By alley - Aug 28, 2015, 8:31 AM ET

WEC: Audi leads first Nurburgring practice

Audi and Porsche were separated by just seven hundredths of a second on the resumption of the World Endurance Championship with opening free practice at the Nurburgring.

Andre Lotterer topped the times for Audi with a 1m39.201s aboard the #7 R18 e-tron, which put him 0.76 seconds clear of a 1m39.277s from the Porsche 919 Hybrid of Neel Jani.

The #8 Audi took third spot in the 90-minute session, which began on a damp track that quickly dried, with a 1m39.910s from Loic Duval. The second Porsche ended up fourth in the hands of Timo Bernhard, who set a 1m49.915s.

The two Toyota TS040 HYBRIDs took fifth and sixth spots, Stephane Sarrazin's best of 1m41.812s for the Japanese marque leaving him more than 2.5s off the pace.

Gustavo Yacaman headed LMP2 aboard his G-Drive Ligier-Nissan JSP2 on a 1m46.631s, which was good enough to put him a second clear of team-mate Sam Bird.

The GTE Pro order was led by the two factory AF Corse factory Ferrari 458 Italias, Gianmaria Bruni's 3m55.661s putting him him four tenths ahead of team-mate Davide Rigon.

GTE Am was led by the AF-run Ferrari driven by Rui Aguas.

PRACTICE ONE TIMES:

Pos	Class	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap
1	LMP1	M.Fassler, A.Lotterer, B.Treluyer	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi	1m39.201ss	1m39.201s
2	LMP1	R.Dumas, N.Jani, M.Lieb	Porsche Team	Porsche	1m39.277ss	0.076s
3	LMP1	L.di Grassi, L.Duval, O.Jarvis	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi	1m39.910ss	0.709s
4	LMP1	T.Bernhard, M.Webber, B.Hartley	Porsche Team	Porsche	1m39.915ss	0.714s
5	LMP1	A.Wurz, S.Sarrazin, M.Conway	Toyota Racing	Toyota	1m41.812ss	2.611s
6	LMP1	A.Davidson, S.Buemi, K.Nakajima	Toyota Racing	Toyota	1m42.541ss	3.340s
7	LMP2	G.Yacaman, L.Derani, R.Gonzalez	G-Drive Racing	Ligier/Nissan	1m46.631ss	7.430s
8	LMP1	N.Prost, M.Beche, N.Heidfeld	Rebellion Racing	Rebellion/AER	1m47.433ss	8.232s
9	LMP2	R.Rusinov, J.Canal, S.Bird	G-Drive Racing	Ligier/Nissan	1m47.623ss	8.422s
10	LMP1	A.Imperatori, D.Kraihamer, D.Abt	Rebellion Racing	Rebellion/AER	1m49.171ss	9.970s
11	LMP2	N.Leventis, D.Watts, J.Kane	Strakka Racing	Dome/Nissan	1m49.242ss	10.041s
12	LMP1	S.Trummer, P.Kaffer	Team ByKolles	CLM/AER	1m49.274ss	10.073s
13	LMP2	N.Panciatici, P-L.Chatin, V.Capillaire	Signatech Alpine	Alpine/Nissan	1m49.490ss	10.289s
14	LMP2	S.Sharp, R.Dalziel, D.Hansson	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ligier/HPD	1m50.096ss	10.895s
15	LMP2	M.Howson, R.Bradley, N.Tandy	KCMG	ORECA/Nissan	1m53.098ss	13.897s
16	LMP2	E.Brown, J.van Overbeek, J.Fogarty	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ligier/HPD	1m54.076ss	14.875s
17	GTE Pro	G.Bruni, T.Vilander	AF Corse	Ferrari	1m55.661ss	16.460s
18	GTE Pro	D.Rigon, J.Calado	AF Corse	Ferrari	1m56.035ss	16.834s
19	GTE Pro	P.Pilet, F.Makowiecki	Porsche Team Manthey	Porsche	1m56.956ss	17.755s
20	GTE Pro	R.Lietz, M.Christensen	Porsche Team Manthey	Porsche	1m57.213ss	18.012s
21	GTE Pro	F.Rees, A.MacDowall, R.Stanaway	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	1m57.295ss	18.094s
22	GTE Am	F.Perrodo, E.Collard, R.Aguas	AF Corse	Ferrari	1m57.876ss	18.675s
23	GTE Am	P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, M.Lauda	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	1m58.019ss	18.818s
24	GTE Pro	D.Turner, S.Mucke, J.Adam	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	1m58.320ss	19.119s
25	GTE Am	C.Ried, K.Al Qubaisi, E.Bamber	Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing	Porsche	1m59.034ss	19.833s
26	GTE Am	P.Dempsey, P.Long, M.Seefried	Dempsey Racing - Proton	Porsche	1m59.074ss	19.873s
27	GTE Pro	M.Sorensen, C.Nygaard	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	1m59.150ss	19.949s
28	GTE Am	G.Roda, P.Ruberti, K.Poulsen	Larbre Competition	Chevrolet	1m59.220ss	20.019s
29	GTE Am	F.Castellacci, R.Goethe, S.Hall	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	1m59.812ss	20.611s
30	GTE Am	V.Shaitar, A.Bertolini, A.Basov	SMP Racing	Ferrari	2m07.291ss	28.090s
31	LMP2	P.Ragues, O.Webb, A.Hamilton	Team SARD Morand	Morgan/SARD	-	-