Bahrain WEC: Audi turns the table on Porsche in cooler night practice
 |
| Night practice |
Audi led the way in the cooler second free practice for the Bahrain World Endurance Championship finale by over a second with a time set by Marcel Fassler.
The Swiss turned a best lap of 1m42.133s over the course of the 90-minute night session, 1.1s faster than the 1m43.291s from Audi teammate Loic Duval in the second of the two Audi R18 e-tron quattros.
Results
| Pos | Class | Driver | Team | Car | Time |
| 1 | LMP1 | M.Fassler, A.Lotterer, B.Treluyer | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi | 1m42.133s |
| 2 | LMP1 | L.di Grassi, L.Duval, O.Jarvis | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi | 1m43.291s |
| 3 | LMP1 | T.Bernhard, M.Webber, B.Hartley | Porsche Team | Porsche | 1m43.360s |
| 4 | LMP1 | R.Dumas, N.Jani, M.Lieb | Porsche Team | Porsche | 1m43.529s |
| 5 | LMP1 | A.Wurz, S.Sarrazin, M.Conway | Toyota Racing | Toyota | 1m43.931s |
| 6 | LMP1 | A.Davidson, S.Buemi, K.Nakajima | Toyota Racing | Toyota | 1m44.288s |
| 7 | LMP1 | N.Prost, M.Beche | Rebellion Racing | Rebellion/AER | 1m48.385s |
| 8 | LMP1 | S.Trummer, P.Kaffer | Team ByKolles | CLM/AER | 1m49.200s |
| 9 | LMP1 | A.Imperatori, D.Kraihamer, M.Tuscher | Rebellion Racing | Rebellion/AER | 1m49.685s |
| 10 | LMP2 | G.Yacaman, L.Derani, R.Gonzalez | G-Drive Racing | Ligier/Nissan | 1m50.029s |
| 11 | LMP2 | M.Howson, R.Bradley, N.Tandy | KCMG | ORECA/Nissan | 1m50.774s |
| 12 | LMP2 | N.Panciatici, P-L.Chatin, T.Dillmann | Signatech Alpine | Alpine/Nissan | 1m51.354s |
| 13 | LMP2 | R.Rusinov, J.Canal, S.Bird | G-Drive Racing | Ligier/Nissan | 1m51.546s |
| 14 | LMP2 | P.Ragues, O.Webb, C.Cumming | Team SARD Morand | Morgan/SARD | 1m51.725s |
| 15 | LMP2 | N.Leventis, D.Watts, J.Kane | Strakka Racing | Gibson/Nissan | 1m52.315s |
| 16 | LMP2 | M.Aleshin, N.Minassian, D.Markozov | AF Racing | BR Engineering/Nissan | 1m52.662s |
| 17 | LMP2 | S.Sharp, R.Dalziel, D.Hansson | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Ligier/HPD | 1m52.873s |
| 18 | LMP2 | E.Brown, J.van Overbeek, J.Fogarty | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Ligier/HPD | 1m53.510s |
| 19 | GTE Pro | G.Bruni, T.Vilander | AF Corse | Ferrari | 1m59.402s |
| 20 | GTE Pro | D.Rigon, J.Calado | AF Corse | Ferrari | 1m59.486s |
| 21 | GTE Pro | P.Pilet, F.Makowiecki | Porsche Team Manthey | Porsche | 1m59.618s |
| 22 | GTE Pro | C.Nygaard, M.Sorensen, N.Thiim | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 2m00.349s |
| 23 | GTE Pro | A.MacDowall, F.Rees, R.Stanaway | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 2m00.396s |
| 24 | GTE Am | V.Shaitar, A.Bertolini, A.Basov | SMP Racing | Ferrari | 2m00.866s |
| 25 | GTE Am | C.Ried, P.Long, M.Seefried | Dempsey Racing – Proton | Porsche | 2m00.939s |
| 26 | GTE Pro | R.Lietz, M.Christensen | Porsche Team Manthey | Porsche | 2m01.019s |
| 27 | GTE Am | G.Roda, P.Ruberti, K.Poulsen | Larbre Competition | Chevrolet | 2m01.369s |
| 28 | GTE Pro | D.Turner, J.Adam | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 2m01.405s |
| 29 | GTE Am | F.Castellacci, R.Goethe, S.Hall | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 2m02.116s |
| 30 | GTE Am | P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, M.Lauda | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 2m02.672s |
| 31 | GTE Am | M.Mapelli, K.Al Qubaisi, K.Bachler | Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing | Porsche | 2m03.103s |
| 32 | GTE Am | F.Perrodo, E.Collard, M.Cressoni | AF Corse | Ferrari | 2m03.525s |