Monza FP2: Lopez fastest for Toyota; Estre and Porsche fightback in LMGTE Pro
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Monza FP2: Lopez fastest for Toyota; Estre and Porsche fightback in LMGTE Pro

The second free practice session for the 6 Hours of Monza on Saturday morning witnessed Jose Maria Lopez setting the fastest time of the weekend so far in the No. 7 Toyota GR010-Hybrid.

Porsche peg Ferrari back in LMGT Pro, while Racing Team Nederland and Nyck de Vries set the fastest time in LMP2.

There was a three-way incident towards the end of the session at Ascari between the No. 60 Iron Lynx car, Alpine Elf Matmut and DragonSpeed.
 
Below are the main headlines from FP2…
     
Hypercar  
•    No.7 Toyota GR010-Hybrid Hypercar driven by Jose Maria Lopez sets early session best time of 1m36.864s 
•    Lopez's time is the quickest lap but Glickenhaus cause a surprise as Olivier Pla scorches to 1m37.601s best initially place second 
•    However, a 1m37.591s best from Nicolas Lapierre takes Alpine ELF Matmut team to second overall and in Hypercar class 
•    No. 8 Toyota places fourth as 1m37.738s laps is set by Brendon Hartley and then team concentrate on race set-up work 
•    The second Glickenhaus 007 LMH car is fifth as Richard Westbrook claims a best of 1m38.051s 

LMGTE Pro  
•    Porsche fights back in LMGTE Pro as No.92 Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Kevin Estre and Neel Jani lead the way 
•    Estre’s 1m45.590s best lap is set in early running and not beaten 
•    The French ace’s time is 0.6 ahead of chasing Ferraris 
•    No.51 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo driven by James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi is second ahead of sister Ferrari of Miguel Molina and Daniel Serra 
•    No.91 Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Gimmi Bruni and Richard Lietz places fourth   

LMP2  
•    Nyck de Vries sets fastest lap for Racing Team Nederland entry on a 1m38.545s lap 
•    Dutch ace just shades the United Autosports USA car driven by Filipe Albuquerque who gets to within 0.075s of De Vries’ LMP2 topping time 
•    No.29 car is also the highest placed Pro/Am entry in the 90-minute session 
•    Third in class is the No.38 Jota entry as Anthony Davidson peaks with a 1m38.899s lap 
•    LMP2 newbies Risi Competizione are seventh and within a second of the class pace as Felipe Nasr sets a 1m39.460 best 

LMGTE Am  
•    Ferrari 1-2-3 in LMGTE Am as Francesco Castellacci sets the pace with a 1m46.737s lap in closing stages of 90-minute session in No.54 AF Corse entered car 
•    Alessio Rovera gets to within 0.092s of Castellacci’s time in No.83 AF Corse entry 
•    Rahel Frey takes third place as she sets a time of 1m46.940 for the all-female crewed Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GTE 
•    New entry Inception Racing stops on track in session as Brendon Iribe continues to gather experience in first ever WEC race 

The third final practice session takes place from 14h00 – 15h00 CEST.