Nakajima quickest for Toyota; Aston Martin heads LMGTE Pro
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Nakajima quickest for Toyota; Aston Martin heads LMGTE Pro

Below are the main WEC headlines from this afternoon’s first free practice session at Sebring International Raceway.

•    No.8 Toyota Gazoo Racing car driven by Kazuki Nakajima sets a 1m41.957s lap to out-pace No.7 Toyota by 0.5s
•    Nakajima sets best lap late in session after team concentrates on long run stints in preparation for Friday’s 1000 Miles of Sebring
•    Jose-Maria Lopez had set quickest time of session early on with a 1m42.506 in No.7 Toyota TS050 HYBRID
•    Rebellion Racing have mixed session as No.1 car places third while sister car’s mileage is limited due to technical issue
•    But No.3 Rebellion R13-Gibson recovers to set fourth fastest time in hands of driver Gustavo Menezes
•    SMP Racing place fifth and six as the No.11 car just outpaces No.17 by 0.3s
•    Local favourites DragonSpeed complete LMP1 runners in seventh position with its BR Engineering BR1-Gibson
•    Aston Martin set the pace in LMGTE Pro as Maxime Martin claims top spot with a best time of 1m58.044s in the No.97 Aston Martin Vantage AMR
•    Martin’s time eclipses No.67 Ford GT best lap by 0.3s
•    Porsche GT Team make it three different manufacturers in top three in LMGTE Pro as No.91 just heads No.92 stablemate
•    LMP2 witnesses the Racing Team Nederland entry lead the way as Nyck de Vries stops the clocks on a 1m47.835s on team's first Sebring appearance
•    Signatech Alpine Matmut place second in LMP2, while TDS Racing sits third
•    LMGTE Am is headed by the No.98 Aston Martin Racing car as Pedro Lamy peaks on a 2m00.043
•    Matteo Cairoli sets best lap which is good enough for P2 in category just 0.009s behind Lamy’s best
•    No.77 Dempsey Proton Porsche places third as Matt Campbell sets best time
•    Team Project 1 Porsche being re-built in garage after new chassis is transported from Germany after testing fire damages original car. Team expect to be able to take part in second session later this evening

Full results can be found HERE

The second free practice session will commence at 7:45 pm and run until 9:15 pm local time.