Senna, Rebellion fastest in Bahrain WEC practices

All of the fastest times came in the dark session in Bahrain, where Bruno Senna posted a 1m42.471s aboard the solo Rebellion-Gibson R-13 in the 90-minute session.

It was an improvement of 4.5s on the car's time in the opening practice period, which had been good enough for second in that session.

The #5 Ginetta-AER G60-LT-P1 in which Ben Hanley topped the times in FP1 (pictured above) jumped to second with 20 minutes to go.

Sharing Hanley's car, 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 Nakajimas'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-run Jackie Chan DC Racing ORECA-Gibson 07 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.

FP1

Pos	Class	Driver	Team	Car	Gap	Laps
1	LMP1	C.Robertson, B.Hanley, J.King	Team LNT	Ginetta/AER	1m44.791s	11
2	LMP1	B.Senna, G.Menezes, N.Nato	Rebellion Racing	Rebellion/Gibson	2.185s	35
3	LMP1	S.Buemi, K.Nakajima, B.Hartley	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota	2.665s	40
4	LMP1	M.Conway, K.Kobayashi, J.M.Lopez	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota	2.817s	35
5	LMP1	M.Simpson, C.Dyson, G.Smith	Team LNT	Ginetta/AER	3.214s	15
6	LMP2	P.Hanson, F.Albuquerque, P.Di Resta	United Autosports	ORECA/Gibson	3.482s	33
7	LMP2	N.Lapierre, A.Borga, A.Coigny	COOL Racing	ORECA/Gibson	3.504s	34
8	LMP2	F.van Eerd, G.van der Garde, N.de Vries	Racing Team Nederland	ORECA/Gibson	4.026s	26
9	LMP2	T.Laurent, A.Negrao, P.Ragues	Signatech Alpine Elf	Alpine/Gibson	4.083s	28
10	LMP2	M.Patterson, K.Yamashita, A.Fjordbach	High Class Racing	ORECA/Gibson	4.172s	37
11	LMP2	H-Pin Tung, G.Aubry, W.Stevens	Jackie Chan DC Racing	ORECA/Gibson	4.381s	36
12	LMP2	R.Gonzalez, A.F.da Costa, A.Davidson	JOTA	ORECA/Gibson	4.586s	37
13	LMP2	R.Rusinov, J.van Uitert, J-E.Vergne	G-Drive Racing	Aurus/Gibson	5.618s	34
14	LMP2	R.Lacorte, A.Belicchi, G.Sernagiotto	Cetilar Racing	Dallara/Gibson	6.040s	34
15	GTE Pro	G.Bruni, R.Lietz	Porsche GT Team	Porsche	12.597s	37
16	GTE Pro	M.Christensen, K.Estre	Porsche GT Team	Porsche	12.634s	28
17	GTE Pro	D.Rigon, M.Molina	AF Corse	Ferrari	12.646s	32
18	GTE Pro	J.Calado, A.P.Guidi	AF Corse	Ferrari	13.615s	33
19	GTE Am	S.Yoluc, C.Eastwood, J.Adam	TF Sport	Aston Martin	14.012s	36
20	GTE Am	A.De Leener, K.Al Qubaisi, T.Preining	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Porsche	14.034s	39
21	GTE Pro	A.Lynn, M.Martin	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	14.113s	43
22	GTE Am	B.Keating, L.ten Voorde, J.Bleekemolen	Team Project 1	Porsche	14.596s	35
23	GTE Pro	M.Sorensen, N.Thiim	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	14.616s	32
24	GTE Am	P.D.Lana, D.Turner, R.Gunn	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	14.665s	38
25	GTE Am	F.Perrodo, E.Collard, N.Nielsen	AF Corse	Ferrari	14.748s	38
26	GTE Am	C.Ried, R.Pera, M.Campbell	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Porsche	14.861s	35
27	GTE Am	B.Grimes, J.Mowlem, C.Hollings	Red River Sport	Ferrari	15.120s	39
28	GTE Am	T.Flohr, F.Castellacci, G.Fisichella	AF Corse	Ferrari	15.304s	36
29	GTE Am	E.Perfetti, D.H.Hansson, M.Cairoli	Team Project 1	Porsche	15.468s	28
30	GTE Am	M.Wainwright, A.Watson, B.Barker	Gulf Racing	Porsche	17.040s	32
31	GTE Am	M.Ishikawa, O.Beretta, K.Cozzolino	MR Racing	Ferrari	17.660s	30

