Buemi-Nakajima-Hartley keep up their leading pace in FP3

Toyota Gazoo Racing finished the final practice session of the FIA World Endurance Championship’s 2021 season today in first and second place overall.

Their #8 crew of Sebastien Buemi-Kazuki Nakajima-Bredon Hartley were quickest with a best lap of 1min 48.346secs in Free Practice 3 of the Bapco 8 Hours of Bahrain at Bahrain International Circuit.
They completed 26 laps in warm, daylight conditions.

Their teammates Kamui Kobayshi-Mike Conway-Jose Maria Lopez in the #7 GR010 Hybrid Hypercar followed 0.431 seconds behind.

Leading the LMP2 class with a best lap of 1:51.188 was the JOTA #38 trio of Roberto Gonzlez-Antonio Felix Da Costa-Anthony Davidson in their Oreca 07-Gibson.

Atop the LMGTE Pro timesheet were Neel Jani-Kevin Estre-Michael Chrsitensen in the Porsche GT Team’s 911 RSR-19. They posted a fastest time of 1:56.590.

Atop the LMGTE Am classification were Team Project 1’s Riccardo Pera-Egidio Perfetti-Matteo Cairoli in their #56 RSR-19. They had a best time of 1:58.696.

The WEC runners will be returning to action for qualifying this after, first for the LMGTE classes at 5.20pm and then for the Hypercar and LMP2 categories at 5.40pm.