By Tarek Ramchani
Action has started at Spa-Francorchamps, the second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship. The first free practice session ended with Audi domination.
The Audi R18 e-tron quattro cars finished in first, second and third. The leading Audi was the #1 of André Lotterer, Benoit Tréluyer and Marcel Fassler. In second place was the #2 machine of Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen and Loic Duval. Third was the newly updated "Long-Tail" #3 R18 of Lucas di Grassi, Marce Gene and Oliver Jarvis.
The best Toyota TS030 Hybrid was fourth, the #7 of Nicolas Lapierre, Kazuki Nakajima and Alexander Wurz. The #12 Lola/Toyota of Rebellion Racing was fifth fastest splitting the two factory Toyotas. The #8 Toyota TS030 of Anthony Davison, Stéphane Sarrazin and Sébastien Buemi was sixth. The second free practice session is set for 14:30 local time.
Session results:
1- #1 Audi Sport Team Joest - Audi R18 e-tron quattro 2:01.972
2- #2 Audi Sport Team Joest - Audi R18 e-tron quattro 2:02.312
3- #3 Audi Sport Team Joest - Audi R18 e-tron quattro 2:02.339
4- #7 Toyota Racing - Toyota TS030 Hybrid 2:02.856
5- #12 Rebellion Racing - LOLA B12/60 Coupe 2:02.941
6- #8 Toyota Racing - Toyota TS030 Hybrid 2:03.143
7- #13 Rebellion Racing - LOLA B12/60 Coupe 2:03.889
8- #21 Strakka Racing - HPD ARX 03c - Honda 2:05.813
Photo credit: Le Mans Live
