The first free practice sessions of the 6 Hours of Fuji WEC see the two Ferraris leading ahead of Peugeot and Porsche on a slowly drying track
The first free practice session for the 6 ore del Fuji WEC sees in the first positions the two Ferrari 499Ps, the #50 driven by Fuoco and the #51 driven by Giovinazzi, respectively in 1:35.649 and 1:38.258, with the Peugeot 9X8 by Menezes at 1:38.258. These times all came in the last minutes of the session, on slicks, with a damp track, while the tifone Yun-yeungnow reduced to a tropical storm, has almost completely abandoned the circuit, with free practice 2 expected to be dry.
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There were no incidents of note in this session, despite very wet initial conditions, and nearly all cars completed around 40 laps.
Toyota, always favorite at her home track, she completed the most, with 47 and 45 laps for the #7 and #8, finishing behind the two factory Porsches, and ahead of the #93 Peugeot, the #2 Cadillac and the two Porsches customers of JOTA and Proton.
In LMP2 la #28 JOTA by Rasmussenalready winner in Monza, finished in first place in 1.40.781, ahead of #9 PrematurelyBen Hanley’s #23 United and #10 Vector Sport in Aubry.
In GTE-AM la Pedersen’s Porsche #77 Proton he closed in the final in 1:43.538, ahead of Rigon in the #54 AF Corse Ferrari and Cairoli’s Portsche #56 Project 1 by more than 3 seconds, the effect of a switch to slicks in the final stages.
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2023-09-08 06:28:05
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