The no1 Porsche 919 of Neel Jani and Nick Tandy secured pole position for the 6 Hours of Circuit of The Americas with an average lap of 1m44.741. 

The Anglo-Swiss pairing had jumped to the top of the timing screens earlier in the session but Tandy’s lap was deleted for exceeding track limits at T19, dropping the no1 Porsche behind the two Toyotas.

Tandy went back out and secured the pole in the final lap of the session.

Porsche secured at 1-2 in Texas with the no2 919 hybrid of Timo Bernhard and Earl Bamber setting a 1m44.994, just two tenths adrift of their teammates. 

The two Toyotas were 3^rd and 4^th fastest with the no8 TS050 the quicker of the two cars but still 1.6 seconds behind the lead car.

LMP2: Signatech Alpine Grab Class Pole

There was high drama as the no36 Signatech Alpine Matmut of Nicolas Lapierre went to the top of the times, only to have the lap erased due to track limit abuse.

However the French driver made amends on the next lap and Lapierre and Andre Negrao took their second pole in as many races with a 1m54.024 lap.

The no13 Vaillante Rebellion was second fastest with David Heinemeier-Hansson and Matthias Beche posting an average lap of 1m54.275, two tenths behind the pole sitter and four hundredths ahead of the no38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca-Gibson in third.

LMGTE PRO: Ferrari Pip Ford to Pole in Texas

Davide Rigon and Sam Bird in the no71 AF Corse Ferrari F488 secured their third pole position of the 2017 season with an average lap of 2m03.057, with Bird posting the best lap of the session with a 2m02.993. 

The Ferrari duo beat the Ford pairing of Andy Priaulx and Harry Tincknell in the no67 Ford GT by just 0.199s and three tenths ahead of the no95 Aston Martin Racing Vantage.

LMGTE AM: Five from Six for Aston Martin Racing

Aston Martin Racing celebrated in the LMGTE Am class after Pedro Lamy and Paul Dalla Lana secured their fifth pole position from six races in 2017.

The Portuguese-Canadian pairing blitzed the rest of the class with a 2m06.031 average lap, 1.8 seconds ahead of the nearest rival, the no54 Spirit of Race Ferrari F488 of Miguel Molina and Thomas Flohr.

The grid is now set for the 6 Hours of Circuit of The Americas, Round 6 of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship, which is due to get underway on Saturday 16 September at 12h00 local / 19h00 CET.

At the end of the second Free Practice session for the 6 Hours of Circuit of The Americas itw as once again a Porsche 1-2 ahead of Toyota but this time it was the no1 919 car of reigning world champion Neel Jani the set the quickest time. 

The Swiss driver lapped the Texas circuit in 1m45.860 in the hot and sunny conditions, 0.5 seconds ahead of his teammates in the no2 Porsche. 

The no7 Toyota TS050 was the quickest of the two cars entered by the Japanese manufacturer with a 1m46.819, nearly a second behind the leading Porsche.

Aston Martin was the quickest of the four GT manufacturers with the no95 Vantage of Nicki Thiim lapping in a time of 2m04.023, just 0.064s ahead of the no67 Ford GT of Harry Tincknell, with the Porsche 911 of Kevin Estre third quickest with a 2m05.208 lap.

It was a Vaillante Rebellion 1-2 in the LMP2 class with Bruno Senna in the no31 Oreca setting a 1m54.601 lap, just two tenths ahead of teammate Mathias Beche in the no13 car. 

Alex Lynn takes the third best time of the 90 minute session with the British driver setting a 1m55.043 in the no26 G-Drive Racing Oreca.

The no98 Aston Martin Racing Vantage of Pedro Lamy was quickest in the LMGTE Am class for the second time today. 

Pedro Lamy was once again the fastest driver with a 2m05.935, with the no61 Clearwater Racing Ferrari F488 in second place at the end of the session

The third and final Free Practice session at the Circuit of The Americas saw the no8 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 of Sebastien Buemi head the time sheets in the 60 minute session.

The Swiss driver’s time of 1m45.712 was the fastest of the weekend so far and was 1.7s ahead of championship leader Timo Bernhard in the no2 Porsche.

Ford was once again at the head of the LMGTE field with Olivier Pla recording a 2m02.987 lap to keep the US manufacturer out in front at their home event. 

Ferrari were second and third fastest with the no51 F488 of James Calado ahead of the no71 sister car at the chequered flag.

The no28 TDS Racing Oreca of Matthieu Vaxiviere was quickest in the LMP2 class, with the French driver taking a 1m53.541 lap ahead of the no37 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca of Alex Brundle.

For the third time is Free practice the no98 Aston Martin Racing Vantage of Pedro Lamy was the quickest of the LMGTE Am runners.  

The Portuguese driver set a 2m04.941 lap to finish ahead of Miguel Molina in the no54 Spirit of Race Ferrari.

Qualifying for the 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas is due to get underway at 15:05 (local) / 22:05 CET on Friday 15 September

The no2 Porsche 919 hybrid got the 6 Hours of Circuit of The Americas weekend to a flying start for the German manufacturer with Earl Bamber setting a 1m48.124 lap, the Kiwi’s time 0.145s ahead of the no1 Porsche 919 of Nick Tandy. 

The leading Toyota was just four tenths behind the leading car with Sebastien Buemi setting a 1m48.584 lap in the no8 Toyota TS050.

Ford led the LMGTE Pro class with the American manufacturer taking the top two spots on the time sheets at the end of the 90 minute session.  Stefan Mucke posted a 2m04.939 lap, 0.2 seconds ahead of the no67 Ford GT of championship leader Andy Priaulx. 

The two Ferrari F488s were third and fourth fastest with the no51 Ferrari of Alessandro Pier Guidi posting a 2m05.213, just 0.6 seconds behind leading Ford.

The LMP 2 category was headed by the no26 G Drive Racing Oreca-Gibson with Alex Lynn setting a 1m55.399 lap, 0.309s ahead of the no28 TDS Racing Oreca of Matthieu Vaxiviere and 0.6 ahead of the no36 Signatech Alpine of American Gustavo Menezes.

Aston Martin were in charge at the end of the first session in the LMGTE Am class with Pedro Lamy setting a 2m06.989 lap, 0.3 seconds ahead of double race winner Matteo Cairoli in the no77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911.