A Toyota colocou os seus dois carros na primeira fila para as Seis Horas do Bahrein, última etapa do Campeonato Mundial de Endurance (WEC).
O japonês Kazuki Nakajima e o austrÁaco Alexander Wurz, com o TS030 – Hybrid #7, marcaram o tempo de 1m42s449, na média de quatro voltas rápidas (duas de cada piloto). O francês Nicolas Lapierre completa o trio que alinha na pole, a segunda consecutiva da Toyota.
O segundo trio da montadora japonesa, com o carro #8, Anthony Davidson/Sébastien Buemi/Stépahne Sarrazin, completa a primeira fila.
O trio André Loterrer/Benoit Tréluyer/Marcel Fassler (Audi R18 e-tron quatro), abre a segunda fila, seguidos pelos parceiros de equipe e Campeões de 2013, Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish/ LoÁ¯c Duval.
O brasileiro Bruno Senna (Aston Martin Vantage V8), em trio com o português Pedro Lamy e o alemão Richie Stenaway, alinha na quinta posição na classe LMGTE Pro, e 19ª no geral.
Em trio com os franceses Julien Canal e Patrick Bornhauser, o brasileiro Fernando Rees (Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1) alinha em último na Classe LMGTE Am, e no geral.
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Grid:
1 7 LMP1 Alexander WURZ, Nicolas LAPIERRE, Kazuki NAKAJIMA Toyota TS030 – Hybrid M 1’42.449 Â Â Â
2 8 LMP1 Anthony DAVIDSON, Sébastien BUEMI, Stéphane SARRAZINÂ Toyota TS030 – Hybrid M 1’42.781
3 1 LMP1 André LOTTERER, Benoit TRÉLUYER, Marcel FÁ„SSLER Audi R18 e-tron quattro MÂ 1’42.976
4 2 LMP1 Tom KRISTENSEN, LoÁ¯c DUVAL, Allan McNISH Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 1:42.389 1’43.145
5 12 LMP1 Andrea BELICCHI, Mathias BECHE, Nicolas PROST Lola B12/60 Coupé – Toyota M 1’46.728
6 49 LMP2 Luis PEREZ COMPANC, Nicolas MINASSIAN, Pierre KAFFER Â Oreca 03 – Nissan M 1’50.941
7 26 LMP2 Roman RUSINOV, John MARTIN, Mike CONWAY Oreca 03 – Nissan DÂ 1’51.003
8 24 LMP2 Olivier PLA, David HEINEMEIER HANSSON, Alex BRUNDLEÂ Morgan – Nissan DÂ 1’51.718
9 41 LMP2 BjÁ¶rn WIRDHEIM, Wolfgang REIP, Jon LANCASTER Zytek Z11SN – Nissan D 1:51.493 1’51.841
10 25 LMP2 Fabien GIROIX, Robbie KERR, Craig DOLBY Oreca 03 – Nissan D 1:51.068 1’52.133
11 35 LMP2 Bertrand BAGUETTE, Ricardo GONZALEZ, Martin PLOWMANÂ Morgan – Nissan DÂ 1’52.377
12 31 LMP2 Kevin WEEDA, Vitantonio LIUZZI, Lucas AUERÂ Lotus T128 DÂ 1’53.217
13 32 LMP2 Thomas HOLZER, Dominik KRAIHAMER, Jan CHAROUZ Lotus T128 DÂ 1’53.584
14 45 LMP2 Jacques NICOLET, Keiko IHARA, David CHENGÂ Morgan – Nissan D1’54.033
15 92 LMGTE Pro Marc LIEB, Richard LIETZ, Porsche 911 RSR M 1:58.005 1’58.833
16 91 LMGTE Pro JÁ¶rg BERGMEISTER, Patrick PILET, Porsche 911 RSR M 1’58.960
17 97 LMGTE Pro Darren TURNER, Stefan MÁœCKE, Aston Martin Vantage V8 M 1’59.038
18 51 LMGTE Pro Gianmaria BRUNI, Toni VILANDER, Ferrari F458 Italia M 1’59.049
19 99 LMGTE Pro Pedro LAMY, Bruno SENNA, Richie STANAWAY Aston Martin Vantage V8 MÂ 1’59.167
20 71 LMGTE Pro Kamui KOBAYASHI, Giancarlo FISICHELLA, Ferrari F458 Italia M 1’59.459
21 95 LMGTE Am Christoffer NYGAARD, Kristian POULSEN, Nicki THIIM Aston Martin Vantage V8 M 2’00.303
22 81 LMGTE Am Vicente POTOLICCHIO, Rui AGUAS, Davide RIGON Ferrari F458 Italia M 2’00.337
23 96 LMGTE Am Stuart HALL, Roald GOETHE, Jamie CAMPBELL-WALTER Aston Martin Vantage V8 M 2’00.496
24 61 LMGTE Am François PERRODO, Emmanuel COLLARD, Matt GRIFFIN Ferrari F458 Italia M 2’00.527
25 76 LMGTE Am Raymond NARAC, Jean-Karl VERNAY, Markus PALTTALA Porsche 911 GT3 RSR MÂ 2’00.880
26 88 LMGTE Am Christian RIED, Gianluca RODA, Paolo RUBERTI Porsche 911 GT3 RSR M 2’01.290
27 57 LMGTE Am Tracy KROHN, Niclas JÁ–NSSON, Maurizio MEDIANI Ferrari F458 Italia M 2’01.563
28 50 LMGTE Am Patrick BORNHAUSER, Julien CANAL, Fernando REES Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1 M 2’03.236 Â Â Â
Foto: WEC – FRANCOIS FLAMAND