Toyota Gazoo Racing finished 1-2 in the second practice session in the run up to the Le Mans 24 Hours, with Sébastien Buemi leading the way in the #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid on a 3:29:351.
His teammate in the #7 car, Kaumi Kobayashi, was just under four tenths back. The fastest non-hybrid car was the #708 Glickenhaus 007 LMH, driven by Brazilian Pipo Derani, three quarters of a second off Buemi’s pace-setting time.
Over in LMP2, the #38 JOTA ORECA 07-Gibson was quickest, with the lap in question, a 3:32.390, being set by veteran sportscar driver Anthony Davidson.
Frenchman Norman Nato was next with a 3:32.608 in the #70 Realteam Racing ORECA 07-Gibson, while Filipe Albuquerque channelled his anger from qualifying into a good lap to take third in the #22 United Autosports ORECA 07-Gibson.
Laurens Vanthor was fastest in GTE-Pro in the #79 WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 RSR, setting a 3:49.018 to top the timesheets. Like Toyota in LMH, Porsche managed a 1-2 in GTE-Pro, with the #91 Porsche 911 RSR setting a 3:49.938, Fred Makowiecki at the wheel. Third in class was Sam Bird in the #52 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo.
Finally, in GTE-Am, another Porsche was quickest – this time the #88 Dempsey-Proton Porsche 911 RSR, with Julien Andlauer setting a 3:51.452. Second was the #388 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GTE Evo of Jeroen Bleekemolen, while the Matteo Cairoli in the #56 Team Project 1 Porsche 911 RSR went third.
