Bahrain WEC: Senna, Rebellion lead second practice
Rebellion Racing topped the times in second free practice for this weekend's Bahrain round of the FIA World Endurance Championship.
Bruno Senna posted a 1m42.471s aboard the solo Rebellion R-13 in the 90-minute session held in darkness, an improvement of 4.5s on the car's time in the opening practice.
The #5 Ginetta G60-LT-P1 in which Ben Hanley topped the times in FP1 jumped to second with 20 minutes to go. Charlie Robertson's 1m43.882s was an improvement of just over a second on Hanley's afternoon time.
The two Toyota TS050 Hybrids again end up third and fourth. Mike Conway posted a 1m44.221s in the #7 Toyota, eclipsing Kazuki Nakajima's 1m44.721s by half a second.
The second of the works Team LNT Ginettas took sixth in Mike Simpson's hands, behind the best of the LMP2 cars after completing only 10 laps in the session.
The #7 and #8 Toyotas are running 2.51s and 2.72s of success handicaps respectively, while the Rebellion is penalised by 1.36s. The #5 Ginetta is carrying a 0.24s penalty.
Will Stevens was quickest in P2 aboard the JOTA Sport-run Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca on a 1m46.147s. That time eclipsed Paul di Resta's afternoon best in the United Autosport's Oreca by two seconds.
The G-Drive Oreca, an additional entry for the Bahrain 8 Hours, claimed second in class with a 1m46.667s from Jean-Eric Vergne. Third fastest was the High Class Racing Oreca on 1m47.037s set by Kenta Yamashita.
The two Aston Martins led the way in GTE Pro with times set at the start of the session. Alex Lynn's 1m55.696s aboard the #97 Aston Martin Vantage GTE eclipsed Marco Sorensen's 1m56.201s in the sister car.
The best of the two Porsches, which had led the way in FP1, was a further two tenths back in third on a 1m56.387s posted by Kevin Estre.
The fastest Ferrari 488 GTEs took fourth with a 1m56.551s from James Calado, which was four tenths slower the fastest car in GTE Am, the Dempsey-Proton Porsche 911 RSR driven by Matteo Cairoli.
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Practice results:
| Cla | # | Drivers | Car | Class | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Bruno Senna  Gustavo Menezes  Norman Nato | Rebellion R13 | LMP1 | 1'42.471 | |
| 2 | 5 |  Charles Robertson Ben Hanley Jordan King | Ginetta G60-LT-P1 | LMP1 | 1'43.882 | 1.411 |
| 3 | 7 | Mike Conway  Kamui Kobayashi  Jose Maria Lopez | Toyota TS050 Hybrid | LMP1 | 1'44.221 | 1.750 |
| 4 | 8 |  Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima  Brendon Hartley | Toyota TS050 Hybrid | LMP1 | 1'44.721 | 2.250 |
| 5 | 37 |  Ho-Pin Tung Gabriel Aubry Will Stevens | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'46.147 | 3.676 |
| 6 | 6 | Michael Simpson Chris Dyson Guy Smith | Ginetta G60-LT-P1 | LMP1 | 1'46.373 | 3.902 |
| 7 | 26 |  Roman Rusinov  Job Van Uitert Jean-Eric Vergne | Aurus 01 | LMP2 | 1'46.667 | 4.196 |
| 8 | 33 | Mark Patterson Kenta Yamashita  Anders Fjordbach | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'47.037 | 4.566 |
| 9 | 36 | Thomas Laurent Andre Negrao Pierre Ragues | Alpine A470 | LMP2 | 1'47.158 | 4.687 |
| 10 | 22 | Philip Hanson  Filipe Albuquerque Paul di Resta | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'47.488 | 5.017 |
| 11 | 42 | Nicolas Lapierre Antonin Borga Alexandre Coigny | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'47.979 | 5.508 |
| 12 | 38 |  Roberto Gonzalez Antonio Felix da Costa Anthony Davidson | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'48.432 | 5.961 |
| 13 | 29 | Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Nyck de Vries | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 1'49.139 | 6.668 |
| 14 | 47 |  Roberto Lacorte Andrea Belicchi Giorgio Sernagiotto | Dallara P217 | LMP2 | 1'50.214 | 7.743 |
| 15 | 97 | Alex Lynn  Maxime Martin | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE PRO | 1'55.696 | 13.225 |
| 16 | 95 | Marco Sorensen Nicki Thiim | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE PRO | 1'56.201 | 13.730 |
| 17 | 92 | Michael Christensen Kevin Estre | Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE PRO | 1'56.387 | 13.916 |
| 18 | 56 |  Egidio Perfetti David Heinemeier Hansson Matteo Cairoli | Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 1'56.510 | 14.039 |
| 19 | 51 | James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 1'56.551 | 14.080 |
| 20 | 91 | Gianmaria Bruni  Richard Lietz | Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | LMGTE PRO | 1'56.922 | 14.451 |
| 21 | 88 |  Khaled Al Qubaisi Adrien de Leener Thomas Preining | Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 1'57.266 | 14.795 |
| 22 | 90 |  Salih Yoluc  Charles Eastwood Jonathan Adam | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 1'57.460 | 14.989 |
| 23 | 54 | Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'57.518 | 15.047 |
| 24 | 77 |  Christian Ried Riccardo Pera  Matt Campbell | Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 1'58.444 | 15.973 |
| 25 | 70 | Motoaki Ishikawa  Olivier Beretta Kei Cozzolino | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'58.727 | 16.256 |
| 26 | 57 | Ben Keating Larry ten Voorde Jeroen Bleekemolen | Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 1'58.744 | 16.273 |
| 27 | 86 | Michael Wainwright Andrew Watson Benjamin Barker | Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE AM | 1'58.775 | 16.304 |
| 28 | 98 |  Paul Dalla Lana Darren Turner Ross Gunn | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 1'58.962 | 16.491 |
| 29 | 62 | Bonamy Grimes Johnny Mowlem Charles Hollings | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'59.115 | 16.644 |
| 30 | 71 | Davide Rigon  Miguel Molina | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 1'59.302 | 16.831 |
| 31 | 83 | François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Nicklas Nielsen | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 1'59.598 | 17.127 |
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