The no1 Rebellion Racing R13-Gibson was the quickest car in the second 2-Hour practice session in Texas with Gustavo Menezes posting a 1m48.804 lap, over a second set by his own best time set in the FP1.
The no1 Rebellion Racing R13-Gibson was the quickest car in the second 2-Hour practice session in Texas with Gustavo Menezes posting a 1m48.804 lap, over a second set by his own best time set in the FP1.
The first 2-hour Free Practice session at the Circuit of The Americas in Texas saw the no1 Rebellion Racing R13 finishing 0.175s ahead of the no8 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050. Gustavo Menezes set a 1m49.957 lap against a 1m50.132 set by Sebastien Buemi.
The no1 Rebellion Racing R13-Gibson secured pole position for the 6 Hours of Circuit of The Americas tomorrow with Gustavo Menezes and Norman Nato putting in an average lap time that was 1.6 seconds faster than the two Toyota TS050-Hybrids.
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