2024 8 Hours of Bahrain

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Flag of Bahrain.svg 2024 8 Hours of Bahrain
Event information
Round 8 of 8 in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship
Bahrain International Circuit--Grand Prix Layout.svg
Date2 November 2024
Location Sakhir
Venue Bahrain International Circuit
Duration8 Hours
Results
Laps completed235
Distance (km)1271.571
Distance (miles)790.118
Hypercar
Pole position
Time1:46.714
Team Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Gazoo Racing
Winners
Team Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Gazoo Racing
Drivers Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sébastien Buemi
Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon Hartley
Flag of Japan.svg Ryō Hirakawa
LMGT3
Winners
Team Flag of Italy.svg Vista AF Corse
Drivers Flag of France.svg François Hériau
Flag of the United States.svg Simon Mann
Flag of Italy.svg 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.

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Background

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

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

DateTime (local: AST)Event
Thursday, 31 October12:15Free Practice 1
17:30Free Practice 2
Friday, 1 November12:00Free Practice 3
16:00Qualifying - LMGT3
16:20Hyperpole - LMGT3
16:40Qualifying - Hypercar
17:00Hyperpole - Hypercar
Saturday, 2 November14:00Race
Source: [4]

Practice

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

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]

ClassNo.EntrantDriverTime
Hypercar94 Flag of France.svg Peugeot TotalEnergies Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul di Resta 1:50.837
LMGT378 Flag of France.svg Akkodis ASP Team Flag of South Africa.svg Kelvin van der Linde 2:02.079
Source: [7] [8]

Practice 2

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]

ClassNo.EntrantDriverTime
Hypercar15 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BMW M Team WRT Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dries Vanthoor 1:48.257
LMGT387 Flag of France.svg Akkodis ASP Team Flag of France.svg Esteban Masson 2:02.246
Source: [11] [12]

Final practice

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]

ClassNo.EntrantDriverTime
Hypercar93 Flag of France.svg Peugeot TotalEnergies Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne 1:49.443
LMGT392 Flag of Lithuania.svg Manthey PureRxcing Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Alex Malykhin 2:03.987
Source: [15] [16]

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

PosClassNo.EntrantQualifyingHyperpoleGrid
1Hypercar8 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:47.6981:46.7141
2Hypercar7 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:47.4981:47.0372
3Hypercar51 Flag of Italy.svg Ferrari AF Corse 1:47.5311:47.0803
4Hypercar99 Flag of Germany.svg Proton Competition 1:48.1011:47.2344
5Hypercar50 Flag of Italy.svg Ferrari AF Corse 1:48.0141:47.5275
6Hypercar6 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:48.0421:47.5426
7Hypercar5 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:47.9441:47.6307
8Hypercar12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hertz Team Jota 1:47.8571:47.9508
9Hypercar15 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BMW M Team WRT 1:47.7411:47.9709
10Hypercar20 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BMW M Team WRT 1:47.5501:54.56410
11Hypercar38 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hertz Team Jota 1:48.26311
12Hypercar83 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse 1:48.28213 [Q 1]
13Hypercar2 Flag of the United States.svg Cadillac Racing 1:48.46612
14Hypercar35 Flag of France.svg Alpine Endurance Team 1:48.53414
15Hypercar94 Flag of France.svg Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:48.55215
16Hypercar63 Flag of Italy.svg Lamborghini Iron Lynx 1:48.55516
17Hypercar36 Flag of France.svg Alpine Endurance Team 1:48.79617
18Hypercar93 Flag of France.svg Peugeot TotalEnergies No time18
19LMGT395 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Autosports 2:02.3112:02.20119
20LMGT359 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Autosports 2:02.7142:02.20320
21LMGT355 Flag of Italy.svg Vista AF Corse 2:02.4582:02.36721
22LMGT385 Flag of Italy.svg Iron Dames 2:02.5912:02.63622
23LMGT392 Flag of Lithuania.svg Manthey PureRxcing 2:03.2022:02.72023
24LMGT327 Flag of the United States.svg Heart of Racing Team 2:03.1402:02.94924
25LMGT354 Flag of Italy.svg Vista AF Corse 2:02.6792:03.03325
26LMGT381 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg TF Sport 2:03.2722:03.12526
27LMGT382 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg TF Sport 2:02.9592:03.17627
28LMGT378 Flag of France.svg Akkodis ASP Team2:03.6412:03.26928
29LMGT3777 Flag of Japan.svg D'station Racing 2:03.76329
30LMGT331 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Team WRT 2:03.78530
31LMGT346 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Team WRT 2:03.79731
32LMGT391 Flag of Germany.svg Manthey EMA 2:03.97532
33LMGT388 Flag of Germany.svg Proton Competition 2:04.31533
34LMGT377 Flag of Germany.svg Proton Competition 2:04.60634
35LMGT387 Flag of France.svg Akkodis ASP Team2:04.77235
36LMGT360 Flag of Italy.svg Iron Lynx 2:05.23736
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

