By Tarek Ramchani
Toyota dominated the first free practice session at Interlagos today. In the second session it was Audi's turn to take control and lead the field. A fine1-2 for Audi Sport Team Joest with the factory Audi R18 e-tron quattro cars.
The #2 Audi of Allan McNish, Loic Duval and Tom Kristensen was the fastest in the session. The recent winners of the Le Mans 24 Hours set a fastest time of 1:21.904. Their teammates André Lotterer, Benoit Tréluyer and Marcel Fassler were right behind them in second place. Third was the lone factory #8 Toyota TS030 Hybrid driven by Anthony Davidson, Sébastien Buemi and Stéphane Sarrazin. Fourth was the only privateer LMP1 in the field, the #12 Lola Coupe Toyota from Rebellion Racing driven by Nicolas Prost, Nick Heidfeld and Mathias Beche.
Free practice 2 results:
1 #2 Audi R18 e-tron quattro 1:21.904
2 #1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro 1:22.056
3 #8 Toyota TS030 Hybrid 1:22.675
4 #12 Lola Coupe Toyota 1:24.144
5 #26 Oreca Nissan (LMP2 leader) 1:27.642
6 #35 Morgan Nissan 1:28.014
7 #25 Oreca Nissan 1:28.443
8 #24 Morgan Nissan 1:28.632
Photo credit: Audi Media