By alley - Aug 28, 2015, 1:01 PM ET

WEC: Audi edges Porsches to stay quickest

Audi was again quickest in a very close second free practice session ahead of Sunday's fourth round of the World Endurance Championship at the Nurburgring.

Benoit Treluyer topped the times in the #7 Audi R18 e-tron quattro with a 1m37.862s lap, which put him just six hundredths clear of the #17 Porsche 919 Hybrid in which Mark Webber recorded a 1m37.921s.

Neel Jani was a further hundredth behind on a 1m37.932s aboard the second Porsche in third position. The second Audi ended up fourth on a 1m38.886s from Loic Duval.

The two Toyota TS040 Hybrids filled fifth and six positions, Mike Conway's 1m40.612s leaving him over two and a half seconds off the pace.

The G-Drive Racing squad again took the top two positions in LMP2, Sam Bird setting a 1m46.299s in his Ligier-Nissan JSP2 to end up nearly a second and a half clear of teammate Luis Felipe 'Pipo' Derani.

Strakka Racing's new Gibson-Nissan 015S was third fastest in Johnny Kane's hands on a 1m487.978s. The Morand team ended up fourth in class, after missing the opening session while sorting out legal issues, with a 1m47.987s from Oliver Webb aboard its Morgan-Judd/BMW EVO.

The #99 Aston Martin Vantage GTE led the way in GTE Pro with a 1m54.869s from Richie Stanway, which put him less than a tenth clear of Toni Vilander in the best of the AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italias.

The AF-run SMP Racing Ferrari was quickest in GTE Am with Viktor Shaitar driving.

PRACTICE TWO TIMES:

Pos	Class	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap
1	LMP1	M.Fassler, A.Lotterer, B.Treluyer	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi	1m37.862ss	1m37.862s
2	LMP1	T.Bernhard, M.Webber, B.Hartley	Porsche Team	Porsche	1m37.921ss	0.059s
3	LMP1	R.Dumas, N.Jani, M.Lieb	Porsche Team	Porsche	1m37.932ss	0.070s
4	LMP1	L.di Grassi, L.Duval, O.Jarvis	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi	1m38.886ss	1.024s
5	LMP1	A.Wurz, S.Sarrazin, M.Conway	Toyota Racing	Toyota	1m40.612ss	2.750s
6	LMP1	A.Davidson, S.Buemi, K.Nakajima	Toyota Racing	Toyota	1m40.845ss	2.983s
7	LMP1	N.Prost, M.Beche, N.Heidfeld	Rebellion Racing	Rebellion/AER	1m44.105ss	6.243s
8	LMP1	A.Imperatori, D.Kraihamer, D.Abt	Rebellion Racing	Rebellion/AER	1m44.943ss	7.081s
9	LMP1	S.Trummer, P.Kaffer	Team ByKolles	CLM/AER	1m45.035ss	7.173s
10	LMP2	R.Rusinov, J.Canal, S.Bird	G-Drive Racing	Ligier/Nissan	1m46.299ss	8.437s
11	LMP2	G.Yacaman, L.Derani, R.Gonzalez	G-Drive Racing	Ligier/Nissan	1m47.934ss	10.072s
12	LMP2	N.Leventis, D.Watts, J.Kane	Strakka Racing	Dome/Nissan	1m47.978ss	10.116s
13	LMP2	P.Ragues, O.Webb, A.Hamilton	Team SARD Morand	Morgan/SARD	1m47.987ss	10.125s
14	LMP2	M.Howson, R.Bradley, N.Tandy	KCMG	ORECA/Nissan	1m47.988ss	10.126s
15	LMP2	E.Brown, J.van Overbeek, J.Fogarty	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ligier/HPD	1m48.310ss	10.448s
16	LMP2	N.Panciatici, P-L.Chatin, V.Capillaire	Signatech Alpine	Alpine/Nissan	1m48.469ss	10.607s
17	LMP2	S.Sharp, R.Dalziel, D.Hansson	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ligier/HPD	1m48.839ss	10.977s
18	GTE Pro	F.Rees, A.MacDowall, R.Stanaway	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	1m54.869ss	17.007s
19	GTE Pro	G.Bruni, T.Vilander	AF Corse	Ferrari	1m54.907ss	17.045s
20	GTE Pro	D.Turner, S.Mucke, J.Adam	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	1m55.134ss	17.272s
21	GTE Pro	M.Sorensen, C.Nygaard	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	1m55.546ss	17.684s
22	GTE Pro	R.Lietz, M.Christensen	Porsche Team Manthey	Porsche	1m55.863ss	18.001s
23	GTE Pro	P.Pilet, F.Makowiecki	Porsche Team Manthey	Porsche	1m56.011ss	18.149s
24	GTE Am	V.Shaitar, A.Bertolini, A.Basov	SMP Racing	Ferrari	1m56.238ss	18.376s
25	GTE Pro	D.Rigon, J.Calado	AF Corse	Ferrari	1m56.354ss	18.492s
26	GTE Am	P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, M.Lauda	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	1m56.729ss	18.867s
27	GTE Am	G.Roda, P.Ruberti, K.Poulsen	Larbre Competition	Chevrolet	1m57.041ss	19.179s
28	GTE Am	F.Perrodo, E.Collard, R.Aguas	AF Corse	Ferrari	1m57.176ss	19.314s
29	GTE Am	C.Ried, K.Al Qubaisi, E.Bamber	Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing	Porsche	1m57.240ss	19.378s
30	GTE Am	P.Dempsey, P.Long, M.Seefried	Dempsey Racing - Proton	Porsche	1m57.297ss	19.435s
31	GTE Am	F.Castellacci, R.Goethe, S.Hall	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	1m57.447ss	19.585s