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WEC Bahrain II
Bahrain 8h WEC: Hartley keeps #8 Toyota ahead in final practice
Brendon Hartley got the better of Kamui Kobayashi as Toyota undertook qualification simulations in final practice for this weekend's FIA Bahrain World Endurance Championship finale.
Gary Watkins
Edited: Nov 5, 2021, 1:10 PM
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Hartley outpaced Kobayashi by four tenths when the Toyota GR010 Hybrids went out on new Michelin tyres right at the start of the one-hour Free Practice 3 session.
The New Zealander knocked six tenths off his first time on his second flying lap in the #7 Toyota to end up on a 1m48.346s. Kobayashi set an unrepresentative time on his first flier, before posting a 1m48.777s aboard the #8 car.
The Alpine A480-Gibson, the only other car in the Hypercar class, trailed the Toyotas and the fastest two LMP2 cars in fifth overall.
Andre Negrao set a 1m51.794s shortly before the session was red-flagged while a corner bollard was replaced at Turn 9.
Antonio Felix da Costa and Filipe Albuquerque both went faster than the Alpine grandfathered LMP1 car in their Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 cars.
Da Costa's 1m51.188s in the best of the JOTA team's two entries gave him a three tenth margin over the 1m51.524s from Albuquerque in the United Autosports car.
A 1m52.059s lap gave Tom Blomqvist third in class in the second JOTA entry, while Sophia Floersch was fourth in the Signatech-run Richard Mille Racing Oreca with a time of 1m52.681s.
Fastest in the Pro/Am P2 subclass was Realteam Racing's Norman Nato with a 1m52.758s.
Kevin Estre was fastest in GTE Pro for Porsche with a 1m56.590s, which gave him a one tenth margin over Gianmaria Bruni in the other Porsche 911 RSR-19.
The Ferraris, which has received a new Balance of Performance for this weekend's eight-hour race, took third and fourth positions.
James Calado took third in the first of the AF Corse-run 488 GTE Evos with a 1m58.411s, while Daniel Serra was a tenth further back in fourth on 1m58.519s.
Matteo Cairoli was quickest in GTE Am for the Project 1 Porsche squad after leapfrogging AF Corse Ferrari driver Nicklas Nielsen.
The session was extended as a result of the red flag, which lasted approximately nine minutes.
Qualifying for the Bahrain 8 Hours begins at 5:20pm local time on Friday.
FP3 results:
Cla # Drivers Car Class Time Gap 1 8 Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
Brendon Hartley
Toyota GR010 - Hybrid HYPERCAR 1'48.346 2 7 Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
Jose Maria Lopez
Toyota GR010 - Hybrid HYPERCAR 1'48.777 0.431 3 38 Roberto Gonzalez
Antonio Felix da Costa
Anthony Davidson
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'51.188 2.842 4 22 Philip Hanson
Fabio Scherer
Filipe Albuquerque
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'51.524 3.178 5 36 Andre Negrao
Nicolas Lapierre
Matthieu Vaxiviere
Alpine A480 HYPERCAR 1'51.794 3.448 6 28 Sean Gelael
Stoffel Vandoorne
Tom Blomqvist
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'52.059 3.713 7 1 Tatiana Calderon
Sophia Flörsch
Beitske Visser
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'52.681 4.335 8 70 Esteban Garcia
Loic Duval
Norman Nato
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'52.758 4.412 9 20 Dennis Andersen
Anders Fjordbach
Robert Kubica
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'52.825 4.479 10 29 Frits van Eerd
Giedo van der Garde
Job Van Uitert
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'53.008 4.662 11 31 Robin Frijns
Ferdinand Habsburg
Charles Milesi
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'53.181 4.835 12 21 Henrik Hedman
Juan Pablo Montoya
Ben Hanley
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'53.833 5.487 13 34 Jakub Smiechowski
Renger van der Zande
Alex Brundle
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'55.799 7.453 14 92 Kevin Estre
Neel Jani
Michael Christensen
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 LMGTE PRO 1'56.590 8.244 15 44 Miro Konopka
Olli Caldwell
Nelson Panciatici
Oreca 07 LMP2 1'56.703 8.357 16 91 Gianmaria Bruni
Richard Lietz
Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 LMGTE PRO 1'57.406 9.060 17 51 Alessandro Pier Guidi
James Calado
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE PRO 1'58.411 10.065 18 52 Daniel Serra
Miguel Molina
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE PRO 1'58.519 10.173 19 56 Egidio Perfetti
Matteo Cairoli
Riccardo Pera
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 LMGTE AM 1'58.696 10.350 20 83 François Perrodo
Nicklas Nielsen
Alessio Rovera
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 1'58.803 10.457 21 47 Roberto Lacorte
Giorgio Sernagiotto
Antonio Fuoco
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 1'58.926 10.580 22 86 Michael Wainwright
Benjamin Barker
Tom Gamble
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 LMGTE AM 1'59.022 10.676 23 77 Christian Ried
Jaxon Evans
Matt Campbell
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 LMGTE AM 1'59.061 10.715 24 88 Khaled Al Qubaisi
Axcil Jefferies
Julien Andlauer
Porsche 911 RSR - 19 LMGTE AM 1'59.355 11.009 25 85 Rahel Frey
Sarah Bovy
Katherine Legge
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 1'59.634 11.288 26 98 Paul Dalla Lana
Augusto Farfus
Marcos Gomes
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGTE AM 1'59.681 11.335 27 33 Ben Keating
Dylan Pereira
Felipe Fraga
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGTE AM 1'59.730 11.384 28 777 Satoshi Hoshino
Tomonobu Fujii
Andrew Watson
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGTE AM 1'59.949 11.603 29 54 Thomas Flohr
Francesco Castellacci
Giancarlo Fisichella
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 2'00.089 11.743 30 57 Takeshi Kimura
Mikkel Jensen
Scott Andrews
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM 2'00.805 12.459 31 60 Claudio Schiavoni
Andrea Piccini
Matteo Cressoni
Ferrari 488 GTE EVO LMGTE AM View full results
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