Loïc ROCCI

Journalist specializing in rallying past, present and future... and with a southern accent

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