Practice report
WEC Bahrain
WEC Bahrain: Toyota remains on top in second practice
Toyota maintained its position at the top of the timesheets in second practice for the Bahrain World Endurance Championship finale, with Kamui Kobayashi again leading the way for the Japanese manufacturer.
Rachit Thukral
Edited: Nov 2, 2023, 4:50 PM
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Kobayashi set a blistering time of 1m46.851s in the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID just 25 minutes into the session, an improvement of more than three seconds over his chart-topping lap in FP1.
Brendon Hartley also made a significant jump in the #8 Toyota compared to this afternoon, but the gap between the marque’s two LMH cars widened to 0.461s as Kobayashi remained the only driver to break the 1m47s barrier when the chequered flag was waved after 90 minutes of running.
Cadillac emerged as Toyota’s closest rival in second practice thanks to Alex Lynn’s early effort of 1m47.690s, although it was still nearly nine tenths off the pace in a session where the entire Hypercar field was split by five seconds.
Jota led the way for Porsche with Will Stevens setting the fourth-quickest time in the team’s #38 963 LMDh, but the factory Penske sqauad wasn't too far behind in fifth thanks to a time of 1m48.427s by Laurens Vanthoor in the #6 car.
WEC returnee Nico Muller posting a lap of 1m48.470s in the #94 9X8 to propel Peugeot to sixth, while Proton slipped from third to seventh after dawn as the customer Porsche team ended up just over two seconds off the pace of the #7 Toyota.
Proton split the two factory Peugeot cars, with Paul di Resta finishing eighth in the team’s #93 entry, ahead of the #5 Porsche of Michael Christensen.
Ferrari had another low key session in Bahrain with its two LMHs finishing over 3.5s down, with Antonio Fuoco the best of the marque’s runners in the #50 499P.
Vanwall propped up the 12-car hypercar field.
In LMP2, Filipe Albuquerque again set the quickest time in the #22 United Autosports Oreca 07, leading the #63 Prema driven by Mirko Bortolotti
The two drivers were separated by 0.325s at the top of the class, with Charles Milesi another 0.005s adrift in third in the #36 Alpine.
Over in GTE Am, Daniel Serra put the #57 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GTE on top after completing a lap of the Bahrain International Circuit in 1m58.246s.
Matteo Cairoli had led the way early on in the #56 Project 1 Porsche 911 RSR-19, but eventually slipped to third in the final order behind Riccardo Pera in the similar Porsche entered by GR Racing.
Cairolo’s team-mate Gunnar Jeannette brought out the only red flag of the session when he crashed the car at the final turn just before the hour-mark.
The car didn’t return on track for the remainder of practice.
Main Information Additional Data Driver Info Driver Info
Driver Info
Main Information Additional Data
Cla Team # Drivers Car Laps Time Interval km/h 1
Toyota Racing HYPERCAR
7 M. Conway
K. Kobayashi
J. Lopez Toyota GR010 - Hybrid 41
1'46.851
182.339 2
Toyota Racing HYPERCAR
8 S. Buemi
B. Hartley
R. Hirakawa Toyota GR010 - Hybrid 44
+0.461
1'47.312
0.461 181.556 3
CADILLAC RACING HYPERCAR
2 E. Bamber
A. Lynn
R. Westbrook Cadillac V-Series.R 42
+0.839
1'47.690
0.378 180.919 4
HERTZ TEAM JOTA HYPERCAR
38 A. Felix da Costa
W. Stevens
Y. Yifei Porsche 963 43
+1.141
1'47.992
0.302 180.413 5
PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT HYPERCAR
6 K. Estre
A. Lotterer
L. Vanthoor Porsche 963 32
+1.576
1'48.427
0.435 179.689 6
PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES HYPERCAR
