Toyota continued their dominance into Free Practice 2 where their two TS050s set lap times over three seconds quicker than the rest of the field. The #8 Toyota of Sebastian Buemi led the way in the class with a lap time of 3:19.719s. Mike Conway was quickest in the #7 Toyota with a time of 3:20.611s.
Rebellion Racing ended the session third and fourth with Gustavo Menezes the quickest driver in the #1 Rebellion R13 with a time of 3:23.155. His teammate Romain Dumas in the #3 Rebellion R13 was just 0.020s behind him.
The #4 ByKolles CLM brought up the rear of LMP1 with a 3m27.304 from Tom Dillman.
Nyck De Vries topped the charts in LMP2 in the #29 Team Nederland ORECA. His best time was a 3m27.185s. The two JOTA sport-backed entries, the No. 37 Jackie Chan DC ORECA and the #38 JOTA ORECA ended the session second and third with laps from Will Stevens in the No. 37 and Antonio Felix da Costa in the #38.
The story in LMP2 after this session was not the quick times at the top, though. Rather, it was significant drama for the IDEC Sport stable where both of their cars had crashes that brought out red flags within twenty minutes of each other.
It will be a race against the clock to get the #17 ORECA and the #28 ORECA ready for the track again. Both cars were seen being stripped down to the bare chassis, signaling a potential change in tub, as Free Practice 3 and Qualifying were underway.
In GTE Pro, the #92 Porsche 911 RSR 19 set the quickest time of the session thanks to a lap time of 3:52.783s from Michael Christensen. The #97 Aston Martin Vantage ended the session in second but was over 0.500s behind the leading Porsche.
Gianmaria Bruni was quickest in the #91 Porsche with a lap time of 3:53.561 that was good enough for third.
Matt Campbell in the #77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR topped the charts in the GTE Am. Campbell’s best lap time was a 3:53.961.
Luzich Racing carried their momentum from Free Practice 1 into Free Practice 2. The No. 61 Ferrari crew ended this session in second with a time of 3:54.901s from Come Ledogar. The #86 Gulf Racing Porsche 911 RSR rounded out the top three with Ben Barker setting a lap time of 3:55.061s.
