Bahrain WEC: Audi duo quickest in final practice
Audi led the way in the final free practice session for Bahrain's World Endurance Championship round on Friday morning
The Le Mans-winning marque had shared the honours with Interlagos victor Toyota in Thursday's two sessions, but practice three delivered a one-two for Audi's pair of e-tron hybrids.
The #2 Allan McNish/Tom Kristensen car led the way on a 1m47.639s, 0.3 seconds ahead of championship leaders Andre Lotterer, Marcel Fassler and Benoit Treluyer in the #1.
The Toyota - driven by Nicolas Lapierre and Alex Wurz - was seven tenths of a second down in third.
Rebellion's #12 Lola-Toyota was the best of the non-factory LMP1 cars.
The #24 OAK Morgan led LMP2, while the Aston Martin and Larbre's #50 Corvette topped the two GTE divisions.
Pos Cl Drivers Team/Car Time 1. P1 Kristensen/McNish Audi 1m47.639s 2. P1 Fassler/Lotterer/Treluyer Audi 1m47.959s 3. P1 Wurz/Lapierre Toyota 1m48.392s 4. P1 Prost/Jani Rebellion Lola-Toyota 1m48.779s 5. P1 Brabham/Chandhok/Dumbreck JRM HPD 1m49.419s 6. P1 Belicchi/Primat Rebellion Lola-Toyota 1m51.051s 7. P2 Nicolet/Lahaye/Pla OAK Morgan-Nissan 1m53.249s 8. P2 Potolicchio/Kimber-Smith/Sarrazin Starworks HPD 1m53.486s 9. P2 Liuzzi/Rossiter/Weeda Lotus Lola-Lotus 1m53.561s 10. P2 Martin/Graves ADR Delta ORECA-Nissan 1m53.702s 11. P2 Baguette/Kraihamer/Brundle OAK Morgan-Nissan 1m54.418s 12. P2 Panciatici/Ragues/Rusinov Signatech ORECA-Nissan 1m54.882s 13. P2 Perez Companc/Minassian/Kaffer Pecom ORECA-Nissan 1m54.897s 14. P2 Zugel/Gonzalez/Julian Greaves Zytek-Nissan 1m55.228s 15. P2 Holzer/Moro Lotus Lola-Lotus 1m55.251s 16. P2 Mailleux/Lombard/Tresson Signatech ORECA-Nissan 1m56.172s 17. P2 Giroix/Ihara/Deletraz Gulf Lola-Nissan 1m56.952s 18. GTE P Mucke/Turner Aston Martin 2m01.401s 19. GTE P Lieb/Lietz Felbermayr Porsche 2m02.118s 20. GTE P Fisichella/Vilander AF Ferrari 2m02.427s 21. GTE P Bertolini/Beretta AF Ferrari 2m03.438s 22. GTE A Bornhauser/Canal/Rees Larbre Corvette 2m04.624s 23. GTE A Kauffman/Aguas/Vickers AF-Waltrip Ferrari 2m04.645s 24. GTE A Ried/Roda/Ruberti Felbermayr Porsche 2m05.295s 25. GTE A Belloc/Bourret/Gibon Larbre Corvette 2m06.057s 26. GTE A Krohn/Jonsson/Rugolo Krohn Ferrari 2m06.684s 27. GTE A Camathias/Simonsen/Daniels JWA Porsche 2m07.150s 28. P1 Leventis/Watts/Kane Strakka HPD
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