P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Peuget’s Jean-Eric Vergne set the fastest lap in the final practice session of the FIA World Endurance Championship season, for the 8 Hours of Bahrain, with the Frenchman setting a 1:49.443 to go quickest. Onboard the #93 Peugeot 9X8, he set the lap early, with no one else able to beat it through the session. […]
Onboard the #93 Peugeot 9X8, Vergne set the fastest lap early in the session, with no one able to beat it. Yifei Ye in the satellite #83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P was second fastest, just over two tenths off Vergne. Daniil Kvyat surprised by taking third in the #63 Lamborghini SC63, around six tenths off the pace. Paul di Resta was fourth in the sister #94 Peugeot, only 14 thousandths of a second behind Kvyat. Mick Schumacher was fifth in the #36 Alpine A424, more than a second off Vergne. None of the championship contenders were in the top 5, with the factory Ferraris sixth and seventh, Toyotas 11th and 13th, and Penske-run Porsches 12th and 15th.
In LMGT3, Aliaksandr Malykhin topped the charts in the #92 Manthey PureRxcing Porsche 911 GT3R, followed closely by Arnold Robin in the #78 Akkodis ASP Lexus RC F GT3. Francois Heriau in the #55 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 was third. The top five also included the #27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo, and the #82 TF Sport Corvette Z06 GT3R. The session was mostly clean, with only two brief full course yellows. Qualifying is scheduled to begin at 4pm local time or 1pm GMT in the UK.
