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Hypercar: Buemi the fastest at night

After setting the fastest time in Qualifying Practice earlier today, the Toyota Gazoo Racing team continued to dominate by setting the fastest time in Free Practice 2. This is the GR010 Hybrid No.8 (Buemi / Nakajima / Hartley) who was the fastest. At the end of the two hours worked at night, the Swiss posted the best performance in 3’29”351. He beat his teammates in the N ° 7 (Conway / Kobayashi / Lopez) and the Glickenhaus N ° 708 of (Derani / Mailleux / Pla). The Alpine finished in 4th position ahead of the other Glickenhaus N ° 709 of (Briscoe / Dumas / Westbrook) who again brought up the rear in this category.

LM P2: Jota still on top

In LM P2, the N ° 38 Jota (Gonzalez / Felix Da Costa / Davidson) confirmed its best time of the afternoon in 3’32”390. The English team is ahead of the No.70 Realteam Racing car (Garcia / Duval / Nato) and the No.22 United Autosports USA (Hanson / Scherer / Albuquerque). Ben Hanley, for his part, crashed into the braking wall of Indianapolis with his # 21 DragonSpeed ​​Oreca 07.

GTE Pro: Porsche takes the lead

Beaten earlier in the day by Ferrari, the Zuffenhausen brand took advantage of the night to dominate this session. The WeatherTech Racing 911 RSR (McNeil / Vanthoor / Bamber) won in 3’49”018 ahead of the Porsche GT Team (Bruni / Lietz / Makowiecki). The category was marked by the puncture of the Ferrari N ° 52 (Serra who was at the wheel / Molina / Rigon).

AF Corse # 52 damaged … # LeMans24 #WEC @FerrariRaces pic.twitter.com/dUUq0MZs1Z

– 24 Hours of Le Mans (@ 24heuresdumans) August 18, 2021

GTE Am: Dempsey-Proton Racing confirms

Dominating by day, the N ° 88 Porsche of Dempsey-Proton Racing (Andlauer / Bastien / Arnold) was once again the fastest in 3’51”452. It is ahead of the Ferrari of the German team Rinaldi Racing (Ehret / Hook / Bleekemolen). As for Team Project 1, the gentleman-driver Robert Foley gave work to the mechanics by hitting the wall of tires with his Porsche 911 RSR n ° 46 at Tertre Rouge:

The Porsche # 46 @ Project1_93 typed at Tertre Rouge ? Pilot OK!# LeMans24 #WEC pic.twitter.com/AP76ZxLimG

– 24 Hours of Le Mans (@ 24heuresdumans) August 18, 2021