6 Hours of Shanghai: Toyota on top after damp FP1 session

• The Toyota Gazoo Racing entered pair of LMP1 Hybrids set late session times to claim first and second in the wet first Free Practice session this morning
• Sebastien Buemi in No.8 Toyota stopped the clocks on 1m54.768s to head Jose Maria Lopez in the No.7 car by 1.586s
• Jenson Button had led the way with No.11 SMP Racing BR1-AER after setting best time of wet session on 2m00.369s
• Non-Hybrid LMP1 cars initially placed 1-2 as Neel Jani sets second best time in No.1 Rebellion Racing car with a time just 0.2s slower than Button
• Late time improvements as track dried saw No.17 SMP Racing car claim third position with Matevos Isaakyan setting lap of 1m58.880s
• Fourth quickest and enjoying best session for many events was the ByKolles ENSO CLM P1/01 as Tom Dillmann shines
• Rebellion Racing ultimately place fifth and sixth as No.3 finishes ahead of No.1 car
• BMW Team MTEK top LMGTE Pro after lap of 2m09.830s by Martin Tomczyk
• LMGTE Pro initially saw Porsche lead from Aston Martin as Gimmi Bruni led for most of session in No.91 Porsche 911 RSR
• Maxime Martin on his first visit to Shanghai claimed third as the Belgian sets a 2m12.568
• LMP2 sees Jazeman Jaafar set best time in LMP2 with final minute quick lap of 2m02.923s
• Racing Team Nederland place second as Nyck de Vries sets time 0.6 off Jaafar’s best
• TDS Racing third as Loic Duval sets best time for French team
• Early session time from Matt Campbell in No.77 Dempsey Proton Porsche 911 RSR looked good enough for class LMGTE Am lead
• But the TF Sport Aston Martin driven by Charlie Eastwood topped the times with a 2m13.201s lap for P1 in class
• No.98 Aston Martin Racing car was third as Pedro Lamy, Paul Dalla Lana and Mathias Lauda aim for hat-trick class win to add to 2016 and 2017 triumphs
• FP2 scheduled to start at 15.30 local time

Session Times HERE