Bahrain WEC: Senna, Rebellion lead second practice

Bruno Senna posted a 1m42.471s aboard the solo Rebellion R-13 in the 90-minute session held in darkness, an improvement of 4.5s on the car's time in the opening practice.  

The #5 Ginetta G60-LT-P1 in which Ben Hanley topped the times in FP1 jumped to second with 20 minutes to go. Charlie Robertson's 1m43.882s was an improvement of just over a second on Hanley's afternoon time. 

The two Toyota TS050 Hybrids again end up third and fourth. Mike Conway posted a 1m44.221s in the #7 Toyota, eclipsing Kazuki Nakajima's 1m44.721s by half a second. 

The second of the works Team LNT Ginettas took sixth in Mike Simpson's hands, behind the best of the LMP2 cars after completing only 10 laps in the session. 

The #7 and #8 Toyotas are running 2.51s and 2.72s of success handicaps respectively, while the Rebellion is penalised by 1.36s. The #5 Ginetta is carrying a 0.24s penalty. 

Will Stevens was quickest in P2 aboard the JOTA Sport-run Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca on a 1m46.147s. That time eclipsed Paul di Resta's afternoon best in the United Autosport's Oreca by two seconds. 

The G-Drive Oreca, an additional entry for the Bahrain 8 Hours, claimed second in class with a 1m46.667s from Jean-Eric Vergne. Third fastest was the High Class Racing Oreca on 1m47.037s set by Kenta Yamashita. 

The two Aston Martins led the way in GTE Pro with times set at the start of the session. Alex Lynn's 1m55.696s aboard the #97 Aston Martin Vantage GTE eclipsed Marco Sorensen's 1m56.201s in the sister car. 

The best of the two Porsches, which had led the way in FP1, was a further two tenths back in third on a 1m56.387s posted by Kevin Estre. 

The fastest Ferrari 488 GTEs took fourth with a 1m56.551s from James Calado, which was four tenths slower the fastest car in GTE Am, the Dempsey-Proton Porsche 911 RSR driven by Matteo Cairoli. 

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Practice results:

Cla	#	Drivers	Car	Class	Time	Gap
1	1	Bruno Senna Gustavo Menezes Norman Nato	Rebellion R13	LMP1	1'42.471
2	5	Charles Robertson Ben Hanley Jordan King	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	LMP1	1'43.882	1.411
3	7	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Jose Maria Lopez	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	LMP1	1'44.221	1.750
4	8	Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	LMP1	1'44.721	2.250
5	37	Ho-Pin Tung Gabriel Aubry Will Stevens	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'46.147	3.676
6	6	Michael Simpson Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	LMP1	1'46.373	3.902
7	26	Roman Rusinov Job Van Uitert Jean-Eric Vergne	Aurus 01	LMP2	1'46.667	4.196
8	33	Mark Patterson Kenta Yamashita Anders Fjordbach	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'47.037	4.566
9	36	Thomas Laurent Andre Negrao Pierre Ragues	Alpine A470	LMP2	1'47.158	4.687
10	22	Philip Hanson Filipe Albuquerque Paul di Resta	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'47.488	5.017
11	42	Nicolas Lapierre Antonin Borga Alexandre Coigny	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'47.979	5.508
12	38	Roberto Gonzalez Antonio Felix da Costa Anthony Davidson	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'48.432	5.961
13	29	Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Nyck de Vries	Oreca 07	LMP2	1'49.139	6.668
14	47	Roberto Lacorte Andrea Belicchi Giorgio Sernagiotto	Dallara P217	LMP2	1'50.214	7.743
15	97	Alex Lynn Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE PRO	1'55.696	13.225
16	95	Marco Sorensen Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE PRO	1'56.201	13.730
17	92	Michael Christensen Kevin Estre	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	LMGTE PRO	1'56.387	13.916
18	56	Egidio Perfetti David Heinemeier Hansson Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	1'56.510	14.039
19	51	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE PRO	1'56.551	14.080
20	91	Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	LMGTE PRO	1'56.922	14.451
21	88	Khaled Al Qubaisi Adrien de Leener Thomas Preining	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	1'57.266	14.795
22	90	Salih Yoluc Charles Eastwood Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE AM	1'57.460	14.989
23	54	Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	1'57.518	15.047
24	77	Christian Ried Riccardo Pera Matt Campbell	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	1'58.444	15.973
25	70	Motoaki Ishikawa Olivier Beretta Kei Cozzolino	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	1'58.727	16.256
26	57	Ben Keating Larry ten Voorde Jeroen Bleekemolen	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	1'58.744	16.273
27	86	Michael Wainwright Andrew Watson Benjamin Barker	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	1'58.775	16.304
28	98	Paul Dalla Lana Darren Turner Ross Gunn	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE AM	1'58.962	16.491
29	62	Bonamy Grimes Johnny Mowlem Charles Hollings	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	1'59.115	16.644
30	71	Davide Rigon Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE PRO	1'59.302	16.831
31	83	François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Nicklas Nielsen	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	1'59.598	17.127
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