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2024 8 Hours of Bahrain

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Bahrain 2024 8 Hours of Bahrain
Event information
Round 8 of 8 in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date2 November 2024
LocationSakhir
VenueBahrain International Circuit
Duration8 Hours
Results
Laps completed235
Distance (km)1271.571
Distance (miles)790.118
Hypercar
Pole position
Time1:46.714
TeamJapan Toyota Gazoo Racing
Winners
TeamJapan Toyota Gazoo Racing
DriversSwitzerland Sébastien Buemi
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Japan Ryō Hirakawa
LMGT3
Winners
TeamItaly Vista AF Corse
DriversFrance François Hériau
United States Simon Mann
Italy Alessio Rovera

The 2024 8 Hours of Bahrain (officially known as the 2024 Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain) was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 2 November 2024, as the eighth and final round of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the thirteenth running of the event, and the sixth running of the event in an extended 8-hour format.

Background

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The event, which ran over an duration of eight hours for the sixth time in a row, was announced during the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend. The 8 Hours of Bahrain has been featured on the calendar since the series' inception in 2012.[1]

Entry list

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The entry list was published on 17 October 2024, and saw several changes compared to the previous entry list. Sébastien Bourdais re-joined the No. 2 Cadillac Racing crew, after previously having driven at the 2024 Qatar 1812 km.[2] After Nicolas Lapierre's decision to retire from racing with immediate effect[3], Jules Gounon took over his seat in the No. 35 Alpine Endurance Team entry, whilst Charles Milesi joined the No. 36 crew.[2] In LMGT3, Giorgio Roda joined the No. 88 Proton Competition team for the first time since Le Mans. Giammarco Levorato replaced Mikkel O. Pedersen in the same car.[2] Furthermore, Franck Perera was replaced by Matteo Cairoli in the No. 60 Iron Lynx entry.[2] Finally, Conrad Laursen replaced Clemens Schmid in the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team entry.[2]

Schedule

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Date Time (local: AST) Event
Thursday, 31 October 12:15 Free Practice 1
17:30 Free Practice 2
Friday, 1 November 12:00 Free Practice 3
16:00 Qualifying - LMGT3
16:20 Hyperpole - LMGT3
16:40 Qualifying - Hypercar
17:00 Hyperpole - Hypercar
Saturday, 2 November 14:00 Race
Source:[4]

Practice

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Three practice sessions were held before the event: two were held on Thursday, and one was held on Friday. The sessions on Thursday morning and Thursday afternoon lasted 90 minutes, and the session on Fruday morning lasted 60 minutes.[4]

Practice 1

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The first practice session started at 12:15 AST on Thursday. Paul di Resta topped the session in the No. 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies entry, with a lap time of 1:50.837. Frédéric Makowiecki's No. 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport car was second-quickest, 0.049 seconds behind Di Resta. The No. 51 Ferrari AF Corse entry of Antonio Giovinazzi was third-quickest, 0.204 seconds behind Di Resta. Jean-Éric Vergne and Laurens Vanthoor rounded out the top five in the No. 93 Peugeot and No. 6 Porsche, respectively.[5] Kelvin van der Linde led LMGT3 in the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team entry, with a lap time of 2 minutes, 2.079 seconds. Alessio Rovera slotted in in second in the No. 55 Vista AF Corse entry, 0.263 seconds behind Van der Linde. Matteo Cairoli rounded out the top three in the No. 60 Iron Lynx entry, 0.739 seconds behind Van der Linde.[6]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 94 France Peugeot TotalEnergies United Kingdom Paul di Resta 1:50.837
LMGT3 78 France Akkodis ASP Team South Africa Kelvin van der Linde 2:02.079
Source:[7][8]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 2

