Drivers Porsche 919 Hybrid car number 1:
Neel Jani (33, Switzerland): “I was able to drive a few laps at the end of the session, the 919 Hybrid really doesn’t feel bad. The track was almost dry. Today we got a taste of every condition here from wet to dry and were able to get to know the car which was pretty good. Now we have to improve the car, but the base is already very good. I don’t have problems with the high altitude.”
André Lotterer (35, Germany): “It was a good session. Nick did the beginning on rain tyres, then we changed early to intermediates and I took over. Soon we were changing to slicks as it was clear the track was drying. The grip level on the dry line was quite good.”
Nick Tandy (32, Great Britain): “I was the first one in the car when the track was really wet. It was very challenging and we were experimenting with the tyres. For a long time I was quicker on the rain tyres then on inters on the drying track. The changing track conditions are the hardest thing to judge. The car felt very good in the wet.”
Drivers Porsche 919 Hybrid car number 2
Earl Bamber (27, New Zealand): “The track is very nice, it is my first experience here. It was good to get a few dry laps here in the end. The guys have definitely brought us a good race car here. The pace looks fine already, so I’m looking forward to tomorrow.”
Timo Bernhard (36, Germany): “The track conditions were not easy. But the car felt good and it was very enjoyable to experience the different situations. Brendon was driving in the rain, I had the interim stint and Earl had a dry track. This means a lot of information for us.”
Brendon Hartley (27, New Zealand): “I started the session on wet tyres and the car felt pretty good and comfortable straight out of the box. We went very early to intermediate tyres to try and figure out what the crossovers are for the race. It was a good session with a lot of lessons learnt already.”
