No.8 Toyota of Kazuki Nakajima heads FP2; Aston Martin in charge of LMGTE Pro
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No.8 Toyota of Kazuki Nakajima heads FP2; Aston Martin in charge of LMGTE Pro

The Headlines from FP2 at the Bapco 6 Hours of Bahrain, final round of the 2017 WEC...

  • Kazuki Nakajima sets fastest lap of day with a 1m40.095s in No.8 Toyota TS 050 HYBRID
  • Early session lap is 0.5s quicker than sister No.7 Toyota which topped FP1 
  • Times two seconds faster than daylight session earlier in day
  • Porsche place third and fourth with No.2 heading No.1 919 Hybrid in its last WEC appearance
  • No.2 Porsche has late race incident with No.26 G-Drive LMP2 entry but both cars continue
  • Top four still close as just 0.7s covers top four LMP1-H
  • Bruno Senna lap in 1m47.664 s in No.31 Vaillante Rebellion to lead LMP2 class as he and teammate Julien Canal aim to take title
  • No.13 ORECA-Gibson makes it a Vaillante Rebellion 1-2  
  • No.38 Jackie Chan DC Racing car of Oliver Jarvis, Ho-Pin Tung and Thomas Laurent place third
  • Aston Martin exploit advantage in LMGTE Pro as Darren Turner and Johnny Adam sit atop times in No.97 V8 Vantage as it gears up for final race. Turner sets time of 1m57.014s
  • No.95 AMR car places second as reigning champions look for second race win of season
  • Ferrari place third and fourth as No.71 AF Corse leads No.51 sister car in session
  • LMGTE Am sees Matt Griffin set the pace with a 1m59.773 in Clearwater Racing Ferrari 488 GTE
  • Irishman is only driver to break two-minute barrier
  • No.54 Spirit of Race Ferrari places second as early session time set by Francesco Castellacci see it head No.98 Aston Martin in third.
  • Thomas Flohr suffers spin after contact with No.1 Porsche driven by André Lotterer but both continue.