2021 6 Hours of Bahrain

2021 6 Hours of Bahrain
Event information
Round 5 of 6 in the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date	30 October 2021
Location	Sakhir
Venue	Bahrain International Circuit
Duration	6 Hours
Results
Laps completed	185
Distance (km)	1001.22
Distance (miles)	622.155
Hypercar
Pole position
Time	1:47.049
Team	Toyota Gazoo Racing
Winners
Team	Toyota Gazoo Racing
Drivers	Mike Conway; Kamui Kobayashi; José María López
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	Porsche GT Team
Drivers	Kévin Estre; Neel Jani
LMGTE Am
Winners
Team	TF Sport
Drivers	Ben Keating; Dylan Pereira; Felipe Fraga

26°1′57″N 50°30′38″E / 26.03250°N 50.51056°E / 26.03250; 50.51056

The 2021 Bapco 6 Hours of Bahrain was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain, on 30 October 2021. It served as the fifth and penultimate round of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the ninth running of the event as part of the championship. This race was a replacement for the cancelled race at Fuji Speedway,^[1] creating the first double-header in the championship's history, with the 8 Hours of Bahrain being run on 6 November 2021. The race was won by the Toyota GR010 Hybrid of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López.

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[2]

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:47.049	-	1
2	Hypercar	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:47.447	+0.398	2
3	Hypercar	36	Alpine Elf Matmut	1:48.003	+0.954	3
4	LMP2	28	JOTA	1:49.932	+2.883	4
5	LMP2	22	United Autosports USA	1:49.994	+2.945	5
6	LMP2	38	JOTA	1:50.198	+3.149	6
7	LMP2 Pro-Am	70	Realteam Racing	1:50.559	+3.510	7
8	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	1:50.658	+3.609	8
9	LMP2 Pro-Am	29	Racing Team Nederland	1:50.942	+3.893	9
10	LMP2	31	Team WRT	1:51.043	+3.994	10
11	LMP2 Pro-Am	21	DragonSpeed USA	1:51.312	+4.263	11
12	LMP2 Pro-Am	44	ARC Bratislava	1:51.487	+4.438	12
13	LMP2 Pro-Am	20	High Class Racing	1:51.506	+4.457	13
14	LMP2	1	Richard Mille Racing Team	1:51.736	+4.687	14
15	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche GT Team	1:56.144	+9.095	15
16	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche GT Team	1:56.178	+9.129	16
17	LMGTE Pro	52	AF Corse	1:57.327	+10.278	17
18	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	1:57.573	+10.524	18
19	LMGTE Am	60	Iron Lynx	1:58.687	+11.638	19
20	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	1:59.331	+12.282	20
21	LMGTE Am	56	Team Project 1	1:59.404	+12.355	21
22	LMGTE Am	47	Cetilar Racing	1:59.410	+12.361	22
23	LMGTE Am	54	AF Corse	1:59.534	+12.485	23
24	LMGTE Am	33	TF Sport	1:59.538	+12.489	24
25	LMGTE Am	88	Dempsey-Proton Racing	1:59.923	+12.874	25
26	LMGTE Am	83	AF Corse	2:00.263	+13.214	26
27	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	2:00.294	+13.245	27
28	LMGTE Am	777	D'Station Racing	2:00.300	+13.251	28
29	LMGTE Am	85	Iron Lynx	2:00.457	+13.408	29
30	LMGTE Am	86	GR Racing	2:00.939	+13.890	30
31	LMGTE Am	57	Kessel Racing	2:01.877	+14.828	31

Race

Race Result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's distance) was 129 laps. Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.^[3]

