Spa WEC: Rebellion stays on top in second practice

Gustavo Menezes ended up quickest aboard Rebellion's solo R-13 with a 2m00.878s lap that put the car half a second up on the best of the Toyotas TS050 Hybrids.

The pair of Japanese cars led the way initially before Norman Nato went fastest in the Rebellion with a 2m00.987s, which Menezes then improved upon by a tenth. 

A qualifying simulation lap from Brendon Hartley produced a 2m01.438s right at the start of the session, which put the #8 Toyota second in the final times. 

Kamui Kobayashi was only four hundredths slower on a 2m01.480s without going for a qualifying run to end up third in the sister #7 car.

The ByKolles ENSO CLM P1/01 brought up the rear of the LMP1 pack in fifth position overall behind the fastest LMP2 car. Tom Dillmann posted a 2m03.503s, a small improvement on the time with which Oliver Webb put the car second in first practice. 

In LMP2, Thomas Laurent's 2m03.371s in the Signatech Alpine Oreca put him sixth tenths up on Job van Uitert's 2m03.978s aboard the TDS-run Racing Team Nederland Oreca.

Third fastest in class was the United Autosports Oreca on a 2m04.533s set by Paul di Resta.

Aston Martin blocked out the top two positions in GTE Pro as local hero Maxime Martin outpaced teammate Nicki Thiim by nearly seven tenths. 

Martin posted a 2m14.678s on his home track with just over 20 minutes of the session to go aboard his Vantage GTE, which compared with Thiim's 2m15.345s. 

The improvement by the Astons pushed the AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE in which Miguel Molina had led the class order with a 2m16.044s down to third. 

Kevin Estre set the best time by a Porsche 911 RSR-19, a 2m16.065s, to take fourth position.

Matteo Cairoli jumped to the top of the GTE Am times in the fastest of the Project 1 Porsches with a 2m16.991s, which put him nearly half a second up on AF Corse Ferrari driver Giancarlo Fisichella. 

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Session results:

Cla	#	Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Time
1	1	Bruno Senna Gustavo Menezes Norman Nato	Rebellion R13	LMP1	37	2'00.878
2	8	Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	LMP1	33	2'01.438
3	7	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Jose Maria Lopez	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	LMP1	36	2'01.480
4	36	Thomas Laurent Andre Negrao Pierre Ragues	Alpine A470	LMP2	33	2'03.371
5	4	Tom Dillmann Bruno Spengler Oliver Webb	ENSO CLM P1/01	LMP1	25	2'03.503
6	29	Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Job Van Uitert	Oreca 07	LMP2	17	2'03.978
7	22	Philip Hanson Filipe Albuquerque Paul di Resta	Oreca 07	LMP2	30	2'04.533
8	42	Nicolas Lapierre Antonin Borga Alexandre Coigny	Oreca 07	LMP2	33	2'04.816
9	33	Mark Patterson Kenta Yamashita Anders Fjordbach	Oreca 07	LMP2	34	2'05.200
10	47	Roberto Lacorte Andrea Belicchi Giorgio Sernagiotto	Dallara P217	LMP2	34	2'05.398
11	37	Ho-Pin Tung Gabriel Aubry Will Stevens	Oreca 07	LMP2	35	2'05.789
12	35	Nobuya Yamanaka Nick Foster Roberto Merhi	Ligier JSP 217	LMP2	31	2'05.800
13	38	Roberto Gonzalez Antonio Felix da Costa Anthony Davidson	Oreca 07	LMP2	33	2'06.450
14	97	Alex Lynn Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE PRO	33	2'14.678
15	95	Marco Sorensen Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE PRO	33	2'15.345
16	71	Davide Rigon Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE PRO	29	2'16.044
17	92	Michael Christensen Kevin Estre	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	LMGTE PRO	36	2'16.065
18	51	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE PRO	31	2'16.079
19	91	Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	LMGTE PRO	31	2'16.518
20	56	Egidio Perfetti Laurents Hörr Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	30	2'16.991
21	54	Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	33	2'17.410
22	57	Ben Keating Felipe Fraga Jeroen Bleekemolen	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	35	2'17.418
23	90	Salih Yoluc Charles Eastwood Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE AM	32	2'17.519
24	98	Paul Dalla Lana Augusto Farfus Ross Gunn	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE AM	32	2'17.740
25	77	Christian Ried Riccardo Pera Matt Campbell	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	33	2'17.956
26	83	François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Nicklas Nielsen	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	34	2'18.406
27	86	Michael Wainwright Andrew Watson Benjamin Barker	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	29	2'18.625
28	62	Bonamy Grimes Johnny Mowlem Charles Hollings	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	30	2'18.647
29	88	Gianluca Giraudi Ricardo Sanchez Lucas Legeret	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	31	2'19.401
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