Race results

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

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLapsTime/Retired
Engine
1Hypercar8 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Gazoo Racing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sébastien Buemi
Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon Hartley
Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Hirakawa
Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 2358:01:25.839
Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6
2Hypercar5 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche Penske Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Campbell
Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Christensen
Flag of France.svg Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 963 M 235+29.177
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
3Hypercar93 Flag of France.svg Peugeot TotalEnergies Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Jensen
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nico Müller
Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne
Peugeot 9X8 M 235+36.799
Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
4Hypercar35 Flag of France.svg Alpine Endurance Team Flag of France.svg Paul-Loup Chatin
Flag of France.svg Jules Gounon
Flag of Austria.svg Ferdinand Habsburg
Alpine A424 M 235+37.404
Alpine 3.4 L Turbo V6
5Hypercar15 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BMW M Team WRT Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Raffaele Marciello
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dries Vanthoor
Flag of Germany.svg Marco Wittmann
BMW M Hybrid V8 M 235+47.916
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
6Hypercar2 Flag of the United States.svg Cadillac Racing Flag of New Zealand.svg Earl Bamber
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Lynn
Cadillac V-Series.R M 235+55.841
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
7Hypercar38 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hertz Team Jota Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phil Hanson
Flag of Denmark.svg Oliver Rasmussen
Porsche 963 M 235+1:00.834
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
8Hypercar83 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Flag of Poland.svg Robert Kubica
Flag of Israel.svg Robert Shwartzman
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yifei Ye
Ferrari 499P M 235+1:03.539
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
9Hypercar36 Flag of France.svg Alpine Endurance Team Flag of France.svg Charles Milesi
Flag of Germany.svg Mick Schumacher
Flag of France.svg Matthieu Vaxivière
Alpine A424 M 235+1:12.064 [R 1]
Alpine 3.4 L Turbo V6
10Hypercar6 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche Penske Motorsport Flag of France.svg Kévin Estre
Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 963 M 235+1:19.711 [R 2]
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
11Hypercar50 Flag of Italy.svg Ferrari AF Corse Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco
Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Molina
Flag of Denmark.svg Nicklas Nielsen
Ferrari 499P M 235+1:30.651
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
12Hypercar99 Flag of Germany.svg Proton Competition Flag of France.svg Julien Andlauer
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Neel Jani
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Tincknell
Porsche 963 M 234+1 Lap
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
13Hypercar12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hertz Team Jota Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Ilott
Flag of France.svg Norman Nato
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Will Stevens
Porsche 963 M 234+1 Lap
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
14Hypercar51 Flag of Italy.svg Ferrari AF Corse Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Calado
Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 499P M 233+2 Laps [R 3]
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
15LMGT355 Flag of Italy.svg Vista AF Corse Flag of France.svg François Hériau
Flag of the United States.svg Simon Mann
Flag of Italy.svg Alessio Rovera
Ferrari 296 GT3 G 214+21 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
16LMGT381 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg TF Sport Flag of Angola.svg Rui Andrade
Flag of Ireland.svg Charlie Eastwood
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom van Rompuy
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 214+21 Laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
17LMGT382 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg TF Sport Flag of France.svg Sébastien Baud
Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Juncadella
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Koizumi
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 214+21 Laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
18LMGT360 Flag of Italy.svg Iron Lynx Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Cairoli
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Cressoni
Flag of Italy.svg Claudio Schiavoni
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 G 214+21 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
19LMGT391 Flag of Germany.svg Manthey EMA Flag of Austria.svg Richard Lietz
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Morris Schuring
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Yasser Shahin
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) G 214+21 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
20LMGT359 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Autosports Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Costa
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Cottingham
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Grégoire Saucy
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 214+21 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
