WEC: Kobayashi tops final practice at Fuji for Toyota

Sport news Kobayashi in #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid went fastest of all in the final practice session of the event, held ahead of the all-important qualifying. The local ace peaked on the best lap of 1m30.068 to keep the Japanese manufacturer on top of the timing screens for the second session in a row after Sebastien Buemi went fastest in Friday’s Free Practice 2 and the opening session of the event going to Ferrari AF Corse’s Antonio Fuoco. The session started in wet weather conditions, but the surface soon dried up before a brief shower occurred in the final 10 minutes. Kobayashi’s time eclipsed Loic Duval’s best effort of 1m30.476 in the #94 Peugeot TotalEnergies 9X8. Hertz Team Jota was third fastest as Antonio Felix da Costa clocked his best time of 1m30.501. The second of the Peugeots was fourth with Mikkel Jensen setting a late 1m30.695 lap. Proton Competition Porsche 963 placed a strong fifth as Harry Tincknell recorded 1m30.710 to make it two non-factory Porsches in the top five, with the two Porsche Penske Motorsport-operated cars rounding out the top 10. #23 United Autosports Oreca-Gibson went fastest among the LMP2 cars as Oliver Jarvis set class-best 1m34.258, beating Matthieu Vaxivière in #36 Alpine ELF Team Oreca-Gibson by just 0.234s. In LMGTE Am Davide Rigon led the way for the second consecutive session in the #54 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo as he set the best lap of 1m39.074s. A collision between the Inter Europol Competition Oreca-Gibson and the #54 AF Corse Ferrari at Turn 1 saw the latter of the two sent pitwards with a broken wheel.




2023 FIA WEC Fuji - Free Practice 3


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