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WEC Bahrain II
Bahrain WEC: Toyotas separated by a tenth in final practice
The two Toyotas were separated by one tenth in final practice for the last round of the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship in Bahrain on Saturday.
Gary Watkins
Edited: Nov 13, 2020, 1:42 PM
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Brendon Hartley topped the times aboard the #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid in the opening minutes of the 60-minute session with a 1m43.557s.
The #7 entry with Mike Conway at the wheel was held in the pits for five minutes for a yellow-flag infringement in FP2 and then posted 1m43.659s, just 0.102s slower than the sister car.
It was the second time in the three session of practice that the #8 Toyota had set the pace, despite carrying a 0.54s performance penalty under the LMP1 success handicap system.
Kazuki Nakajima had a brief spin in the #8 Toyota during the session.
Jackie Chan DC Racing led the way in LMP2 courtesy of a 1m48.598s from Will Stevens in the team's Oreca 07.
That put the JOTA-run entry a couple of tenths up on the United Autosports Oreca in which Phil Hanson got down to a 1m48.810s.
The Signatech Alpine Oreca took third in the class times with Thomas Laurent, who posted a 1m49.134s, while Antonio Felix da Costa ended up fourth in the Oreca run under the JOTA Sport banner with a 1m49.767s.
Porsche led the way in GTE Pro for the first time of the Bahrain meeting. Michael Christensen ended up fastest in the best of the factory Porsche 911 RSR-19s with a 1m56.790s laps set early in the session.
That put the Dane nearly a second up on the second-placed Aston Martin Vantage GTE in which Nicki Thiim managed a 1m57.709s.
James Calado was third fastest for Ferrari to make it three manufacturers in the top three. The Brit set a 1m57.964s in the best of the AF Corse-run Ferrari 488 GTE Evos.
A 1m58.321s put Maxime Martin fourth in the second Aston.
The GTE Am division was led by the Aston Martin Racing entry in which Ross Gunn posted a 1m57.947s. Nicklas Nielsen was second in class in the #83 AF-run Ferrari.
Qualifying for the eighth round of the 2019/20 WEC campaign begins at 6:00pm local time.
FP3 results:
Cla # Drivers Car Class Laps Time Gap 1 8 Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
Brendon Hartley
Toyota TS050 Hybrid LMP1 32 1'43.557 2 7 Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
Jose Maria Lopez
Toyota TS050 Hybrid LMP1 27 1'43.659 0.102 3 37 Ho-Pin Tung
Gabriel Aubry
Will Stevens
Oreca 07 LMP2 28 1'48.598 5.041 4 22 Philip Hanson
Filipe Albuquerque
Paul di Resta
Oreca 07 LMP2 24 1'48.810 5.253 5 36 Thomas Laurent
Andre Negrao
Pierre Ragues
Alpine A470 LMP2 24 1'49.134 5.577 6 38 Roberto Gonzalez
Antonio Felix da Costa
Anthony Davidson
Oreca 07 LMP2 25 1'49.767 6.210 7 47 Roberto Lacorte
Andrea Belicchi
Giorgio Sernagiotto
Dallara P217 LMP2 29 1'51.208 7.651 8 29 Frits van Eerd
Giedo van der Garde
Nyck de Vries
Oreca 07 LMP2 27 1'51.336 7.779 9 92 Michael Christensen
Kevin Estre
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 LMGTE PRO 22 1'56.790 13.233 10 95 Marco Sorensen
Nicki Thiim
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGTE PRO 22 1'57.709 14.152 11 98 Paul Dalla Lana
Richard Westbrook
Ross Gunn
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGTE AM 25 1'57.947 14.390 12 51 James Calado
Daniel Serra
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE PRO 26 1'57.964 14.407 13 97 Richard Westbrook
Maxime Martin
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGTE PRO 23 1'58.321 14.764 14 83 François Perrodo
Emmanuel Collard
Nicklas Nielsen
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 26 1'58.510 14.953 15 71 Davide Rigon
Miguel Molina
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE PRO 27 1'58.514 14.957 16 91 Gianmaria Bruni
Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 LMGTE PRO 27 1'58.552 14.995 17 77 Christian Ried
Riccardo Pera
Dennis Olsen
Porsche 911 RSR LMGTE AM 23 1'59.012 15.455 18 86 Michael Wainwright
Alessio Picariello
Benjamin Barker
Porsche 911 RSR LMGTE AM 24 1'59.027 15.470 19 56 Egidio Perfetti
Larry ten Voorde
Jörg Bergmeister
Porsche 911 RSR LMGTE AM 26 1'59.054 15.497 20 57 Ben Keating
Dylan Pereira
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Porsche 911 RSR LMGTE AM 22 1'59.208 15.651 21 90 Salih Yoluc
Charles Eastwood
Jonathan Adam
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGTE AM 26 1'59.808 16.251 22 88 Khaled Al Qubaisi
Jaxon Evans
Marco Holzer
Porsche 911 RSR LMGTE AM 28 1'59.934 16.377 23 62 Bonamy Grimes
Kei Cozzolino
Colin Noble Jr.
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 27 2'00.047 16.490 24 54 Thomas Flohr
Francesco Castellacci
Giancarlo Fisichella
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 27 2'00.195 16.638 View full results
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