21LMGT354 Flag of Italy.svg Vista AF Corse Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Castellacci
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Thomas Flohr
Flag of Italy.svg Davide Rigon
Ferrari 296 GT3 G 214+21 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
22LMGT395 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Autosports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Josh Caygill
Flag of Chile.svg Nico Pino
Flag of Japan.svg Marino Sato
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 214+21 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
23LMGT392 Flag of Lithuania.svg Manthey PureRxcing Flag of Austria.svg Klaus Bachler
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Alex Malykhin
Flag of Germany.svg Joel Sturm
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) G 214+21 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
24LMGT385 Flag of Italy.svg Iron Dames Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sarah Bovy
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rahel Frey
Flag of Denmark.svg Michelle Gatting
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 G 214+21 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
25LMGT327 Flag of the United States.svg Heart of Racing Team Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian James
Flag of Italy.svg Daniel Mancinelli
Flag of Spain.svg Alex Riberas
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 214+21 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
26LMGT3777 Flag of Japan.svg D'station Racing Flag of France.svg Erwan Bastard
Flag of France.svg Clément Mateu
Flag of Denmark.svg Marco Sørensen
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 214+21 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
27LMGT331 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Team WRT Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus
Flag of Indonesia.svg Sean Gelael
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Leung
BMW M4 GT3 G 214+21 Laps [R 4]
BMW P58 L Turbo I6
28LMGT346 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Team WRT Flag of Oman.svg Ahmad Al Harthy
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Maxime Martin
Flag of Italy.svg Valentino Rossi
BMW M4 GT3 G 213+22 Laps
BMW P58 L Turbo I6
DNFHypercar63 Flag of Italy.svg Lamborghini Iron Lynx Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Bortolotti
White flag of surrender.svg Daniil Kvyat
Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Mortara
Lamborghini SC63 M 200Did not finish
Lamborghini 3.8 L Turbo V8
DNFHypercar94 Flag of France.svg Peugeot TotalEnergies Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul di Resta
Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stoffel Vandoorne
Peugeot 9X8 M 179Did not finish
Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
DNFLMGT377 Flag of Germany.svg Proton Competition Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Barker
Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hardwick
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zacharie Robichon
Ford Mustang GT3 G 178Did not finish
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
DNFLMGT387 Flag of France.svg Akkodis ASP Team Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Kimura
Flag of Argentina.svg José María López
Flag of France.svg Esteban Masson
Lexus RC F GT3 G 176Did not finish
Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
DNFHypercar7 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Gazoo Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Conway
Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nyck de Vries
Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 175Did not finish
Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6
DNFLMGT388 Flag of Germany.svg Proton Competition Flag of Italy.svg Giammarco Levorato
Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Olsen
Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Roda
Ford Mustang GT3 G 148Did not finish
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
DNFHypercar20 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BMW M Team WRT Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Frijns
Flag of Germany.svg René Rast
Flag of South Africa.svg Sheldon van der Linde
BMW M Hybrid V8 M 111Did not finish
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
DNFLMGT378 Flag of France.svg Akkodis ASP Team Flag of Denmark.svg Conrad Laursen
Flag of South Africa.svg Kelvin van der Linde
Flag of France.svg Arnold Robin
Lexus RC F GT3 G 36Did 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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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 6 Hours of São Paulo</span> Sports car endurance race

The 2024 6 Hours of São Paulo was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 14 July 2024, as the fifth of eight rounds of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the fourth running of the event as part of the World Endurance Championship, and the first running of the event since 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 Lone Star Le Mans</span> Sports car endurance race

The 2024 Lone Star Le Mans was an endurance sportscar racing event held on September 1, 2024, as the sixth of eight rounds of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the seventh running of the event as part of the World Endurance Championship, and the first running of the event since 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 6 Hours of Fuji</span> Sports car endurance race

The 2024 6 Hours of Fuji was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 15 September 2024, as the seventh of eight rounds of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the eleventh running of the event in its current format in the World Endurance Championship.

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