Toyota improves benchmark at Monza Prologue

Toyota a gardé la main sur la feuille des chronos au Prologue du WEC in Monza (Italy). Nicolas lapierre set the best time in testing this afternoon by completing a lap in 1'30''547 in the No. 8 Toyota while the No. 7 sister car followed 9 tenths behind with Kamui Kobayashi who finished just over a tenth behind his teammate's time Mike conway carried out on the first day.

The Porsche 919 Hybrid finissent à plus d’une seconde de la première Toyota. Neel Jani et Earl Bamber auront réalisé les meilleurs temps des 919 Hybrid lors de la séance de nuit disputée hier soir.

In LMP2, it’s Ho-Pin Tung who was the fastest this afternoon at the wheel of the #07 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca 38 with a time of 1'36''448. The Chinese set the 3rd time in the category, almost 4 tenths of the benchmark set by Matthieu Vaxivière on the No. 28 of TDS Racing, which is 16 thousandths ahead of the No. 31 Vaillante Rebellion of Bruno Senna. Nelson Panciatici placed theAlpine A470 n°35 in the top five just behind the n°26 of G-Drive Racing led by Roman Rusinov.

Porsche remains the benchmark in GTE

The time of 1'47''379 achieved by Michael Christensen in the No. 911 Porsche 92 RSR during the first session will not have been beaten. The No. 91 of Frédéric Makowiecki follows a tenth ahead of the Ford GTs of Harry Tincknell and Olivier Pla who attacked during the last session. James Calado placed first Ferrari more than 8 tenths of the reference. THE Aston Martin Vantage V8 are over a second away. Miguel Molina remained the fastest in GTE Am with a time of 1'49''843 signed in the #54 Spirit of Race Ferrari. this afternoon, it was Keita Sawa who was the fastest, finishing more than 4 tenths behind the No. 61 Clearwater Racing Ferrari.

Discover the report of the WEC Prologue in Monza produced by our special correspondent in issue 2108 of AUTOhebdo, available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.