WEC: Toyota again 1-2 in final Bahrain practice

Kamui Kobayashi again topped the times for Toyota in final practice for this weekend’s Bahrain 6 Hours World Endurance Championship round.

The Japanese driver posted the fastest time of the weekend so far with his first flying lap during a qualifying simulation at the start of the 60-minute Free Practice 3 session.

His 1m48.978s aboard the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID was just under a tenth quicker than his best from FP2 on Friday morning, a session held in cooler conditions.

Kobayashi ended up seven tenths clear of teammate Brendon Hartley in the sister Toyota.

The No.8 Toyota completed the session after receiving repairs after an FP2 accident. Sebastien Buemi received a reprimand and a four license points deduction after an incident with No.85 Iron Lynx Ferrari

Porsche again led LMGTE Pro after the WEC neutered the Ferrari cars.  Neel Jani posted a 1m58.230s lap in his 911 RSR-19 which he shares with Kevin Estre. The AF Corse Ferrari was closer to Porsche as No.51 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo beat the sister No.52 AF Corse run car in third.

The No.28 JOTA driven by Tom Blomqvist took top position in LMP2 for second consecutive session.

Dempsey-Proton’s Porsche driven by Jaxon Evans set a time of  1m59.502s to top LMGTE Am as air temperatures sizzled at 34.3 degrees Celsius!

Practice 3 Results