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.
#8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 - Hybrid: Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima, Brendon Hartley
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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 | ||
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