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WEC Bahrain: #7 Toyota tops wind-delayed, rain-hit first practice
Kamui Kobayashi and Sebastien Buemi finished first and second in their Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercars during Free Practice 1 for the Bahrain 8 Hours race. The session was briefly halted due to strong winds blowing an advertising hoarding onto the track, followed by attention to banners elsewhere on the circuit. After the resumption, Buemi set the fastest time with a 1m49.960s, which was then surpassed by Kobayashi with a 1m49.856s. The Porsche 963 LMDhs filled positions three to six, with Proton Competition’s Gianmaria Bruni in third and the Penske cars of Laurens Vanthoor and Michael Christensen in fourth and fifth respectively. The Cadillac V-Series.R of Chip Ganassi Racing, driven by Alex Lynn, finished in seventh place. Ferrari secured eighth and ninth positions, with James Calado ahead of Miguel Molina. The Peugeot 9X8 LMHs and the Vanwall Vandervell 680 LMH rounded out the top eleven. The LMP2 category saw Filipe Albuquerque of United Autosports setting the fastest time, followed by Gabriel Aubry in the Vector Sport ORECA-Gibson 07. For GTE Am, Tomonobu Fujii in the D’Station Aston Martin Vantage GTE recorded the quickest lap. The second practice session is scheduled for Thursday at 17:30.
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