Senna, Rebellion fastest in Bahrain WEC practices
Rebellion Racing set the fastest time in the two practice sessions for this weekend's Bahrain round of the World Endurance Championship
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 |
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