Jani puts Porsche on top in Bahrain
No 2 Porsche ahead of the No. 8 Audi |
Neel Jani scorched the fastest lap of the day with a 1m39.817s lap under the floodlights in night practice at Bahrain International Circuit to lead Thursday WEC practice in Bahrain. The No.2 Porsche 919 Hybrid was 0.455s quicker than the sister car of Mark Webber, Brendon Hartley and Timo Bernhard.
Audi was third as No.8 Audi Sport Team Joest entry headed the No.6 Toyota Gazoo Racing car by just over 0.2s
The No.7 Audi R18 and the No.5 Toyota TS 050 HYBRID placed fifth and sixth.
Rebellion Racing and ByKolles LMP1 Privateer teams were separated by just 0.4s.
G-Drive Racing led the ultra-competitive LMP2 category as Rene Rast set a series of fastest laps to peak at 1m50.056s.
The #6 Toyota was 4th quick |
New champions Signatech Alpine were second while the No.44 Manor Oreca finished third with Alex Lynn behind the wheel.
LMGTE Pro class was topped by Aston Martin control as No.95 title contending car driven by Marco Sorensen sets fastest time of 1m57.226s.
The No.97 Aston Martin placed second, just 0.007s behind No.95 as team stalwart Darren Turner set the fastest time.
The Ganassi Fords led the chase but were two seconds in arrears. The No.67 Ford GT of Harry Tincknell and Andy Priaulx beat the No.71 Ferrari 488GTE in fourth.
Results
Pos | No. Team | Drivers | Car | Class | Time | Behind | Gap |
1 | 2 Porsche Team | R. DUMAS / N. JANI / M. LIEB | Porsche 919 Hybrid | LMP1 H | 1:39.817 | – | – |
2 | 1 Porsche Team | T. BERNHARD / M. WEBBER / B. HARTLEY | Porsche 919 Hybrid | LMP1 H | 1:40.272 | +0.455 | +0.455 |
3 | 8 Audi Sport Team Joest | L. DI GRASSI / L. DUVAL / O. JARVIS | Audi R18 | LMP1 H | 1:40.400 | +0.583 | +0.128 |
4 | 6 Toyota Gazoo Racing | S. SARRAZIN / M. CONWAY / K. KOBAYASHI | Toyota TS050 – Hybrid | LMP1 H | 1:40.603 | +0.786 | +0.203 |
5 | 7 Audi Sport Team Joest | M. FASSLER / A. LOTTERER / B. TRELUYER | Audi R18 | LMP1 H | 1:41.020 | +1.203 | +0.417 |
6 | 5 Toyota Gazoo Racing | A. DAVIDSON / S. BUEMI / K. NAKAJIMA | Toyota TS050 – Hybrid | LMP1 H | 1:42.859 | +3.042 | +1.839 |
7 | 13 Rebellion Racing | M. TUSCHER / D. KRAIHAMER / A. IMPERATORI | Rebellion R-One – AER | LMP1 | 1:47.178 | +7.361 | +4.319 |
8 | 4 Bykolles Racing Team | S. TRUMMER / O. WEBB / P. KAFFER | CLM P1/01 – AER | LMP1 | 1:47.572 | +7.755 | +0.394 |
9 | 26 G-Drive Racing | R. RUSINOV / R. RAST / A. BRUNDLE | Oreca 05 – Nissan | LMP2 | 1:50.056 | +10.239 | +2.484 |
10 | 36 Signatech Alpine | G. MENEZES / N. LAPIERRE / S. RICHELMI | Alpine A460 – Nissan | LMP2 | 1:50.444 | +10.627 | +0.388 |
11 | 44 Manor | M. RAO / R. BRADLEY / A. LYNN | Oreca 05 – Nissan | LMP2 | 1:51.023 | +11.206 | +0.579 |
12 | 43 RGR Sport by Morand | R. GONZALEZ / F. ALBUQUERQUE / B. SENNA | LIGIER JS P2 – Nissan | LMP2 | 1:51.297 | +11.480 | +0.274 |
13 | 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports | T. DILLMANN / G. VAN DER GARDE / S. GELAEL | LIGIER JS P2 – Nissan | LMP2 | 1:51.419 | +11.602 | +0.122 |
14 | 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports | R. DALZIEL / L. DERANI / C. CUMMING | LIGIER JS P2 – Nissan | LMP2 | 1:51.513 | +11.696 | +0.094 |
15 | 45 Manor | J. CANAL / R. GONZALEZ / R. MERHI | Oreca 05 – Nissan | LMP2 | 1:51.829 | +12.012 | +0.316 |
16 | 27 SMP Racing | N. MINASSIAN / M. MEDIANI / M. ALESHIN | BR01 – Nissan | LMP2 | 1:52.359 | +12.542 | +0.530 |
17 | 35 Baxi DC Racing Alpine | D. CHENG / H. TUNG / P. CHATIN | Alpine A460 – Nissan | LMP2 | 1:52.537 | +12.720 | +0.178 |
18 | 37 SMP Racing | V. PETROV / K. LADYGIN / V. SHAITAR | BR01 – Nissan | LMP2 | 1:52.910 | +13.093 | +0.373 |
19 | 95 Aston Martin Racing | N. THIIM / M. SORENSEN | Aston Martin Vantage V8 | LMGTE Pro | 1:57.226 | +17.409 | +4.316 |
20 | 97 Aston Martin Racing | J. ADAM / D. TURNER | Aston Martin Vantage V8 | LMGTE Pro | 1:57.233 | +17.416 | +0.007 |
21 | 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | A. PRIAULX / H. TINCKNELL | Ford GT | LMGTE Pro | 1:59.168 | +19.351 | +1.935 |
22 | 71 AF Corse | D. RIGON / S. BIRD | Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE Pro | 1:59.231 | +19.414 | +0.063 |
23 | 51 AF Corse | G. BRUNI / J. CALADO | Ferrari 488 GTE | LMGTE Pro | 1:59.315 | +19.498 | +0.084 |
24 | 98 Aston Martin Racing | P. DALLA LANA / P. LAMY / M. LAUDA | Aston Martin Vantage V8 | LMGTE Am | 1:59.460 | +19.643 | +0.145 |
25 | 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | S. MÃœCKE / O. PLA | Ford GT | LMGTE Pro | 1:59.658 | +19.841 | +0.198 |
26 | 77 Dempsey – Proton Racing | R. LIETZ / M. CHRISTENSEN | Porsche 911 RSR (2016) | LMGTE Pro | 1:59.758 | +19.941 | +0.100 |
27 | 50 Larbre Competition | P. RAGUES / R. TAYLOR / R. BRANDELA | Chevrolet Corvette C7-Z06 | LMGTE Am | 2:00.579 | +20.762 | +0.821 |
28 | 83 AF Corse | F. PERRODO / E. COLLARD / R. AGUAS | Ferrari F458 Italia | LMGTE Am | 2:01.918 | +22.101 | +1.339 |
29 | 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing | K. AL QUBAISI / D. HEINEMEIER HANSS / P. LONG | Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE Am | 2:01.959 | +22.142 | +0.041 |
30 | 86 Gulf Racing | M. WAINWRIGHT / A. CARROLL / B. BARKER | Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE Am | 2:02.261 | +22.444 | +0.302 |
31 | 78 KCMG | C. RIED / W. HENZLER / J. CAMATHIAS | Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE Am | 2:02.350 | +22.533 | +0.089 |