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired
Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired
1	Hypercar	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	M	185	6:00:33.356 ‡
1	Hypercar	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López	Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6	M	185	6:00:33.356 ‡
2	Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	M	185	+51.401
2	Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley	Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6	M	185	+51.401
3	Hypercar	36	Alpine Elf Matmut	André Negrão Nicolas Lapierre Matthieu Vaxivière	Alpine A480	M	184	+1 lap
3	Hypercar	36	Alpine Elf Matmut	André Negrão Nicolas Lapierre Matthieu Vaxivière	Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8	M	184	+1 lap
4	LMP2	31	Team WRT	Robin Frijns Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi	Oreca 07	G	180	+5 laps ‡
4	LMP2	31	Team WRT	Robin Frijns Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	180	+5 laps ‡
5	LMP2	28	JOTA	Sean Gelael Stoffel Vandoorne Tom Blomqvist	Oreca 07	G	180	+5 laps
5	LMP2	28	JOTA	Sean Gelael Stoffel Vandoorne Tom Blomqvist	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	180	+5 laps
6	LMP2	38	JOTA	Roberto González António Félix da Costa Anthony Davidson	Oreca 07	G	180	+5 laps
6	LMP2	38	JOTA	Roberto González António Félix da Costa Anthony Davidson	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	180	+5 laps
7	LMP2	22	United Autosports USA	Philip Hanson Fabio Scherer Filipe Albuquerque	Oreca 07	G	180	+5 laps
7	LMP2	22	United Autosports USA	Philip Hanson Fabio Scherer Filipe Albuquerque	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	180	+5 laps
8	LMP2 Pro-Am	29	Racing Team Nederland	Frits van Eerd [nl] Giedo van der Garde Job van Uitert	Oreca 07	G	178	+7 laps ‡
8	LMP2 Pro-Am	29	Racing Team Nederland	Frits van Eerd [nl] Giedo van der Garde Job van Uitert	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	178	+7 laps ‡
9	LMP2	1	Richard Mille Racing Team	Sophia Flörsch Beitske Visser Gabriel Aubry	Oreca 07	G	178	+7 laps
9	LMP2	1	Richard Mille Racing Team	Sophia Flörsch Beitske Visser Gabriel Aubry	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	178	+7 laps
10	LMP2 Pro-Am	70	Realteam Racing	Esteban Garcia Loïc Duval Norman Nato	Oreca 07	G	178	+7 laps
10	LMP2 Pro-Am	70	Realteam Racing	Esteban Garcia Loïc Duval Norman Nato	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	178	+7 laps
11	LMP2 Pro-Am	20	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach Robert Kubica	Oreca 07	G	177	+8 laps
11	LMP2 Pro-Am	20	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach Robert Kubica	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	177	+8 laps
12	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	Jakub Śmiechowski Renger van der Zande Alex Brundle	Oreca 07	G	175	+10 laps
12	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	Jakub Śmiechowski Renger van der Zande Alex Brundle	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	175	+10 laps
13	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche GT Team	Kévin Estre Neel Jani	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	174	+11 laps ‡
13	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche GT Team	Kévin Estre Neel Jani	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	M	174	+11 laps ‡
14	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche GT Team	Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	174	+11 laps
14	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche GT Team	Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	M	174	+11 laps
15	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado	Ferari 488 GTE Evo	M	174	+11 laps
15	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	M	174	+11 laps
16	LMGTE Pro	52	AF Corse	Daniel Serra Miguel Molina	Ferari 488 GTE Evo	M	174	+11 laps
16	LMGTE Pro	52	AF Corse	Daniel Serra Miguel Molina	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	M	174	+11 laps
17	LMGTE Am	33	TF Sport	Ben Keating Dylan Pereira Felipe Fraga	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M	172	+13 laps ‡
17	LMGTE Am	33	TF Sport	Ben Keating Dylan Pereira Felipe Fraga	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	M	172	+13 laps ‡
18	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Christian Ried Jaxon Evans Matt Campbell	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	172	+13 laps
18	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Christian Ried Jaxon Evans Matt Campbell	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	M	172	+13 laps
19	LMGTE Am	56	Team Project 1	Egidio Perfetti Matteo Cairoli Riccardo Pera	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	172	+13 laps
19	LMGTE Am	56	Team Project 1	Egidio Perfetti Matteo Cairoli Riccardo Pera	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	M	172	+13 laps
20	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Augusto Farfus Marcos Gomes	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M	172	+13 laps
20	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Augusto Farfus Marcos Gomes	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	M	172	+13 laps
21	LMP2 Pro-Am	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka Oliver Webb Kush Maini	Oreca 07	G	172	+13 laps
21	LMP2 Pro-Am	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka Oliver Webb Kush Maini	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	172	+13 laps
22	LMGTE Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	172	+13 laps
22	LMGTE Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	M	172	+13 laps
23	LMGTE Am	86	GR Racing	Michael Wainwright Ben Barker Tom Gamble	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	171	+14 laps
23	LMGTE Am	86	GR Racing	Michael Wainwright Ben Barker Tom Gamble	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	M	171	+14 laps
24	LMGTE Am	54	AF Corse	Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	171	+14 laps
24	LMGTE Am	54	AF Corse	Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	M	171	+14 laps
25	LMGTE Am	85	Iron Lynx	Rahel Frey Sarah Bovy Katherine Legge	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	171	+14 laps
25	LMGTE Am	85	Iron Lynx	Rahel Frey Sarah Bovy Katherine Legge	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	M	171	+14 laps
26	LMGTE Am	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura Mikkel Jensen Scott Andrews	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	170	+15 laps
26	LMGTE Am	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura Mikkel Jensen Scott Andrews	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	M	170	+15 laps
27	LMGTE Am	47	Cetliar Racing	Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	170	+15 laps
27	LMGTE Am	47	Cetliar Racing	Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	M	170	+15 laps
28	LMGTE Am	777	D'station Racing	Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Andrew Watson	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M	169	+16 laps
28	LMGTE Am	777	D'station Racing	Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Andrew Watson	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	M	169	+16 laps
29	LMGTE Am	60	Iron Lynx	Rino Mastronardi Andrea Piccini Matteo Cressoni	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	169	+16 laps
29	LMGTE Am	60	Iron Lynx	Rino Mastronardi Andrea Piccini Matteo Cressoni	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	M	169	+16 laps
30	LMP2 Pro-Am	21	DragonSpeed USA	Henrik Hedman Juan Pablo Montoya Ben Hanley	Oreca 07	G	166	+19 laps
30	LMP2 Pro-Am	21	DragonSpeed USA	Henrik Hedman Juan Pablo Montoya Ben Hanley	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	166	+19 laps
31	LMGTE Am	88	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Khaled Al Qubaisi Adrien De Leener Julien Andlauer	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	166	+19 laps
31	LMGTE Am	88	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Khaled Al Qubaisi Adrien De Leener Julien Andlauer	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	M	166	+19 laps
Source:^[4]

References

^ Allaway, Phil (8 July 2021). "6 Hours of Fuji cancelled due to COVID-19". frontstretch.com. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
^ "2021 Bapco 6 Hours of Bahrain Qualifying Results" (PDF).
^ "2021 Bapco 6 Hours of Bahrain Race Classification" (PDF).
^ "2021 Bahrain Race results - FIA World Endurance Championship". FIA. Retrieved 5 November 2023.

[1] Allaway, Phil (8 July 2021). "6 Hours of Fuji cancelled due to COVID-19". frontstretch.com. Retrieved 19 October 2022.

[2] "2021 Bapco 6 Hours of Bahrain Qualifying Results" (PDF).

[3] "2021 Bapco 6 Hours of Bahrain Race Classification" (PDF).

[4] "2021 Bahrain Race results - FIA World Endurance Championship". FIA. Retrieved 5 November 2023.

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