Robert Shwartzman put Ferrari on top as the World Endurance Championship’s rookie test came to a conclusion in Bahrain on Sunday.
Taking over the #51 Ferrari 499P for the second part of the three-hour session, Shwartzman set an impressive time of 1m48.559s on his first day of running in an LMH car. The 24-year-old’s lap was fractionally faster than the time with which Will Stevens set the pace this morning in the Jota Porsche, which meant he also topped the overall order at the end of the day.
The sole Toyota GR010 Hybrid taking part in the test was classified fifth in the hands of Lexus driver Ben Barnicoat, whose best time was 1m52.134s. Barnicoat’s lap was just under half a second quicker than Jack Hawksworth's best effort during his turn at the wheel of this year’s championship-winning car. Stoffel Vandoorne was sixth in the best of the Peugeot 9X8s with a time of 1m53.046s, while Kyffin Simpson put the Cadillac LMDh seventh with an early effort of 1m53.380s.
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