FIA WEC Season 2021: 8 Hours of Bahrain LMGTE race

Ferrari got the double by winning in both classes and clinching the PRO and AM titles. No discussion in GTE AM class where François Perrodo, Nicklas Nielsen and Alessio Rovera dominated the championship and the race. In GTE PRO class, Alessandro Pier Guidi took the win after taking Christensen out of track. Three days after, Ferrari was officially crowned 2021 FIA World Endurance GTE Manufacturer’s Champion and James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi have been named World Endurance GTE Driver’s Champions.

FIA WEC Season 2021: 8 Hours of Bahrain Qualifications & Titles in play

Kamui Kobayashi in pole for tomorrow race. Both toyota will be in front row. Albuquerque was fastest in LMP2 with United Autosports #28 and Estre with Porsche #92 in LMGTE Pro. Roberto Lacorte with Cetilar Racing Ferrari #47 in pole for LMGTE AM class.

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FIA WEC Season 2021: 6 Hours of Bahrain Qualifications

Brendon Hartley in pole for tomorrow race. Both toyota will be in front row. Blomqvist was fastest in LMP2 with JOTA #28 and Estre with Porsche #92 in LMGTE Pro. Mastronardi with Iron Lynx Ferrari in pole for LMGTE AM class.

Third victory of the season for Miguel Molina, Matteo Cressoni and Rino Mastronardi who dominated the race with their #80 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GTE Evo and secured the title as well as an invitation to the next 24 Hours of Le Mans. The battle with Proton Porsche #93 was intense during the last hour.

United Autosport #2 wins the race and the second invitation to the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans.

G-Drive #25 as well as John Falb and Rui Andrade clinch the new Pro/AM championships.

DKR Engineering #4 cross checkered class first in LMP3 but got a 65” penalty still clinching the championship title as well as Laurent Horr.

Cool Racing in LMP2, United Autosports in LMP3 and TF Sport in LMGTE are the pole sitters in the 3 class for the 4 Hours of Portimao tomorrow.

The LMP2 Team title was wrapped up at Spa-Francorchamps last month by Orlen Team WRT and their drivers Louis Deletraz, Robert Kubica and Yiffei Ye took the Driver one. Still the second invitation at the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans granted to the second of the class will be in play.

It is a different story in the other classes. Let us review the situation class by class.

Francois Perrodo, Emmanuel Collard and Alessio Rovera with their #88 AF Corse took victory in the 4 Hours of Spa LM GTE class, 25 seconds ahead of the #80 Iron Lynx trio Miguel Molina, Rino Mastronardi and Matteo Cressoni.

Iron Lynx secured a double podium with Sarah Bovy, Michelle Gatting and Rahel Frey taking third. 

Team WRT drivers Robert Kubica, Yifei Ye and Louis Deletraz won the 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps 2021. With G-Drive’s retirement WRT #41 team clinch the 2021 European Le Mans Series title ahead of Portimao’s season finale. A new success of the Belgian WRT squad in its first season with prototype cars, after its FIA World Endurance Championship #31 driven by Robin Frijns, Ferdinand Habsburg and Charles Milesi claimed the LMP2 class win at Le Mans.

Both LMP3 and LMP2 classes qualifications sessions were interrupted by an accident at Raidillon. David Hauser crashed his Racing Experience Duqueine LMP3 D08 Nissan and Nicolas Jamin went off in the same place with his #32 United Autosport. Milesi will start in pole with #37 Cool Racing Oreca 07.

Some changes in entry list for the last two rounds of the ELMS championship. Still the same drivers/teams as in previous races are on the forefront with P. Hanson (United Autosport #22) dominating the session in front of L. Deletraz (Team WRT #41).

FIA WEC Season 9, Race 4/6: LMGTE @ 24 Hours of Le Mans 2021.

AF Corse's with the Ferrari 488 GTE Evo triumphed in the LMGTE Pro and LMGTE Am classes. Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and Côme Ledogar at the wheel of the #51 Ferrari won the LMGTE Pro class, while Nicklas Nielsen, François Perrodo and Alessio Rovera won the LMGTE Am class.

FIA WEC Season 9, Race 4/6: LMGTE @ 24 Hours of Le Mans Hyperpole.

Dries Vanthoor did qualify his Hub Auto Racing Porsche 911 ahead of the factory teams with 0.181 seconds advance. With his teammates E. Parente and M. Martin, he”ll start in front of the pack of LMGTE cars.

FIA WEC Season 9, Race 4/6: LMGTE @ 24 Hours of Le Mans Qualifications.

The top 6 qualified in LMGTE PRO for tonight Hyperpole session are:

FIA WEC LMGTE PRO Season 8, Race 1/8: 4 Hours of Silverstone 2019.

Great beginning of a new season for the new Porsche as they both came on top of the first race at Silverstone in P1 for Gimmi Brunni – Richard Lietz in #91 and P2 for Kevin Estre - Michael Christensen.

FIA WEC LMGTE PRO Season 7, Race 8/8: 24 Hours of Le Mans 2019.

The second edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (and last race) of the Super Season (2018-2019) was one of the best in the GTE Pro category with 17 cars and six manufacturers competing.

James Calado, Alessandro Pier Guidi and Daniel Serra offers Ferrari another success 70 years after its first victory ...

FIA WEC LMGTE PRO Season 7, Race 7/8: 6 Hours of Spa 2019.

Spa-Francorchamps did go past its reputation of generating tough races for the 7th of the Super Season. It was even a chaotic race with alternate weather conditions dry, rain, snow, sleet, hail… the four seasons during the 6 hours!

The start was delayed due to the cold so that track temperature could reach the minimum 5°. Literally minutes later a storm blew in and before long the snow was falling again. And that’s pretty much how the race went as weather conditions cycled between clear and sunny to wet and windy as virtually every form of water fell from the skies.

FIA WEC LMGTE PRO Season 7, Race 6/8: 1.000 miles of Sebring 2019.

WEC came back to its roots (WEC started in 2012 at Sebring) for the second time in 2019. It was the 6th race (out of 8) of the Super Season 2018-2019.

Lots of actions during the 1.000 Miles of Sebring 2019, as one count 19 different leaders during the race with 4 different manufacturers Porsche, Ford, BMW and Aston Martin. 

LMGTE @ 24 Hours of Le Mans 2013.

The 90th anniversary running of the Le Mans 24 Hours LMGTE categories, featured entries from Ferrari, Aston Martin, Porsche and Corvette as well as Dodge Viper from ALMS. It was a tough race for the drivers with changing conditions, with a mix of dry and wet track along with cool temperatures and wind. Several incidents such as the tragic death of Allan Simonsen triggered several safety cars, some for 45’.