Porsche on pole in Bahrain

Si Toyota semblait bien parti pur s’octroyer la pole position des 6 Heures de Bahreïn, Nick Tandy est venu coiffer au dernier moment la TS050 Hybrid n°7 confiée en qualifications à José Maria Lopez et Mike conway. The Porsche 919 Hybrid n°1, que le Britannique partage avec André Lotterer et Neel Jani, est créditée d’un chrono en 1’39 »383. Elle devance de 0 »263, la Toyota n°7 et de 0 »628 la deuxième 919 Hybrid de Bamber-Hartley-Bernhard. La Toyota n°8, au volant de laquelle se sont relayés Kazuki Nakajima and Anthony Davidson, is fourth at 1”3.

In LM P2, it’s up to Signatech Alpine what is the pole position, the pair negrao-Menezes having signed a 1'47"227 which allows him to precede the #0 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca 3 of Laurent-Jarvis-Tung by 07"38, currently second in the championship. Her great rival for the title, the No. 31 from the Vaillante Rebellion stable (Canal-Senna-Cheers) is just behind.

In GTE Pro, pole position went to the Ferrari 488 GTE n°51 of Sam Bird and Davide Rigon, thanks to an average time of 1’56”033. The Italian was ahead by 0”339 and 0”430 respectively.Aston Martin Vantage #97 of Adam and Turner and the Ford GT #67 of Priaulx-Tincknell, the best placed of the three contenders for the title. The top five is completed by the #51 Ferrari of Calado-Pier Guidi and the #95 Aston Martin of Sorensen-Thiim. The two Porsche 911 RSRs are 1”4 behind the reference mark while the No. 66 Ford GT brings up the rear.

Championship leader, the No. 98 Aston Martin Vantage of Dalla Lana-Lamy-Lauda shone in GTE Am and is ahead of the No. 488 Ferrari 61 GTE of Griffin-Mok-Sawaa. In third place, we find the No. 911 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 77 RSR.

See you tomorrow at 15 p.m. for the start of the event.