2017 6 Hours of Bahrain

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2017 6 Hours of Bahrain

Event information
Round 9 of 9 in the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date	18 November 2017
Location	Sakhir
Venue	Bahrain International Circuit
Duration	6 Hours
Results
Laps completed	199
Distance (km)	1076.988
Distance (miles)	669.237
LMP1
Pole position
Time	1:39.383
Team	Porsche LMP Team
Winners
Team	Toyota Gazoo Racing
Drivers	Anthony Davidson Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima
LMP2
Winners
Team	Rebellion Racing
Drivers	Julien Canal Nicolas Prost Bruno Senna
LMGTE Pro
Winners
Team	AF Corse
Drivers	Davide Rigon Sam Bird
LMGTE Am
Winners
Team	Aston Martin Racing
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

Performance done during the qualifying session (Pole position in Class is in bold)^[2]

Pos	Class	N°	Team	Driver	Times	Grid A
1	LMP1	1	Porsche LMP Team	Neel Jani	1 min 39 s 383	1
2	LMP1	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway	1 min 39 s 646	2
3	LMP1	2	Porsche LMP Team	Timo Bernhard	1 min 40 s 011	3
4	LMP1	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Kazuki Nakajima	1 min 40 s 774	4
5	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine Matmut	André Negrão	1 min 47 s 227	5
6	LMP2	38	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Thomas Laurent	1 min 47 s 612	6
7	LMP2	31	Vaillante Rebellion	Bruno Senna	1 min 47 s 721	7
8	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	Loïc Duval	1 min 47 s 989	8
9	LMP2	25	CEFC Manor TRS Racing	Vitaly Petrov	1 min 48 s 176	9
10	LMP2	24	CEFC Manor TRS Racing	Ben Hanley	1 min 48 s 374	10
11	LMP2	28	TDS Racing	Matthieu Vaxiviere	1 min 48 s 386	11
12	LMP2	13	Vaillante Rebellion	Nelson Piquet Jr.	1 min 48 s 387	12
13	LMP2	37	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Tristan Gommendy	1 min 49s 102	13
14	LMGTE-Pro	71	AF Corse	Davide Rigon	1 min 56 s 033	14
15	LMGTE-Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner	1 min 56 s 372	15
16	LMGTE-Pro	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Harry Tincknell	1 min 56 s 463	16
17	LMGTE-Pro	51	AF Corse	James Calado	1 min 56 s 881	17
18	LMGTE-Pro	95	Aston Martin Racing	Marco Sørensen	1 min 57 s 019	18
19	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche GT Team	Frédéric Makowiecki	1 min 57 s 516	19
20	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche GT Team	Kévin Estre	1 min 57 s 522	20
21	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Pedro Lamy	2 min 00 s 111	21
22	LMGTE Am	61	Clearwater Racing	Matt Griffin	2 min 00 s 285	22
23	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Christian Ried	2 min 00 s 395	23
24	LMGTE Am	54	Spirit of Race	Francesco Castellacci	2 min 01 s 352	24
25	LMGTE Pro	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Olivier Pla	1 min 57 s 588	25
26	LMGTE Am	86	Gulf Racing UK			26

Race

Race result

Class winners are denoted with a yellow background.^[3]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired
					Engine
1	LMP1	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Anthony Davidson Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	M	199	6:01:26.294
					Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
2	LMP1	2	Porsche LMP Team	Timo Bernhard Earl Bamber Brendon Hartley	Porsche 919 Hybrid	M	198	+1 Lap
					Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
3	LMP1	1	Porsche LMP Team	Neel Jani Nick Tandy André Lotterer	Porsche 919 Hybrid	M	198	+1 Lap
					Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
4	LMP1	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	M	196	+3 Laps
					Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
5	LMP2	31	Vaillante Rebellion	Julien Canal Nicolas Prost Bruno Senna	Oreca 07	D	186	+13 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6	LMP2	38	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Ho-Pin Tung Oliver Jarvis Thomas Laurent	Oreca 07	D	186	+13 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7	LMP2	13	Vaillante Rebellion	Mathias Beche David Heinemeier Hansson Nelson Piquet Jr.	Oreca 07	D	185	+14 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine Matmut	Nicolas Lapierre Gustavo Menezes André Negrão	Alpine A470	D	185	+14 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9	LMP2	25	CEFC Manor TRS Racing	Roberto González Simon Trummer Vitaly Petrov	Oreca 07	D	185	+14 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10	LMP2	24	CEFC Manor TRS Racing	Matt Rao Ben Hanley Jean-Éric Vergne	Oreca 07	D	185	+14 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	Roman Rusinov Léo Roussel Loïc Duval	Oreca 07	D	184	+15 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12	LMP2	37	Jackie Chan DC Racing	David Cheng Alex Brundle Tristan Gommendy	Oreca 07	D	183	+16 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13	LMP2	28	TDS Racing	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxiviere Emmanuel Collard	Oreca 07	D	182	+17 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Sam Bird	Ferrari 488 GTE	M	175	+24 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
15	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 488 GTE	M	175	+24 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
16	LMGTE Pro	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell	Ford GT	M	174	+25 Laps
					Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
17	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche GT Team	Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	M	174	+25 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18	LMGTE Pro	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla	Ford GT	M	170	+25 Laps
					Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
18	LMGTE Pro	95	Aston Martin Racing	Nicki Thiim Marco Sørensen	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE	D	174	+25 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
19	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE	D	174	+25 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
21	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE	D	170	+29 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
22	LMGTE Am	61	Clearwater Racing	Weng Sun Mok Keita Sawa Matt Griffin	Ferrari 488 GTE	M	170	+29 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
23	LMGTE Am	54	Spirit of Race	Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GTE	M	169	+30 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
24	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Christian Ried Matteo Cairoli Marvin Dienst	Porsche 911 RSR	D	164	+31 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25	LMGTE Am	86	Gulf Racing UK	Michael Wainwright Ben Barker Nick Foster	Porsche 911 RSR	D	165	+30 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
NC	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche GT Team	Michael Christensen Kévin Estre	Porsche 911 RSR	M	84
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6