8 Hours of Bahrain – FP3: Ferrari takes the lead before qualifying

Ferrari shows up before qualifying. After two sessions dominated by theAston Martin Valkyrie #009 on Thursday (BMW #20 had its best time in Free Practice 2 deleted), it was the Italian manufacturer that finished at the top of the timesheets this Friday with the #50 of Miguel Molina, Antonio Fuoco and Nicklas Nielsen with a lap of 1:49.725.

La Toyota No. 7 of Kamui Kobayashi, Mike conway et Nyck de Vries took second place, just 0.012 seconds behind. The #83 AF Corse Ferrari (Robert Kubica, Phil Hanson, Yifei Ye) completed the podium, 0.339 seconds back. The #009 Aston Martin of Marco Sørensen, Alex Riberas, and Roman de Angelis remained in fourth place, 0.410 seconds behind.

Among French brands, the best Peugeot , the number 94 of Theo Pourchaire, Loïc duval and Malthe Jakobsen is in 6th position, 0.566 seconds behind. The two Alpine brought up the rear in the Hypercar category, but the French manufacturer probably didn't show everything during this session.

In LMGT3, it's the Mercedes-AMG No. 61 of the Iron Lynx team of the trio Martin Berry, Lin Hodenius and Maxime Martin who set the best time in 2:03.158, ahead of the two Lexus RC Fs of Akkodis ASP Team.

The session was interrupted in its first half by a red flag following a spin by Célia Martin. The French Iron Dames rider hit the wall at turn 2 before returning to the pits. Other, less serious, off-track excursions were recorded during this final practice session before qualifying, notably that of Laurens Vanthoor at the wheel of the Porsche No. 6. Although the Belgian did not touch the wall, the rear wing of the prototype still had to be changed.

Join us at 13:50 PM (Paris time) for the start of qualifying for the 8 Hours of Bahrain, the final race of the 2025 season. WEC.

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