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WEC Portimao
WEC Portimao: Kobayashi heads another Toyota 1-2 in FP2
Kamui Kobayashi continued Toyota’s strong form at the Algarve International Circuit after topping second practice for this weekend's World Endurance Championship round ahead of team-mate Ryo Hirakawa.
James Newbold
Edited: Apr 14, 2023, 6:49 PM
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After Sebastien Buemi had led the way in first practice aboard the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID, Kobayashi took up the early running aboard the #7 machine with a 1m32.155s.
The laptime set on his sixth tour remained unbeaten in the remainder of the 90-minute session.
Hirakawa lapped 0.959s shy in the #8 machine to go second quickest on a 1m33.114s, while the best non-Toyota was 1.146s in arrears.
Miguel Molina set a 1m33.301s aboard the Sebring pole-winning #50 Ferrari 499P, which spun later in the hands of Antonio Fuoco at Turn 13.
The effort moved him ahead of stablemate Alessandro Pier Guidi aboard the #51 machine. James Calado later improved its best time, without gaining a position on the leaderboard.
After losing time early in the session to an oil leak, Nico Muller posted the fifth-fastest time in the #94 Peugeot 9X8, 1.674s slower than Kobayashi’s best.
Dane Cameron’s Porsche 963 LMDh split the two Peugeots in sixth, the American’s #5 machine slotting ahead of Paul di Resta.
#8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 - Hybrid: Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley, Ryo Hirakawa
Photo by: JEP / Motorsport Images
A late improvement from Alex Lynn moved the Chip Ganassi Racing-run Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh ahead of the solo Glickenhaus-Pipo 007, Lynn posting a 1m34.103s in the dying moments of the session to usurp Romain Dumas by 0.039s.
The second Porsche of Kevin Estre was tenth, 0.28s down on its sister car, while Vanwall brought up the rear of the Hypercar field.
The Gibson-powered Vandervell 680 LMH in Tom Dillmann’s hands was slower than the two leading LMP2 cars.
Gabriel Aubry claimed the top spot in LMP2 with a 1m34.609s aboard his Vector Sport ORECA-Gibson 07, leading Inter Europol Competition’s Albert Costa by 0.082s.
After setting the early pace, Mirko Bortolotti was third fastest in the #63 Prema ORECA, 0.228s slower than Aubry.
Robin Frijns’ #31 WRT ORECA beat the #23 United Autosports example driven by Oliver Jarvis.
Ferrari swept the top three positions in GTE Am, as Daniel Serra repeated his FP1 form aboard the Kessel Racing 488 GTE Evo.
The Brazilian's 1m41.209s usurped the time set by Lilou Wadoux’s #83 AF Corse machine by 0.046s.
Davide Rigon completed a strong session for Ferrari by moving his #54 AF entry ahead of Ben Barker’s GR Racing Porsche 911 RSR-19.
Full WEC Portimao FP2 results:
Cla Drivers Car Class Time Gap Interval 1 Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
Jose Maria Lopez
Toyota GR010 - Hybrid HYPERCAR 1'32.155 2 Sébastien Buemi
Brendon Hartley
Ryo Hirakawa
Toyota GR010 - Hybrid HYPERCAR 1'33.114 0.959 0.959 3 Antonio Fuoco
Miguel Molina
Nicklas Nielsen
Ferrari 499P HYPERCAR 1'33.301 1.146 0.187 4 Alessandro Pier Guidi
James Calado
Antonio Giovinazzi
Ferrari 499P HYPERCAR 1'33.431 1.276 0.130 5 Loic Duval
Gustavo Menezes
Nico Müller
Peugeot 9X8 HYPERCAR 1'33.829 1.674 0.398 6 Dane Cameron
Michael Christensen
Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 963 HYPERCAR 1'34.076 1.921 0.247 7 Paul di Resta
Mikkel Jensen
Jean-Eric Vergne
Peugeot 9X8 HYPERCAR 1'34.101 1.946 0.025 8 Earl Bamber
Alex Lynn
Richard Westbrook
Cadillac V-Series.R HYPERCAR 1'34.103 1.948 0.002 9 Romain Dumas
Ryan Briscoe
Olivier Pla
Glickenhaus 007 HYPERCAR 1'34.142 1.987 0.039 10 Kevin Estre
Andre Lotterer
Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 963 HYPERCAR 1'34.356 2.201 0.214 11 Ryan Cullen
Matthias Kaiser
Gabriel Aubry
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'34.609 2.454 0.253 12 Jakub Smiechowski
Fabio Scherer
Albert Costa
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'34.691 2.536 0.082 13 Tom Dillmann
Esteban Guerrieri
Jacques Villeneuve
Vanwall Vandervell 680 HYPERCAR 1'34.745 2.590 0.054 14 Doriane Pin
Mirko Bortolotti
Daniil Kvyat
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'34.837 2.682 0.092 15 Sean Gelael
Ferdinand Habsburg
Robin Frijns
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'35.039 2.884 0.202 16 Josh Pierson
Giedo van der Garde
Oliver Jarvis
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'35.149 2.994 0.110 17 Filip Ugran
Juan Manuel Correa
Bent Viscaal
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'35.199 3.044 0.050 18 Rui Andrade
Robert Kubica
Louis Deletraz
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'35.200 3.045 0.001 19 David Heinemeier Hansson
Pietro Fittipaldi
Oliver Rasmussen
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'35.450 3.295 0.250 20 Matthieu Vaxiviere
Julien Canal
Charles Milesi
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'35.701 3.546 0.251 21 David Beckmann
Ye Yifei
Antonio Felix da Costa
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'36.018 3.863 0.317 22 Frederick Lubin
Philip Hanson
Ben Hanley
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'36.098 3.943 0.080 23 Andre Negrao
Memo Rojas
Olli Caldwell
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'36.776 4.621 0.678 24 Takeshi Kimura
Scott Huffaker
Daniel Serra
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 1'41.209 9.054 4.433 25 Luis Perez Companc
Lilou Wadoux
Alessio Rovera
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 1'41.255 9.100 0.046 26 Thomas Flohr
Francesco Castellacci
Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 1'41.319 9.164 0.064 27 Michael Wainwright
Riccardo Pera
Benjamin Barker
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 LMGTE AM 1'41.523 9.368 0.204 28 Ben Keating
Nicolas Varrone
Nick Catsburg
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R LMGTE AM 1'41.635 9.480 0.112 29 Diego Alessi
Simon Mann
Ulysse De
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 1'41.694 9.539 0.059 30 Sarah Bovy
Michelle Gatting
Rahel Frey
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 LMGTE AM 1'41.710 9.555 0.016 31 Miguel Pedro
Guilherme Moura
Matteo Cairoli
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 LMGTE AM 1'41.998 9.843 0.288 32 Claudio Schiavoni
Matteo Cressoni
Alessio Picariello
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 LMGTE AM 1'42.018 9.863 0.020 33 Ryan Hardwick
Zacharie Robichon
Harry Tincknell
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 LMGTE AM 1'42.065 9.910 0.047 34 Ahmad Al Harthy
Michael Dinan
Charles Eastwood
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGTE AM 1'42.149 9.994 0.084 35 Christian Ried
Mikkel Pedersen
Julien Andlauer
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 LMGTE AM 1'42.229 10.074 0.080 36 Satoshi Hoshino
Casper Stevenson
Tomonobu Fujii
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGTE AM 1'42.314 10.159 0.085 37 Paul Dalla Lana
Axcil Jefferies
Nicki Thiim
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGTE AM 1'42.673 10.518 0.359 View full results
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