Audi ahead of Toyota in first tests, Porsche behind

Marcel Fässler set the best time in the first practice session for the 6 Hours of Fuji (Japan) by completing a lap in 1'25''030 at the wheel of the No. 18 Audi R7. The prototype at the Rings was half a second ahead of the Toyota TS050 Hybrid n°6 led by Kamui Kobayashi. Loïc duval placed the second R18 in third place eight tenths just ahead of the No. 5 Toyota of Sébastien Buemi.

The Porsche were behind in this session. The No. 919 2 Hybrid of Neel Jani is only in fifth place, more than nine tenths behind the benchmark after encountering an oil leak problem, while the No. 1 of Mark Webber follows more than a second away. second.

In LMP2, it was Alex Brundle who set the best time in the category with a lap completed in 1'33''204 in the No. 05 G-Drive Racing Oreca 26. Ryan Dalziel was closest, less than three tenths behind in the #2 Extreme Speed ​​Motorsports Ligier JS P31, as was Jonny Kane in the #015 Strakka Racing Gibson 42S. L'Alpine A460 n°36 driven by Stéphane Richelmi finished more than a second behind.

Andy Priaulx was the fastest in GTE Pro by completing the Fuji Speedway circuit in 1'39''216 in the No. 67 Ford GT, which was more than three tenths ahead of the No. 911 Dempsey Proton Racing Porsche 77 RSR entrusted to to Michael Christensen. Gianmaria Bruni completed the top three on the Ferrari 488 n°51 less than half a second away. In GTE Am, Emmanuel Collard was the fastest with a time of 1:40 in the #775 AF Corse F458.

Results of the 6 Hours of Fuji