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The second practice session started at 17:30 AST on Thursday, and saw Dries Vanthoor lead the session in the No. 15 BMW M Team WRT entry, with a lap time of 1:48.257. He was 0.054 seconds quicker than Matt Campbell in the No. 5 Porsche, with Giovinazzi in the No. 51 Ferrari once again taking the third position, 0.215 seconds behind Vanthoor.[9] Esteban Masson led the LMGT3 class in the No. 87 Lexus, with a lap time of 2:02.246. He was 0.655 seconds quicker than Hiroshi Koizumi in the No. 82 TF Sport entry, with François Hériau rounding out the top three in the No. 55 Ferrari.[10]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 15 Belgium BMW M Team WRT Belgium Dries Vanthoor 1:48.257
LMGT3 87 France Akkodis ASP Team France Esteban Masson 2:02.246
Source:[11][12]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Final practice

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The third and final practice session started at 12:00 AST on Friday, which saw Vergne topping the time sheets in the No. 93 Peugeot with a lap time of 1:49.443. He was 0.219 seconds quicker than Yifei Ye in the No. 83 AF Corse entry, with Daniil Kvyat finishing third-quickest in the No. 63 Lamborghini Iron Lynx entry.[13] Alex Malykhin led the LMGT3 class in the No. 92 Manthey PureRxcing entry, lapping the circuit in 2 minutes, 3.987 seconds. His lap was 0.054 seconds quicker than that of second-placed Arnold Robin in the No. 78 Lexus, with Hériau finishing third-quickest in the No. 55 Ferrari.[14]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 93 France Peugeot TotalEnergies France Jean-Éric Vergne 1:49.443
LMGT3 92 Lithuania Manthey PureRxcing Saint Kitts and Nevis Alex Malykhin 2:03.987
Source:[15][16]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying

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Qualifying results

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Entrant Qualifying Hyperpole Grid
1 Hypercar 8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:47.698 1:46.714 1
2 Hypercar 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:47.498 1:47.037 2
3 Hypercar 51 Italy Ferrari AF Corse 1:47.531 1:47.080 3
4 Hypercar 99 Germany Proton Competition 1:48.101 1:47.234 4
5 Hypercar 50 Italy Ferrari AF Corse 1:48.014 1:47.527 5
6 Hypercar 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:48.042 1:47.542 6
7 Hypercar 5 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:47.944 1:47.630 7
8 Hypercar 12 United Kingdom Hertz Team Jota 1:47.857 1:47.950 8
9 Hypercar 15 Belgium BMW M Team WRT 1:47.741 1:47.970 9
10 Hypercar 20 Belgium BMW M Team WRT 1:47.550 1:54.564 10
11 Hypercar 38 United Kingdom Hertz Team Jota 1:48.263 11
12 Hypercar 83 Italy AF Corse 1:48.282 13[Q 1]
13 Hypercar 2 United States Cadillac Racing 1:48.466 12
14 Hypercar 35 France Alpine Endurance Team 1:48.534 14
15 Hypercar 94 France Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:48.552 15
16 Hypercar 63 Italy Lamborghini Iron Lynx 1:48.555 16
17 Hypercar 36 France Alpine Endurance Team 1:48.796 17
18 Hypercar 93 France Peugeot TotalEnergies No time 18
19 LMGT3 95 United Kingdom United Autosports 2:02.311 2:02.201 19
20 LMGT3 59 United Kingdom United Autosports 2:02.714 2:02.203 20
21 LMGT3 55 Italy Vista AF Corse 2:02.458 2:02.367 21
22 LMGT3 85 Italy Iron Dames 2:02.591 2:02.636 22
23 LMGT3 92 Lithuania Manthey PureRxcing 2:03.202 2:02.720 23
24 LMGT3 27 United States Heart of Racing Team 2:03.140 2:02.949 24
25 LMGT3 54 Italy Vista AF Corse 2:02.679 2:03.033 25
26 LMGT3 81 United Kingdom TF Sport 2:03.272 2:03.125 26
27 LMGT3 82 United Kingdom TF Sport 2:02.959 2:03.176 27
28 LMGT3 78 France Akkodis ASP Team 2:03.641 2:03.269 28
29 LMGT3 777 Japan D'station Racing 2:03.763 29
30 LMGT3 31 Belgium Team WRT 2:03.785 30
31 LMGT3 46 Belgium Team WRT 2:03.797 31
32 LMGT3 91 Germany Manthey EMA 2:03.975 32
33 LMGT3 88 Germany Proton Competition 2:04.315 33
34 LMGT3 77 Germany Proton Competition 2:04.606 34
35 LMGT3 87 France Akkodis ASP Team 2:04.772 35
36 LMGT3 60 Italy Iron Lynx 2:05.237 36
Source:[18]
  1. ^ The No. 83 AF Corse entry received a 1-place grid drop after impending the No. 35 Alpine Endurance Team entry in the qualifying session.[17]

