Bahrain FP2: Kobayashi quickest; Porsche 1-2 in LMGTE Pro
The No.7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Hypercar sets the pace in the second 90-minute free practice session for round five of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship – the BAPCO 6 Hours of Bahrain this morning.
Porsche place 1-2 in LMGTE Pro, while No.28 JOTA takes top position in LMP2 and Matteo Cairoli again stars in LMGTE Am for the No.56 Project 1 Porsche.
Beloiw are the main headlines from FP2.
An early morning FP2 session has come to an end in @BAH_Int_Circuit and the quickest cars are:@TGR_WEC #7@PorscheRaces #92@JotaSport #28@Project1_93 #56
— WEC (@FIAWEC) October 29, 2021
ARC Bratislava #44#WEC #6HBahrain pic.twitter.com/ILA3XRyieX
Hypercar
- No.7 Toyota Gazoo Racing run Toyota GR010 HYBRID emerges fastest from second 90-minute free practice session for BAPCO 6 Hours of Bahrain
- Kamui Kobayashi laps in 1m49.063s to go 1.5s faster than Sebastien Buemi’s FP1 best yesterday
- No.8 Toyota completes another 1-2 as Brendon Hartley laps just 0.030s adrift of Kobayashi
- Session red flagged with 20-minutes remaining after clash between Sebastien Buemi and No.85 iron Lynx Ferrari of Sarah Bovy
- Incident occurs as Toyota leaves pits and contact made at T1. Buemi suffers two punctures and suspected suspension damage
- Alpine ELF Matmut entry driven by Nicolas Lapierre, Matthieu Vaxiviere and Andre Negrao places third
Who does it best? #GoHyper #ToyotaGAZOORacing #6HBahrain pic.twitter.com/VEtk80v3Xu
— TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WEC (@TGR_WEC) October 29, 2021
LMGTE Pro
- No.92 Porsche GT Team entry fastest in LMGTE Pro as Kevin Estre posts a 1m56.411s lap in his 911 RSR-19 which he shares with Neel Jani
- Porsche again 1-2 in category as No.91 laps a mere 0.24s away from sister car
- Gimmi Bruni peaks on a 1m56.658s best as German manufacturer still enjoys pace advantage over Ferrari rivals
- AF Corse Ferrari third and fourth again as they adjust to boost reduction for this race
- No.51 Ferrari heads No.71 488 GTE Evo as Ferrari looks to try and reduce substantial gap to rivals
#WEC - Aaaaand ... action! @FIAWEC #6HBahrain Free Practice 2 is underway. @GianmariaBruni behind the wheel of the No. 91 #Porsche #911RSR and @kevinestre in sister car No. 92 @BAH_Int_Circuit pic.twitter.com/Bs7yZRFE9T
— Porsche Motorsport (@PorscheRaces) October 29, 2021
LMP2
- Tom Blomqvist claims the best time in LMP2 class for JOTA
- British driver sets early session time of 1m50.199s to go a second quicker than FP1 best time from yesterday
- The Le Mans runners-up No.28 Oreca-Gibson car leads United Autosports as Filipe Albuquerque places reigning champion car second but 0.8s behind JOTA’s best
- Team WRT third in category as Le Mans winning trio of Robin Frijns, Ferdinand Habsburg and Charles Milesi aim for back-to-back wins in WEC tomorrow
- Norman Nato stops Real Team Racing LMP2 on track to trigger second full course yellow of session. First was deployed for debris on track
Free Practice 2 Results;
— Jota Sport (@JotaSport) October 29, 2021
P1 for #28 with a time of 1:50.199
P8 for #38 with a time of 1:53.538#JOTA #WEC #6HBahrain pic.twitter.com/X5Uu1lidWY
LMGTE Am
- Matteo Cairoli again sets rapid pace to head the LMGTE Am class as his early session 1m58.015s lap slightly improves his best from Thursday
- The No.56 Project 1 entry again leads class but this time from TF Sport Aston Matin
- A lap of 1m58.919s by Felipe Fraga sees the previous Porsche superiority split.
- No.77 Dempsey Proton Porsche third as Matt Campbell sets 1m59.020s best lap
Free practice 3 will commence at 12h30 local time.
