The weather for the afternoon free practice session at Fuji Speedway was overcast but the air temperature was still hovering at 20 degrees Celsius. The two Audi R18s carried on where they left off in the earlier session, with the no1 Audi taking the top spot from the sister e-tron quattro. Toyota set the third and fourth fastest times, with the no8 TS040 finishing the day 1 second behind the lead Audi. The two Porsche 919s were fifth and sixth, with the no14 Porsche outpacing their teammates by 0.6 seconds.
In LMP1-L the no13 Rebellion R-One recovered from the earlier technical issue to finish the day as the fastest in the privateer class.
In LMP2 the no26 G-Drive Racing Ligier once again posted the fastest time towards the end of the 90 minute session, bumping the nr37 SMP Racing Oreca off the top spot by 0.2 . However Roman Rusinov was given a 3 grid place penalty for the race on Sunday for improving his lap time under yellow flags during the session (Stewards Decision no5)
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Free Practice 3 will take place at 9:30 tomorrow morning with qualifying for the 6 Hours of Fuji starting at 13:20. Live coverage of qualifying is available on the FIA WEC App.
