P1racenews AI automatic summary:
James Calado leads the 8 Hours of Bahrain with two hours gone, with the #51 Ferrari enjoying a six second lead over the #5 Porsche of Michael Christensen. The race started with Sebastien Buemi, in the #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid, retaining his lead. However, behind him, his teammate Mike Conway in the sister #7 car […]
The race began with Sebastien Buemi in the #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid holding onto the lead, while his teammate Mike Conway in the #7 car fell back behind Antonio Giovinazzi in the #51 Ferrari 499P. Laurens Vanthoor in the #6 Porsche 963, the championship favorite, dropped to 15th due to a cautious approach. The #5 Porsche made contact with a Ferrari, causing bodywork to fly off but both cars continued. Conway lost third place to Julien Andlauer, with Buemi later being spun by Hiroshi Koizumi, dropping to eighth. Will Stevens in the #12 JOTA Porsche took the lead after quick pit work, closely followed by the Ferrari. Norman Nato in the JOTA Porsche is in third place, with Brendon Hartley and Kamui Kobayashi following in the Toyotas. Rui Andrade leads in LMGT3 in the #81 Corvette Z06 GT3R, followed by Nicolas Costa in the #59 McLaren 720S GT3 and Simon Mann in the #55 Ferrari 296 GT3. The #95 McLaren sits fifth in class.
