Alonso places Toyota at the forefront in FP2 in the rain

Fernando Alonso and Toyota regained control in free practice at the 6 Hours of Spa, after a session disrupted by rain.

Published on 02/05/2019 à 18:07

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Alonso puts Toyota ahead in FP2 in the rain

The second free practice session of the 6 2019 Hours of Spa saw the domination of the Toyota TS050 Hybrid n°8 Fernando Alonso, associated to Sébastien Buemi et Kazuki Nakajima, the Spaniard being the author of a best time in 2'19″483.

The two-time champion F1 took advantage of the arrival of the rain to stand out, after SMP Racing's control over the dry in EL1 earlier in the day. Equipped with the aero kit “ Le Mans » at low downforce, the TS050 Hybrid scored a double with the No. 7 of Lopez – Kobayashi - Conway, which finishes at 1″382.

Picture this: it's wet, wet, wet at #6HSPA!

Despite the difficult conditions, our #TS050 HYBRIDs are close to reaching a combined total of 40 laps so far during FP2 with just under 20 mins remaining. #Toyota #PushingTheLimitsForBetter #ToyotaGAZOORacing pic.twitter.com/6K3b0mHFcy

— TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WEC (@Toyota_Hybrid) May 2, 2019

SMP Racing experienced a two-faced session, since if the #1 BR11 of Vandoorne – Petrov – Aleshin completed the leading trio at 1″9, the #17 of Sarrazin – Orudzhev – Sirotkin caused one of the four red flags from the session.

Stéphane Sarrazin left the track shortly before Blanchimont, visibly the victim of aquaplaning. The Frenchman got out of his car on his own.

In LM P2, DragonSpeed placed first in the category with the #07 Oreca 31 of Gonzalez – Maldonado – Davidson, dominating in 2'27″682.

Shod with Michelin tires, the Var prototype is ahead of three competitors equipped with Dunlop tires, with the Oreca n°28 – TDS Racing from Nato – Vaxivière – Perrodo, the Oreca n°38 – Jackie Chan DC Racing from Richelmi – Aubry – Tung and the Aurus 01 n°26 – G-Drive from Rusinov – Vergne – van Uitert.

Aston Martin continues its good start at Spa by once again setting the best time in GTE Pro, mais la n°95 de Thiim – Sorensen a cette fois pris le relais de la n°97 de Martin – Lynn. Le duo danois a réalisé la meilleure performance en 2’32″648, 0″250 devant la Porsche 911 RSR n°91 de Richard Lietz et Gianmaria Bruni.

The German brand, on the other hand, stood out in GTE Am, with the reference time for the No. 911 Porsche 77 RSR – Dempsey-Proton Racing of Roda – Pera – Campbell.