Bahrain 8 Hours 2021 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 8 Hours of Bahrain		Date: 6.11.2021
Track: Bahrain International Circuit (Bahrain), 5.412 kms	Organiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest
Bahrain 8 Hours
FIA World Endurance Championship (round 6)

Weather:	dry
Start time:	14:00
Grid:	2-2-2, rolling start
Distance:	8 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	31
Practiced:	31
Qualified:	31
Started:	31
Finished:	29
Classified:	29

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Hypercar	3	3	3
Le Mans Prototype 2	11	11	11
Le Mans GTE Pro	4	4	4
Le Mans GTE Am	13	13	11

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Pre-race sessions:
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 240 minutes on 4-5/11
1 qualifying session held for a total of 10 minutes on 5/11

Winners:
Overall:	8	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	Buemi / Nakajima / Hartley
Le Mans Prototype 2:	31	Oreca 07 Gibson	Frijns / Habsburg / Milesi
Le Mans GTE Pro:	51	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Pier Guidi / Calado
Le Mans GTE Am:	83	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Perrodo / Nielsen / Rovera
Leaders:
laps 1-8:	36		Alpine A480 Gibson
laps 9-30:	7		Toyota GR010 Hybrid
laps 31-32:	8		Toyota GR010 Hybrid
laps 33-43:	7		Toyota GR010 Hybrid
laps 44-247:	8		Toyota GR010 Hybrid
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	7	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	Mike Conway (GB)	1:49.4480	178.0000 km/h	lap 2
Le Mans Prototype 2:	70	Oreca 07 Gibson	Norman Nato (F)	1:52.1630	173.7000 km/h	lap 199
Le Mans GTE Pro:	52	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Miguel Molina (E)	1:57.0320	166.5000 km/h	lap 143
Le Mans GTE Am:	83	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Nicklas Nielsen (DK)	1:57.2420	166.2000 km/h	lap 196
Pole Positions:
Overall:	7	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	Kamui Kobayashi (J)	1:46.2500	183.4000 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	22	Oreca 07 Gibson	Filipe Albuquerque (P)	1:49.5250	177.9000 km/h
Le Mans GTE Pro:	92	Porsche 991 RSR 19	Kevin Estre (F)	1:56.0410	167.9000 km/h
Le Mans GTE Am:	47	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Roberto Lacorte (I)	1:58.7120	164.1000 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Oreca (11), Ferrari (8), Porsche (6), Aston Martin (3), Toyota (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Gibson (12), Ferrari (8), Porsche (6), Aston Martin (3), Toyota (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Oreca 07 (11), Ferrari 488 (8), Porsche 991 RSR (6)
Driver nationalities:	GB (13), I (13), F (10), CH (7), NL (6), DK (5), BR (5), J (5), A (2), AUS (2), B (2), CO (2), D (2), NZ (2), P (2), PL (2)
Team nationalities:	I (7), D (5), GB (5), J (3), CH (2), F (2), USA (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (90%), front-engined (10%)
Average engine size:	4089 cc (with regard to 41% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4759 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Thomas Flohr (61), Claudio Schiavoni (61), Satoshi Hoshino (60)
Youngest known drivers:	Oliver Caldwell (19), Tom Gamble (20), Charles Milesi (20)
Female drivers:	Sarah Bovy, Tatiana Calderón, Sophia Floersch, Rahel Frey, Katherine Legge, Beitske Visser

Official Race Programme:

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