6 Hours of Shanghai: Lopez fastest for Toyota; Calado puts Ferrari on top in LMGTE Pro

Headlines from FP2 at Shanghai….

• Jose-Maria Lopez leaves it late to set fastest lap of session in No.7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 HYBRID
• Argentinian ace peaks on 2m02.259s in final moments of 90-minute session to head sister No.8 Toyota by 0.245s
• Kazuki Nakajima places second in No.8 Toyota 
• Nakajima set an initial best lap of 2m02.504 to originally enjoy a narrow 0.169s advantage over No.3 Rebellion R13-Gibson for majority of session until Lopez’s late lap
• Thomas Laurent sets third fastest lap overall as Rebellion show good pace in wet conditions
• Rebellion also place fourth with No.1 R13-Gibson driven by André Lotterer
• SMP Racing finish fifth and sixth as No.11 BR1-AER heads No.17 machine
• LMGTE Pro sees reigning champion James Calado set the pace for AF Corse as he takes the No.51 Ferrari 488 GTE EVO to a 2m14.315s best
• Calado also has brief excursion off track at turn two to bring out Full Course Yellow
• BMW Team MTEK continue to show strong wet weather pace with Antonio Felix da Costa lapping in 2m14.964 with BMW M8 GTE
• Aston Martin make it three manufacturers in top three in LMGTE Pro with Maxime Martin achieving a 2m14.983 best
• Jazeman Jaafar again makes the headlines in LMP2 as Malaysian sets a best lap of 2m10.869s on final lap of session in No.37 Jackie Chan DC Racing car
• André Negrao is second for Signatech Alpine Matmut as Brazilian lays down a 2m10.896
• TDS third with Matthieu Vaxiviere at wheel of No.28 car which brings out second Full Course Yellow after losing a wheel
• In LMGTE Am it is Giancarlo Fisichella who emerges top for Spirit of Race as the Italian takes his Ferrari 488 GTE to a class-topping best of 2m16.835s.
• Clearwater Racing place second as Matt Griffin laps just 0.043s off Fisichella’s best time to make it a Ferrari 1-2
• Gulf Racing place third as Ben Barker peaks with a 2m17.779s lap as car survives contact with No.98 Aston Martin which places eighth in category.
• Final Free Practice session scheduled for 09.50 local time on Saturday morning

Session times HERE