94 L. Duval
G. Menezes
N. Müller Peugeot 9X8 43
+1.850
1'48.701
0.274 179.236 7
Proton Competition HYPERCAR
99 N. Jani
G. Bruni
H. Tincknell Porsche 963 41
+2.087
1'48.938
0.237 178.846 8
PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES HYPERCAR
93 P. di Resta
M. Jensen
J. Vergne Peugeot 9X8 43
+2.403
1'49.254
0.316 178.329 9
PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT HYPERCAR
5 D. Cameron
M. Christensen
F. Makowiecki Porsche 963 40
+3.150
1'50.001
0.747 177.118 10
FERRARI AF CORSE HYPERCAR
50 A. Fuoco
M. Molina
N. Nielsen Ferrari 499P 38
+3.737
1'50.588
0.587 176.178 11
FERRARI AF CORSE HYPERCAR
51 A. Pier Guidi
J. Calado
A. Giovinazzi Ferrari 499P 44
+3.997
1'50.848
0.260 175.765 12
FLOYD VANWALL RACING TEAM HYPERCAR
4 E. Guerrieri
T. Vautier
R. Briscoe Vanwall Vandervell 680 39
+4.358
1'51.209
0.361 175.194 13
United Autosports LMP2
22 F. Lubin
P. Hanson
F. Albuquerque Oreca 07 39
+5.999
1'52.850
1.641 172.646 14
PREMA RACING LMP2
63 D. Pin
M. Bortolotti
D. Kvyat Oreca 07 37
+6.324
1'53.175
0.325 172.151 15
Alpine Elf Endurance Team LMP2
36 M. Vaxiviere
J. Canal
C. Milesi Oreca 07 42
+6.329
1'53.180
0.005 172.143 16
PREMA RACING LMP2
9 F. Ugran
B. Viscaal
J. Correa Oreca 07 37
+6.572
1'53.423
0.243 171.774 17
INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION LMP2
34 J. Smiechowski
F. Scherer
A. Costa Oreca 07 41
+6.666
1'53.517
0.094 171.632 18
United Autosports LMP2
23 J. Pierson
T. Blomqvist
O. Jarvis Oreca 07 38
+6.722
1'53.573
0.056 171.547 19
VECTOR SPORT LMP2
10 R. Cullen
M. Kaiser
G. Aubry Oreca 07 37
+6.923
1'53.774
0.201 171.244 20
TEAM WRT LMP2
41 R. Andrade
R. Kubica
L. Deletraz Oreca 07 43
+7.361
1'54.212
0.438 170.588 21
Alpine Elf Endurance Team LMP2
35 A. Negrao
M. Rojas
O. Caldwell Oreca 07 36
+7.436
1'54.287
0.075 170.476 22
TEAM WRT LMP2
31 S. Gelael
F. Habsburg
R. Frijns Oreca 07 41
+7.479
1'54.330
0.043 170.411 23
Jota Sport LMP2
28 D. Heinemeier Hansson
P. Fittipaldi
O. Rasmussen Oreca 07 33
+8.077
1'54.928
0.598 169.525 24
Kessel Racing LMGTE AM
57 T. Kimura
E. Masson
D. Serra Ferrari 488 GTE EVO 39
+11.395
1'58.246
3.318 164.768 25
GR RACING LMGTE AM
86 M. Wainwright
R. Pera
B. Barker Porsche 911 RSR - 19 37
+11.482
1'58.333
0.087 164.647 26
PROJECT 1 - AO LMGTE AM
56 P. Hyett
G. Jeannette
M. Cairoli Porsche 911 RSR - 19 24
+11.487
1'58.338
0.005 164.640 27
IRON LYNX LMGTE AM
60 C. Schiavoni
M. Cressoni
A. Picariello Porsche 911 RSR - 19 38
+11.628
1'58.479
0.141 164.444 28
D'Station Racing LMGTE AM
777 L. Talbot
C. Stevenson
T. Fujii Aston Martin Vantage AMR 38
+12.175
1'59.026
0.547 163.688 29
NORTHWEST AMR LMGTE AM
98 I. James
D. Mancinelli
A. Riberas Aston Martin Vantage AMR 38
+12.294
1'59.145
0.119 163.525 30
Proton Competition LMGTE AM
77 C. Ried
M. Pedersen
J. Andlauer Porsche 911 RSR - 19 35
+12.588
1'59.439
0.294 163.122 31
IRON DAMES LMGTE AM
85 S. Bovy
M. Gatting
R. Frey Porsche 911 RSR - 19 39
+12.610
1'59.461
0.022 163.092 32
ORT BY TF LMGTE AM
25 A. Al Harthy
M. Dinan
C. Eastwood Aston Martin Vantage AMR 37
+12.637
1'59.488
0.027 163.055 33
AF Corse LMGTE AM
21
F. Dezoteux
S. Mann
K. Cozzolino Ferrari 488 GTE EVO 39
+12.643
1'59.494
0.006 163.047 34
Corvette Racing LMGTE AM
33 B. Keating
N. Varrone
N. Catsburg Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 39
+13.107
1'59.958
0.464 162.416 35
AF Corse LMGTE AM
54 T. Flohr
F. Castellacci
D. Rigon Ferrari 488 GTE EVO 38
+13.139
1'59.990
0.032 162.373 36
RICHARD MILLE AF CORSE LMGTE AM
83 L. Perez Companc
L. Wadoux
A. Rovera Ferrari 488 GTE EVO 25
+13.602
2'00.453
0.463 161.749 View full results
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