Shanghai WEC: Ginetta edges Toyota in FP2
Ginetta topped the times for the first time in the FIA World Endurance Championship in second free practice for this weekend's Shanghai round of the 2019/20 series.
Charlie Robertson set a 1m48.127s, fastest time of the meeting so far, to go fastest half an hour into the second 90-minute free practice session.
His time aboard the #6 Ginetta-AER G60-LT-P1 put him 0.061s ahead of Kazuki Nakajima in the fastest of the pair of Toyota TS050 Hybrids.
Bruno Senna's 1m48.288s put the solo Rebellion-Gibson R-13 third fastest, exactly one tenth behind the best of the Toyotas.
Mike Conway took fourth in the second of the TS050 Hybrids on the 1m48.979s.
The two Toyotas, which have been penalised by 2.74s under the new success handicaps, improved significantly over their times in the morning session, #8 finding nearly 2.4s and #7 1.2s.
Both Nakajima and Conway set their times during qualification simulations.
The second of the Ginettas fielded by the works Team LNT squad ended up fifth and last in LMP1 courtesy of a 1m49.678s from Ben Hanley.
Nicolas Lapierre again led the way in LMP2 for the Cool Racing squad.
His 1m49.754s aboard the Swiss team's Oreca-Gibson 07 put him six tenths up on second-placed Phil Hanson in the United Autosports Oreca.
The #71 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE ended up fastest in GTE Pro after missing the opening session with a fuel leak.
Miguel Molina set a 2m00.036s, which put him nearly half a second up on the second-placed Aston Martin Vantage GTE driven by Maxime Martin.
A 2m00.528s from the Belgian put him three tenths up on the sister car's best with Marco Sorensen at the wheel.
Porsche, which was fastest in the opening session, took fourth courtesy of a 2m01.064s from Kevin Estre in the #92 Porsche 911 RSR.
Matt Campbell led the way in GTE Am aboard the #77 Dempsey-Proton Porsche.
Qualifying and the full 4 Hours of Shanghai will be shown live on Motorsport.tv. Check times here.
FP2 results:
| Cla | # | Drivers | Car | Class | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |  Charles Robertson Michael Simpson Guy Smith | Ginetta G60-LT-P1 | LMP1 | 1'48.127 | |
| 2 | 8 |  Sébastien Buemi  Kazuki Nakajima  Brendon Hartley | Toyota TS050 Hybrid | LMP1 | 1'48.188 | 0.061 |
| 3 | 1 |  Bruno Senna  Gustavo Menezes  Norman Nato | Rebellion R13 | LMP1 | 1'48.288 | 0.161 |
| 4 | 7 | Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi  Jose Maria Lopez | Toyota TS050 Hybrid | LMP1 | 1'48.979 | 0.852 |
| 5 | 5 | Jordan King Ben Hanley  Egor Orudzhev | Ginetta G60-LT-P1 | LMP1 | 1'49.678 | 1.551 |
| 6 | 42 | Nicolas Lapierre Antonin Borga Alexandre Coigny | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'49.754 | 1.627 |
| 7 | 22 | Philip Hanson  Filipe Albuquerque Paul di Resta | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'50.397 | 2.270 |
| 8 | 33 | Mark Patterson Kenta Yamashita  Anders Fjordbach | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'50.457 | 2.330 |
| 9 | 37 |  Ho-Pin Tung Gabriel Aubry Will Stevens | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'50.505 | 2.378 |
| 10 | 29 |  Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Nyck de Vries | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'51.095 | 2.968 |
| 11 | 38 |  Roberto Gonzalez Antonio Felix da Costa Anthony Davidson | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'51.133 | 3.006 |
| 12 | 36 | Thomas Laurent Andre Negrao Pierre Ragues | Alpine A470 | LMP2 | 1'52.059 | 3.932 |
| 13 | 47 |  Roberto Lacorte Andrea Belicchi Giorgio Sernagiotto | Dallara P217 | LMP2 | 1'53.023 | 4.896 |
| 14 | 71 | Davide Rigon  Miguel Molina | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 2'00.036 | 11.909 |
| 15 | 97 | Alex Lynn  Maxime Martin | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE PRO | 2'00.528 | 12.401 |
| 16 | 95 | Marco Sorensen Nicki Thiim | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE PRO | 2'00.822 | 12.695 |
| 17 | 92 | Michael Christensen Kevin Estre | Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE PRO | 2'01.064 | 12.937 |
| 18 | 77 |  Christian Ried Riccardo Pera  Matt Campbell | Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 2'01.935 | 13.808 |
| 19 | 91 | Gianmaria Bruni  Richard Lietz | Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE PRO | 2'01.961 | 13.834 |
| 20 | 90 |  Salih Yoluc  Charles Eastwood Jonathan Adam | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 2'02.026 | 13.899 |
| 21 | 78 |  Philippe Prette Louis Prette Vincent Abril | Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 2'02.082 | 13.955 |
| 22 | 88 | Angelo Negro Will Bamber Thomas Preining | Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 2'02.537 | 14.410 |
| 23 | 70 | Motoaki Ishikawa Olivier Beretta Kei Cozzolino | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 2'02.542 | 14.415 |
| 24 | 98 |  Paul Dalla Lana Darren Turner Ross Gunn | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 2'02.552 | 14.425 |
| 25 | 51 | James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 2'02.567 | 14.440 |
| 26 | 62 | Bonamy Grimes Johnny Mowlem Charles Hollings | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 2'02.655 | 14.528 |
| 27 | 83 | François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Nicklas Nielsen | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 2'02.894 | 14.767 |
| 28 | 54 | Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 2'02.962 | 14.835 |
| 29 | 86 | Michael Wainwright Andrew Watson Benjamin Barker | Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 2'03.087 | 14.960 |
| 30 | 56 |  Egidio Perfetti David Heinemeier Hansson Matteo Cairoli | Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 2'03.277 | 15.150 |
| 31 | 57 | Ben Keating Larry ten Jeroen Bleekemolen | Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 2'03.583 | 15.456 |
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| Series | WEC |
| Event | Shanghai |
| Sub-event | FP2 |
| Author | Gary Watkins |
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