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Jani heads FP1 times for No.2 Porsche

Jani heads FP1 times for No.2 Porsche
17/11/2016

  • Championship leaders Marc Lieb, Romain Dumas and Neel Jani head the times in Free Practice 1 at Bahrain in No.2 Porsche 919 Hybrid
  • Jani sets an early lap of 1m42.107s to lead No.8 Audi R18 by 0.343s in first track action
  • Audi third as No.7 car laps in 1m42.515s to begin strong start to final WEC race for German manufacturer
  • Best Toyota TS 050 HYBRID is fourth as Mike Conway, Stephane Sarrazin and Kamui Kobayashi start plan to snatch title away from No.2 Porsche
  • Reigning champions in No.1 Porsche 919 Hybrid – Mark Webber, Brendon Hartley and Timo Bernhard place fifth as great Australian gets set for final career race
  • No.5 Toyota TS 050 Hybrid sits sixth
  • Rebellion Racing enjoy large gap over ByKolles CLM P1/01 LMP1 Privateer battle

  • Recently crowned champions Signatech Alpine top LMP2 class as Nicolas Lapierre sets 1m50.906s lap
  • Roberto Merhi returns to WEC and places second in category for No.45 Manor Oreca-Nissan
  • Fuji and Shanghai winners G-Drive Racing take third position as Rene Rast races with team for first time since COTA
  • LMGTE Pro battles intensifies as No.97 Aston Martin sets pace with Darren Turner stopping clocks at 1m58.735s

  • Aston Martin Racing first and second as No.95 title-contending car of Marco Sorensen and Nicki Thiim is P2 in class
  • No.77 Dempsey Proton Porsche 911 RSR is third ahead of Ford and Ferrari entries.
  • LMGTE Am class finds the No.83 AF Corse Ferrari top of the times with Emmanuel Collard claiming a 2m01.550s best. He and teammates Rui Aguas and Francois Perrodo can seal the title with a pole position point tomorrow
  • Title rivals  in No.98 Aston Martin Racing entry – Pedro Lamy, Mathias Lauda and Paul Dalla Lana place second, just 0.002s in arrears.

For the full times from FP1 please CLICK HERE 

Photos by Adrenal Media

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