Four manufacturers represented in top 4 Thursday
16 drivers have improved di Resta’s FP1 fastest lap during the night session. Four different manufacturers are mong the top 4 of the Thursday combined sessions for the last FP1 and FP2 of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season.
BMW, Porsche, Ferrari and Toyota in top 4
Top 30 Hypercars Classification by Driver Fastest Lap after Free Practice 2
Source WEC: Hypercars Classification by Driver Fastest Lap after Free Practice 2.
Dries Vanthoor aboard the #15 BMW M Hybrid V8 did set the fastest lap of the day during the night session (FP2) in 1:48.257.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Bahrain. Dries vanthoor with #15 BMW M Hybrid V8 was during FP2 and sets the best lap for the combined practices.
Matt Campbell was the fastest of the Porsche Penske works drivers being 0.054 seconds slower than Vanthoor with his #5 Porsche 963.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Bahrain. #5 Porsche Penske Motrosport Porsche 963.
Third-fastest was Antonio Giovinazzi with the #51 Ferrari 499P in 1:48.472.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Bahrain. #51 Ferrari 499 P.
Nyck de Vries driving the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid was fourth of combined sessions, 0.390 seconds slower than the day’s Benchmark.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Bahrain. Nyck de Vries driving the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid during FP2.
Nyck de Vries (Driver, car #7): “I think we had a decent free practice day, considering the track conditions, because the grip levels were pretty low. We are in the fight but it’s hard to draw too many conclusions from today’s results. We seem to be there or thereabouts. We still need to find a little bit more compared to our competition and we will work hard to do that, but overall, it has been a positive first day.” Source: Toyota Gazoo Racing
Both Lexus dominate LMGT3 class
Kelvin van der Linde’s fastest lap during FP1 stayed on top of LMGT3 class classification but Esteban Masson with sister Lexus was faster than Alessio Rovera’s second fastest lap during FP1. Combined Thursday Free Practices classification is as follow in LMGT3 class:
Source WEC: Classification by Driver Fastest Lap after Free Practice 2.
📷 © Luc Warnotte. Left: Lexus RC F LMGT3 #78. Center: Lexus RC F LMGT3 #87. Right: Ferrari 296 LMGT3 #55.
Timetable (CET)
Friday 1 November
10:00-11:00: Free Practice 3
14:40-14:52: Hypercar Qualifying
15:00-15:10: Hypercar Hyperpole
Saturday 2 November
12:00-20:00: 8 Hours of Bahrain
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