Race

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Race results

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The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 164 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 Hypercar 8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Japan Ryo Hirakawa
Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 235 8:01:25.839‡
Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6
2 Hypercar 5 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport Australia Matt Campbell
Denmark Michael Christensen
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 963 M 235 +29.177
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
3 Hypercar 93 France Peugeot TotalEnergies Denmark Mikkel Jensen
Switzerland Nico Müller
France Jean-Éric Vergne
Peugeot 9X8 M 235 +36.799
Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
4 Hypercar 35 France Alpine Endurance Team France Paul-Loup Chatin
France Jules Gounon
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
Alpine A424 M 235 +37.404
Alpine 3.4 L Turbo V6
5 Hypercar 15 Belgium BMW M Team WRT Switzerland Raffaele Marciello
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
Germany Marco Wittmann
BMW M Hybrid V8 M 235 +47.916
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
6 Hypercar 2 United States Cadillac Racing New Zealand Earl Bamber
France Sébastien Bourdais
United Kingdom Alex Lynn
Cadillac V-Series.R M 235 +55.841
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
7 Hypercar 38 United Kingdom Hertz Team Jota United Kingdom Jenson Button
United Kingdom Phil Hanson
Denmark Oliver Rasmussen
Porsche 963 M 235 +1:00.834
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
8 Hypercar 83 Italy AF Corse Poland Robert Kubica
Israel Robert Shwartzman
China Yifei Ye
Ferrari 499P M 235 +1:03.539
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
9 Hypercar 36 France Alpine Endurance Team France Charles Milesi
Germany Mick Schumacher
France Matthieu Vaxivière
Alpine A424 M 235 +1:12.064[R 1]
Alpine 3.4 L Turbo V6
10 Hypercar 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport France Kévin Estre
Germany André Lotterer
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 963 M 235 +1:19.711[R 2]
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
11 Hypercar 50 Italy Ferrari AF Corse Italy Antonio Fuoco
Spain Miguel Molina
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
Ferrari 499P M 235 +1:30.651
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
12 Hypercar 99 Germany Proton Competition France Julien Andlauer
Switzerland Neel Jani
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
Porsche 963 M 234 +1 Lap
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
13 Hypercar 12 United Kingdom Hertz Team Jota United Kingdom Callum Ilott
France Norman Nato
United Kingdom Will Stevens
Porsche 963 M 234 +1 Lap
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
14 Hypercar 51 Italy Ferrari AF Corse United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Antonio Giovinazzi
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 499P M 233 +2 Laps[R 3]
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
15 LMGT3 55 Italy Vista AF Corse France François Hériau
United States Simon Mann
Italy Alessio Rovera
Ferrari 296 GT3 G 214 +21 Laps‡
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
16 LMGT3 81 United Kingdom TF Sport Angola Rui Andrade
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
Belgium Tom van Rompuy
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 214 +21 Laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
17 LMGT3 82 United Kingdom TF Sport France Sébastien Baud
Spain Daniel Juncadella
Japan Hiroshi Koizumi
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 214 +21 Laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
18 LMGT3 60 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Matteo Cairoli
Italy Matteo Cressoni
Italy Claudio Schiavoni
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 G 214 +21 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
19 LMGT3 91 Germany Manthey EMA Austria Richard Lietz
Netherlands Morris Schuring
Australia Yasser Shahin
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) G 214 +21 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
20 LMGT3 59 United Kingdom United Autosports Brazil Nicolas Costa
United Kingdom James Cottingham
Switzerland Grégoire Saucy
