2021 8 Hours of Bahrain

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2021 8 Hours of Bahrain

Event information
Round 6 of 6 in the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date	6 November 2021
Location	Sakhir
Venue	Bahrain International Circuit
Duration	8 Hours
Results
Laps completed	247
Distance (km)	1336.764
Distance (miles)	830.661
Hypercar
Pole position
Time	1:46.250
Team	Toyota Gazoo Racing
Winners
Team	Toyota Gazoo Racing
Drivers	Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley
LMP2
Winners
Team	Team WRT
Drivers	Robin Frijns Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi
LMP2 Pro-Am
Winners
Team	Racing Team Nederland
Drivers	Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Job van Uitert
LMGTE Pro
Winners
Team	AF Corse
Drivers	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi
LMGTE Am
Winners
Team	AF Corse
Drivers	François Perrodo Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera

The 2021 8 Hours of Bahrain was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 6 November 2021, as the sixth and final round of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the tenth running of the 8 Hours of Bahrain, and the third running in an extended 8 hours format.

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[1]

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	Hypercar	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:46.250	-	1
2	Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:46.540	+0.290	2
3	Hypercar	36	Alpine Elf Matmut	1:47.025	+0.775	3
4	LMP2	22	United Autosports USA	1:49.525	+3.275	4
5	LMP2 Pro-Am	70	Realteam Racing	1:49.819	+3.569	5
6	LMP2	38	JOTA	1:49.910	+3.660	6
7	LMP2 Pro-Am	29	Racing Team Nederland	1:50.149	+3.899	7
8	LMP2 Pro-Am	20	High Class Racing	1:50.372	+4.122	8
9	LMP2	1	Richard Mille Racing Team	1:50.744	+4.494	9
10	LMP2	31	Team WRT	1:51.063	+4.813	10
11	LMP2 Pro-Am	21	DragonSpeed USA	1:51.134	+4.884	11
12	LMP2	28	JOTA	1:51.145	+4.895	12
13	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	1:51.187	+4.937	13
14	LMP2 Pro-Am	44	ARC Bratislava	1:51.424	+5.174	14
15	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche GT Team	1:56.041	+9.791	15
16	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	1:56.201	+9.951	16
17	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche GT Team	1:56.541	+10.291	17
18	LMGTE Pro	52	AF Corse	1:56.603	+10.353	18
19	LMGTE Am	47	Cetilar Racing	1:58.712	+12.462	19
20	LMGTE Am	83	AF Corse	1:58.759	+12.509	20
21	LMGTE Am	85	Iron Lynx	1:58.958	+12.708	21
22	LMGTE Am	56	Team Project 1	1:58.989	+12.739	22
23	LMGTE Am	33	TF Sport	1:59.087	+12.837	23
24	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	1:59.096	+12.846	24
25	LMGTE Am	88	Dempsey-Proton Racing	1:59.359	+13.109	25
26	LMGTE Am	54	AF Corse	1:59.492	+13.242	26
27	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	1:59.936	+13.686	27
28	LMGTE Am	57	Kessel Racing	2:00.301	+14.051	28
29	LMGTE Am	777	D'station Racing	2:00.364	+14.114	29
30	LMGTE Am	86	GR Racing	2:01.282	+15.032	30
31	LMGTE Am	60	Iron Lynx	2:01.941	+15.691	31

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's distance) was 172 laps. Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.^[2]

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired
					Engine
1	Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	M	247	8:01:25.441 ‡
					Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6
2	Hypercar	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	M	247	+7.351
					Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6
3	Hypercar	36	Alpine Elf Matmut	André Negrão Nicolas Lapierre Matthieu Vaxivière	Alpine A480	M	241	+6 laps
					Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
4	LMP2	31	Team WRT	Robin Frijns Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi	Oreca 07	G	240	+7 laps ‡
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5	LMP2	38	JOTA	Roberto González António Félix da Costa Anthony Davidson	Oreca 07	G	240	+7 laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6	LMP2	28	JOTA	Sean Gelael Stoffel Vandoorne Tom Blomqvist	Oreca 07	G	240	+7 laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7	LMP2	22	United Autosports USA	Philip Hanson Fabio Scherer Filipe Albuquerque	Oreca 07	G	240	+7 laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	Jakub Śmiechowski Renger van der Zande Alex Brundle	Oreca 07	G	238	+9 laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9	LMP2 Pro-Am	29	Racing Team Nederland	Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Job van Uitert	Oreca 07	G	238	+9 laps ‡
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10	LMP2 Pro-Am	70	Realteam Racing	Esteban Garcia Loïc Duval Norman Nato	Oreca 07	G	238	+9 laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11	LMP2 Pro-Am	20	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach Robert Kubica	Oreca 07	G	237	+10 laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12	LMP2	1	Richard Mille Racing Team	Tatiana Calderón Sophia Flörsch Beitske Visser	Oreca 07	G	237	+10 laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13	LMP2 Pro-Am	21	DragonSpeed USA	Henrik Hedman Juan Pablo Montoya Ben Hanley	Oreca 07	G	236	+11 laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14	LMP2 Pro-Am	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka Olli Caldwell Nelson Panciatici	Oreca 07	G	235	+12 laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
15	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado	Ferari 488 GTE Evo	M	233	+14 laps ‡
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
16	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche GT Team	Kévin Estre Neel Jani Michael Christensen	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	233	+14 laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
17	LMGTE Pro	52	AF Corse	Daniel Serra Miguel Molina	Ferari 488 GTE Evo	M	233	+14 laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
18	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche GT Team	Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	231	+16 laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
19	LMGTE Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	230	+17 laps ‡
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
20	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Christian Ried Jaxon Evans Matt Campbell	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	229	+18 laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
21	LMGTE Am	56	Team Project 1	Egidio Perfetti Matteo Cairoli Riccardo Pera	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	229	+18 laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
22	LMGTE Am	47	Cetilar Racing	Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	229	+18 laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
23	LMGTE Am	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura Mikkel Jensen Scott Andrews	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	228	+19 laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
24	LMGTE Am	60	Iron Lynx	Claudio Schiavoni Andrea Piccini Matteo Cressoni	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	228	+19 laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
25	LMGTE Am	54	AF Corse	Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	227	+20 laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
26	LMGTE Am	777	D'station Racing	Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Andrew Watson	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M	227	+20 laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
27	LMGTE Am	85	Iron Lynx	Rahel Frey Sarah Bovy Katherine Legge	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	225	+22 laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
28	LMGTE Am	86	GR Racing	Michael Wainwright Ben Barker Tom Gamble	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	224	+23 laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
29	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Augusto Farfus Marcos Gomes	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M	223	+24 laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
Ret	LMGTE Am	33	TF Sport	Ben Keating Dylan Pereira Felipe Fraga	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M	128	retired
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
Ret	LMGTE Am	88	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Khaled Al Qubaisi Axcil Jefferies Julien Andlauer	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	90	retired
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
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