FP2

Pos	Class	Driver	Team	Car	Gap	Laps
1	LMP1	B.Senna, G.Menezes, N.Nato	Rebellion Racing	Rebellion/Gibson	1m42.471s	41
2	LMP1	C.Robertson, B.Hanley, J.King	Team LNT	Ginetta/AER	1.411s	31
3	LMP1	M.Conway, K.Kobayashi, J.M.Lopez	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota	1.750s	44
4	LMP1	S.Buemi, K.Nakajima, B.Hartley	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota	2.250s	38
5	LMP2	H-Pin Tung, G.Aubry, W.Stevens	Jackie Chan DC Racing	ORECA/Gibson	3.676s	44
6	LMP1	M.Simpson, C.Dyson, G.Smith	Team LNT	Ginetta/AER	3.902s	10
7	LMP2	R.Rusinov, J.van Uitert, J-E.Vergne	G-Drive Racing	Aurus/Gibson	4.196s	42
8	LMP2	M.Patterson, K.Yamashita, A.Fjordbach	High Class Racing	ORECA/Gibson	4.566s	42
9	LMP2	T.Laurent, A.Negrao, P.Ragues	Signatech Alpine Elf	Alpine/Gibson	4.687s	31
10	LMP2	P.Hanson, F.Albuquerque, P.Di Resta	United Autosports	ORECA/Gibson	5.017s	32
11	LMP2	N.Lapierre, A.Borga, A.Coigny	COOL Racing	ORECA/Gibson	5.508s	40
12	LMP2	R.Gonzalez, A.F.da Costa, A.Davidson	JOTA	ORECA/Gibson	5.961s	42
13	LMP2	F.van Eerd, G.van der Garde, N.de Vries	Racing Team Nederland	ORECA/Gibson	6.668s	40
14	LMP2	R.Lacorte, A.Belicchi, G.Sernagiotto	Cetilar Racing	Dallara/Gibson	7.743s	37
15	GTE Pro	A.Lynn, M.Martin	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	13.225s	35
16	GTE Pro	M.Sorensen, N.Thiim	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	13.730s	38
17	GTE Pro	M.Christensen, K.Estre	Porsche GT Team	Porsche	13.916s	39
18	GTE Am	E.Perfetti, D.H.Hansson, M.Cairoli	Team Project 1	Porsche	14.039s	37
19	GTE Pro	J.Calado, A.P.Guidi	AF Corse	Ferrari	14.080s	39
20	GTE Pro	G.Bruni, R.Lietz	Porsche GT Team	Porsche	14.451s	37
21	GTE Am	A.De Leener, K.Al Qubaisi, T.Preining	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Porsche	14.795s	38
22	GTE Am	S.Yoluc, C.Eastwood, J.Adam	TF Sport	Aston Martin	14.989s	36
23	GTE Am	T.Flohr, F.Castellacci, G.Fisichella	AF Corse	Ferrari	15.047s	40
24	GTE Am	C.Ried, R.Pera, M.Campbell	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Porsche	15.973s	34
25	GTE Am	M.Ishikawa, O.Beretta, K.Cozzolino	MR Racing	Ferrari	16.256s	39
26	GTE Am	B.Keating, L.ten Voorde, J.Bleekemolen	Team Project 1	Porsche	16.273s	35
27	GTE Am	M.Wainwright, A.Watson, B.Barker	Gulf Racing	Porsche	16.304s	40
28	GTE Am	P.D.Lana, D.Turner, R.Gunn	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin	16.491s	36
29	GTE Am	B.Grimes, J.Mowlem, C.Hollings	Red River Sport	Ferrari	16.644s	40
30	GTE Pro	D.Rigon, M.Molina	AF Corse	Ferrari	16.831s	33
31	GTE Am	F.Perrodo, E.Collard, N.Nielsen	AF Corse	Ferrari	17.127s	38