2017 6 Hours of Bahrain explained

26.0325°N 50.5106°W

Flag:BHR
2017 6 Hours of Bahrain
Round No:9
Round Total:9
Year:2017
Date:18 November
Location:Sakhir
Circuit:Bahrain International Circuit
Duration:6 Hours
Laps:199
Distance Km:1076.988
Distance Miles:669.237
Pole Time:1:39.383
Pole Team: Porsche LMP Team
Category1:LMP1
Category1 Winner Team: Toyota Gazoo Racing
Category1 Winner Drivers: Anthony Davidson
Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
Category2:LMP2
Category2 Winner Team: Rebellion Racing
Category2 Winner Drivers: Julien Canal
Nicolas Prost
Bruno Senna
Category3:LMGTE Pro
Category3 Winner Team: AF Corse
Category3 Winner Drivers: Davide Rigon
Sam Bird
Category4:LMGTE Am
Category4 Winner Team: Aston Martin Racing
Category4 Winner Drivers: Paul Dalla Lana
Pedro Lamy
Mathias Lauda

The 2017 6 Hours of Bahrain was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain on 16–18 November 2017, and served as the ninth and last race of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship. Toyota's Anthony Davidson, Sébastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima won the race driving the No. 8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid. This was the last race of the Porsche 919 Hybrid.[1] This would be the last time the race would be run in a 6 Hours format, with the race being extended to 8 hours for the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship, after being absent from the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship.

Qualifying

Qualifying result

! scope=col style="background-color:#CCCCCC;"
Classscope=col style="background-color:#CCCCCC;" scope=col style="background-color:#CCCCCC;" Teamscope=col style="background-color:#CCCCCC;" Driverscope=col style="background-color:#CCCCCC;" Timesscope=col style="background-color:#CCCCCC;"
1LMP11 Porsche LMP Team Neel Jani1 min 39 s 3831
2LMP17 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway1 min 39 s 6462
3LMP12 Porsche LMP Team Timo Bernhard1 min 40 s 0113
4LMP18 Toyota Gazoo Racing Kazuki Nakajima1 min 40 s 7744
5LMP236 Signatech Alpine Matmut André Negrão1 min 47 s 2275
6LMP238 Jackie Chan DC Racing Thomas Laurent1 min 47 s 6126
7LMP231 Vaillante Rebellion Bruno Senna1 min 47 s 7217
8LMP226 G-Drive Racing Loïc Duval1 min 47 s 9898
9LMP225 CEFC Manor TRS Racing Vitaly Petrov1 min 48 s 1769
10LMP224 CEFC Manor TRS Racing Ben Hanley1 min 48 s 37410
11LMP228 TDS Racing Matthieu Vaxiviere1 min 48 s 38611
12LMP213 Vaillante Rebellion Nelson Piquet Jr.1 min 48 s 38712
13LMP237 Jackie Chan DC Racing Tristan Gommendy1 min 49s 10213
14LMGTE-Pro71 AF Corse Davide Rigon1 min 56 s 03314
15LMGTE-Pro97 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner1 min 56 s 37215
16LMGTE-Pro67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Harry Tincknell1 min 56 s 46316
17LMGTE-Pro51 AF Corse James Calado1 min 56 s 88117
18LMGTE-Pro95 Aston Martin Racing Marco Sørensen1 min 57 s 01918
19LMGTE Pro91 Porsche GT Team Frédéric Makowiecki1 min 57 s 51619
20LMGTE Pro92 Porsche GT Team Kévin Estre1 min 57 s 52220
21LMGTE Am98 Aston Martin Racing Pedro Lamy2 min 00 s 11121
22LMGTE Am61 Clearwater Racing Matt Griffin2 min 00 s 28522
23LMGTE Am77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Christian Ried2 min 00 s 39523
24LMGTE Am54 Spirit of Race Francesco Castellacci2 min 01 s 35224
25LMGTE Pro66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Olivier Pla1 min 57 s 58825
26LMGTE Am86 Gulf Racing UK26

Race

Race result

Class winners are denoted with a yellow background.[2]

ClassTeamDriversChassisTyreTime/Retired
Engine
1LMP18 Toyota Gazoo Racing Anthony Davidson
Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota TS050 Hybrid1996:01:26.294
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
2LMP12 Porsche LMP Team Timo Bernhard
Earl Bamber
Brendon Hartley
Porsche 919 Hybrid198+1 Lap
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
3LMP11 Porsche LMP Team Neel Jani
Nick Tandy
André Lotterer
Porsche 919 Hybrid198+1 Lap
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
4LMP17 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
José María López
Toyota TS050 Hybrid196+3 Laps
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
5LMP231 Vaillante Rebellion Julien Canal
Nicolas Prost
Bruno Senna
Oreca 07186+13 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6LMP238 Jackie Chan DC Racing Ho-Pin Tung
Oliver Jarvis
Thomas Laurent
Oreca 07186+13 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7LMP213 Vaillante Rebellion Mathias Beche
David Heinemeier Hansson
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Oreca 07185+14 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8LMP236 Signatech Alpine Matmut Nicolas Lapierre
Gustavo Menezes
André Negrão
Alpine A470185+14 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9LMP225 CEFC Manor TRS Racing Roberto González
Simon Trummer
Vitaly Petrov
Oreca 07185+14 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10LMP224 CEFC Manor TRS Racing Matt Rao
Ben Hanley
Jean-Éric Vergne
Oreca 07185+14 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11LMP226 G-Drive Racing Roman Rusinov
Léo Roussel
Loïc Duval
Oreca 07184+15 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12LMP237 Jackie Chan DC Racing David Cheng
Alex Brundle
Tristan Gommendy
Oreca 07183+16 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13LMP228 TDS Racing François Perrodo
Matthieu Vaxiviere
Emmanuel Collard
Oreca 07182+17 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14LMGTE
Pro
71 AF Corse Davide Rigon
Sam Bird
Ferrari 488 GTE175+24 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
15LMGTE
Pro
51 AF Corse James Calado
Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 488 GTE175+24 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
16LMGTE
Pro
67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Andy Priaulx
Harry Tincknell
Ford GT174+25 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
17LMGTE
Pro
91 Porsche GT Team Richard Lietz
Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 RSR174+25 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18LMGTE
Pro
66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Stefan Mücke
Olivier Pla
Ford GT170+25 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
18LMGTE
Pro
95 Aston Martin Racing Nicki Thiim
Marco Sørensen
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE174+25 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
19LMGTE
Pro
97 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner
Jonathan Adam
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE174+25 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
21LMGTE
Am
98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana
Pedro Lamy
Mathias Lauda
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE170+29 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
22LMGTE
Am
61 Clearwater Racing Weng Sun Mok
Keita Sawa
Matt Griffin
Ferrari 488 GTE170+29 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
23LMGTE
Am
54 Spirit of Race Thomas Flohr
Francesco Castellacci
Miguel Molina
Ferrari 488 GTE169+30 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
24LMGTE
Am
77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Christian Ried
Matteo Cairoli
Marvin Dienst
Porsche 911 RSR164+31 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25LMGTE
Am
86 Gulf Racing UK Michael Wainwright
Ben Barker
Nick Foster
Porsche 911 RSR165+30 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
LMGTE
Pro
92 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen
Kévin Estre
Porsche 911 RSR84
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Porsche quits WEC LMP1 class for Formula E programme. Watkins. Gary. Autosport.com. en. 2019-01-20.
  2. Web site: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Bahraïn Race Final Classification . . PDF . 19 November 2017 . 25 November 2017.