At the end of the second Free Practice session of the opening day of the 6 Hours of Shanghai weekend in China the no7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid was holding the top spot on the timesheets with the no8 car 0.390 second behind.

Mike Conway set a 1m44.741 lap, beating the best time he set in FP1 by 2.4 seconds.  Anthony Davidson was the fastest of the three drivers in the no8 Toyota.

 The no2 Porsche set the best time of the session of the two 919 hybrids with Brendon Hartley posting a 1m45.269 lap, 0.5 seconds behind the lead Toyota.

After setting the 7th best time in FP1, the no51 AF Corse Ferrari bounced back to set the best GTE time of the day with James Calado setting a 2m01.913 lap, 0.6 seconds ahead of the rest of the field with the no91 Porsche 919 of Richard Lietz posting a 2m02.539 in second.  The two Ford GTs were third and fourth with the no66 car ahead of the no67.

The no13 Vaillante Rebellion Oreca was once again the lead car in LMP2 with Nelson Piquet Jnr setting a 1m50.556, almost two seconds better than the time set in FP1. 

The championship leading no38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca was second fastest, with Thomas Laurent setting a 1m50.884 lap, just ahead of the no31 Vaillante Rebellion Oreca 07 lapping the Shanghai International Circuit in 1m50.946.

The no77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche was the quickest of the LMGTE Am runners with Matteo Cairoli posting a 2m03.353 lap at the end of the 90-minute session. 

The no98 Aston Martin was second with Pedro Lamy posting a 2m03.684 lap just ahead of the no61 Clearwater Racing Ferrari.

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