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 214 +21 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
21 LMGT3 54 Italy Vista AF Corse Italy Francesco Castellacci
Switzerland Thomas Flohr
Italy Davide Rigon
Ferrari 296 GT3 G 214 +21 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
22 LMGT3 95 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Josh Caygill
Chile Nico Pino
Japan Marino Sato
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 214 +21 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
23 LMGT3 92 Lithuania Manthey PureRxcing Austria Klaus Bachler
Saint Kitts and Nevis Alex Malykhin
Germany Joel Sturm
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) G 214 +21 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
24 LMGT3 85 Italy Iron Dames Belgium Sarah Bovy
Switzerland Rahel Frey
Denmark Michelle Gatting
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 G 214 +21 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
25 LMGT3 27 United States Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom Ian James
Italy Daniel Mancinelli
Spain Alex Riberas
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 214 +21 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
26 LMGT3 777 Japan D'station Racing France Erwan Bastard
France Clément Mateu
Denmark Marco Sørensen
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 214 +21 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
27 LMGT3 31 Belgium Team WRT Brazil Augusto Farfus
Indonesia Sean Gelael
United Kingdom Darren Leung
BMW M4 GT3 G 214 +21 Laps[R 4]
BMW P58 L Turbo I6
28 LMGT3 46 Belgium Team WRT Oman Ahmad Al Harthy
Belgium Maxime Martin
Italy Valentino Rossi
BMW M4 GT3 G 213 +22 Laps
BMW P58 L Turbo I6
DNF Hypercar 63 Italy Lamborghini Iron Lynx Italy Mirko Bortolotti
Daniil Kvyat
Italy Edoardo Mortara
Lamborghini SC63 M 200 Did not finish
Lamborghini 3.8 L Turbo V8
DNF Hypercar 94 France Peugeot TotalEnergies United Kingdom Paul di Resta
France Loïc Duval
Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
Peugeot 9X8 M 179 Did not finish
Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
DNF LMGT3 77 Germany Proton Competition United Kingdom Ben Barker
United States Ryan Hardwick
Canada Zacharie Robichon
Ford Mustang GT3 G 178 Did not finish
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
DNF LMGT3 87 France Akkodis ASP Team Japan Takeshi Kimura
Argentina José María López
France Esteban Masson
Lexus RC F GT3 G 176 Did not finish
Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
DNF Hypercar 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Netherlands Nyck de Vries
Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 175 Did not finish
Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6
DNF LMGT3 88 Germany Proton Competition Italy Giammarco Levorato
Norway Dennis Olsen
Italy Giorgio Roda
Ford Mustang GT3 G 148 Did not finish
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
DNF Hypercar 20 Belgium BMW M Team WRT Netherlands Robin Frijns
Germany René Rast
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
BMW M Hybrid V8 M 111 Did not finish
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
DNF LMGT3 78 France Akkodis ASP Team Denmark Conrad Laursen
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
France Arnold Robin
Lexus RC F GT3 G 36 Did not finish
Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
Source:[24]
  1. ^ The No. 36 Alpine Endurance Team entry received a 5-second penalty for causing a collision with the No. 50 Ferrari AF Corse entry. Their final finishing position was unaffected.[19]
  2. ^ The No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport received two 5-second penalties: the first was for overtaking the No. 15 BMW M Team WRT entry off the track, whilst the second was for causing a collision with the No. 36 Alpine Endurance Team entry. Their final finishing position was unaffected.[20][21]
  3. ^ The No. 51 Ferrari AF Corse entry received a 295-second penalty for using 2 more tyres than the tyre allocation allowed. They dropped from 2nd to 14th overall.[22]
  4. ^ The No. 31 Team WRT entry received a drive-through penalty for causing a collision with the No. 27 Heart of Racing Team entry. Since they finished the race before taking the drive-through penalty, it was converted into a 50-second time penalty. They dropped from 26th to 27th overall, and from 12th to 13th in class.[23]

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