24 entered in the 8 Hours of Bahrain

The WEC final will offer a relatively small grid in the Gulf, but new faces will take advantage of it to make their world debut.

Published on 03/11/2020 à 14:39

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Cool Racing package, there will only be 24 cars on the starting grid for the 8 Hours of Bahrain (November 14), final of the WEC 2019-2020.

As for changes, all in GTE Am, note the presence of the semi-retired Jörg Bergmeister on the Porsche 911 RSR n°56 of Team Project 1 in place of Matteo Cairoli, retained at Paul-Ricard for the closing round of the GT World Challenge.

At Red River Sport, Johnny Mowlem and Charles Hollings are replaced by Kei Cozzolino and Colin Noble aboard the Ferrari 488 GTE Evo n°62. In the No. 911 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 77 RSR, Matt Campbell, also in Var, will be replaced by Dennis Olsen.

Titled in ELMS on Sunday, November 1 in GTE, Belgian Alessio Picariello will come to lend a hand to Ben Barker and Michael Wainwright in the No. 911 Gulf Racing 86 RSR.

One unknown remains, the identity of the driver who will share the wheel of the No. 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche with Khaled Al Kubaisi and Marco Holzer.