Porsche tops Bahrain practice

Porsche turned the fastest lap after the first two sessions of free practice ahead of Saturday's next to last round of the World Endurance Championship in Bahrain.

Neel Jani set the fastest lap of the day during the final 90-minute session with a 1m43.375s aboard the #14 Porsche 919 Hybrid. Anthony Davidson's best of 1m44.233s in the #8 Toyota TS040 HYBRID was good for second.

Mark Webber was third in the second Porsche at 1m44.457s. The best Audi, the #1 car in the hands of Lucas di Grassi, was fourth on 1m45.380s.

PRACTICE 1

Pos Class Drivers Team Car Time
1 LMP1 A.Davidson, S.Buemi Toyota Racing Toyota 1m 45.447s
2 LMP1 A.Wurz, S.Sarrazin/M.Conway Toyota Racing Toyota 1m 45.505s
3 LMP1 T.Bernhard, M.Webber/B.Hartley Porsche Team Porsche 1m 45.510s
4 LMP1 L.di Grassi, L.Duval/T.Kristensen Audi Sport Team Joest Audi 1m 45.557s
5 LMP1 M.Fassler, A.Lotterer/B.Treluyer Audi Sport Team Joest Audi 1m 46.283s
6 LMP1 R.Dumas, N.Jani/M.Lieb Porsche Team Porsche 1m 46.356s
7 LMP1 D.Kraihamer, A.Belicchi/F.Leimer Rebellion Racing Rebellion/Toyota 1m 49.732s
8 LMP1 N.Prost, N.Heidfeld/M.Beche Rebellion Racing Rebellion/Toyota 1m 49.977s
9 LMP1 P.Kaffer, S.Trummer/N.Berthon Lotus Lotus/AER 1m 51.682s
10 LMP2 R.Rusinov, O.Pla/J.Canal G-Drive Racing Ligier/Nissan 1m 51.807s
11 LMP2 K.Ladygin, V.Shaitar/A.Ladygin SMP Racing Oreca/Nissan 1m 51.948s
12 LMP2 S.Zlobin, N.Minassian/M.Mediani SMP Racing Oreca/Nissan 1m 52.668s
13 LMP2 M.Howson, R.Bradley/A.Imperatori KCMG Oreca/Nissan 1m 53.295s
14 LMP2 M.Patterson, K.Ihara/D.Cheng Oak Racing Morgan/Judd 1m 55.391s
15 GTE Pro D.Turner, S.Mucke Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 1m 59.087s
16 GTE Am P.D.Lana, P.Lamy/C.Nygaard Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 1m 59.717s
17 GTE Am K.Poulsen, D.Hansson/N.Thiim Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 2m 00.056s
18 GTE Pro D.Rigon, J.Calado AF Corse Ferrari 2m 00.090s
19 GTE Pro F.Makowiecki, P.Pilet Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 2m 00.108s
20 GTE Pro J.Bergmeister, R.Lietz Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 2m 00.199s
21 GTE Pro A.MacDowall, F.Rees/A.Al Faisal Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 2m 00.292s
22 GTE Pro G.Bruni, T.Vilander AF Corse Ferrari 2m 00.741s
23 GTE Am C.Ried, K.Bachler/K.Al Qubaisi Proton Competition Porsche 2m 00.903s
24 GTE Am G.Roda, P.Ruberti/M.Cressoni 8 Star Motorsports Ferrari 2m 01.091s
25 GTE Am A.Talkanitsa Jr., A.P.Guidi/J.Segal AF Corse Ferrari 2m 01.595s
26 GTE Am S.Wyatt, M.Rugolo/A.Bertolini AF Corse Ferrari 2m 02.086s
27 GTE Am F.Perrodo, E.Collard/M.Vaxiviere Prospeed Competition Porsche 2m 02.212s

PRACTICE 2

Pos Class Drivers Team Car Time
1 LMP1 R.Dumas, N.Jani/M.Lieb Porsche Team Porsche 1m 43.375s
2 LMP1 A.Davidson, S.Buemi Toyota Racing Toyota 1m 44.233s
3 LMP1 T.Bernhard, M.Webber/B.Hartley Porsche Team Porsche 1m 44.457s
4 LMP1 L.di Grassi, L.Duval/T.Kristensen Audi Sport Team Joest Audi 1m 45.380s
5 LMP1 M.Fassler, A.Lotterer/B.Treluyer Audi Sport Team Joest Audi 1m 45.536s
6 LMP1 A.Wurz, S.Sarrazin/M.Conway Toyota Racing Toyota 1m 45.895s
7 LMP1 N.Prost, N.Heidfeld/M.Beche Rebellion Racing Rebellion/Toyota 1m 49.162s
8 LMP1 D.Kraihamer, A.Belicchi/F.Leimer Rebellion Racing Rebellion/Toyota 1m 50.043s
9 LMP2 R.Rusinov, O.Pla/J.Canal G-Drive Racing Ligier/Nissan 1m 51.581s
10 LMP2 K.Ladygin, V.Shaitar/A.Ladygin SMP Racing Oreca/Nissan 1m 52.351s
11 LMP2 M.Howson, R.Bradley/A.Imperatori KCMG Oreca/Nissan 1m 52.639s
12 LMP1 P.Kaffer, S.Trummer/N.Berthon Lotus Lotus/AER 1m 53.271s
13 LMP2 S.Zlobin, N.Minassian/M.Mediani SMP Racing Oreca/Nissan 1m 54.045s
14 LMP2 M.Patterson, K.Ihara/D.Cheng Oak Racing Morgan/Judd 1m 54.784s
15 GTE Am K.Poulsen, D.Hansson/N.Thiim Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 1m 58.440s
16 GTE Pro G.Bruni, T.Vilander AF Corse Ferrari 1m 59.410s
17 GTE Pro J.Bergmeister, R.Lietz Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 1m 59.704s
18 GTE Am C.Ried, K.Bachler/K.Al Qubaisi Proton Competition Porsche 1m 59.867s
19 GTE Pro F.Makowiecki, P.Pilet Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 1m 59.873s
20 GTE Pro D.Turner, S.Mucke Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 1m 59.900s
21 GTE Pro A.MacDowall, F.Rees/A.Al Faisal Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 1m 59.955s
22 GTE Am F.Perrodo, E.Collard/M.Vaxiviere Prospeed Competition Porsche 2m 00.248s
23 GTE Am A.Talkanitsa Jr., A.P.Guidi/J.Segal AF Corse Ferrari 2m 00.295s
24 GTE Pro D.Rigon, J.Calado AF Corse Ferrari 2m 00.735s
25 GTE Am P.D.Lana, P.Lamy/C.Nygaard Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin 2m 00.937s
26 GTE Am S.Wyatt, M.Rugolo/A.Bertolini AF Corse Ferrari 2m 01.458s
27 GTE Am G.Roda, P.Ruberti/M.Cressoni 8 Star Motorsports Ferrari 2m 01.929s