The Bapco 8
\nHours of Bahrain is round four of the championship and comes after four-hour
\nraces at Silverstone and Shanghai, and a six-hour race at Fuji Speedway in
\nJapan.<\/p>\n
The race takes
\nplace on Saturday and will run into full darkness, albeit under the circuit
\nfloodlights, though these will be operating at around 50% of the brightness
\nused for the Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
Both Ginettas
\nhave shown real speed, and impressive reliability too in the season thus far,
\nfastest through the speed traps at Fuji, followed by a front-row start for the
\n#6 car last time out in China before both cars ran a strong one-two for the
\nfirst hour. Ginetta factory driver Charlie Robertson also set the fastest lap
\ntime of the race in the early attack before a pair of penalties blunted the
\nGinetta edge.<\/p>\n
The running
\ninto the cooler night air should suit the turbo V6 AER engines that have proven
\nto be a real asset to the Ginetta campaign so far this season.<\/p>\n
The Bahrain
\ncircuit though once again looks well suited to the Ginetta\u2019s excellent blend of
\nhandling and raw top speed and with the WEC this season adopting a system of
\nsuccess handicapping in LMP1, the Ginettas, already front-runners, have a real
\nchance to shine both in qualifying and the race. There\u2019s an all-British driver
\nline-up in the #5 car, Ben Hanley stays aboard, joined by Shanghai Ginetta debutant
\nand Sebring LMP2 race winner Jordan King, with Charlie Robertson moving back
\nover from the sister #6 car to complete the trio.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The #6 Ginetta
\nAER sees the season debut of double American Le Mans Series Champion and 2019
\nTrans-Am Series runner-up Chris Dyson, a driver with no little LMP1 experience,
\nand who has already sampled the Ginetta in pre-season testing. Chris will be
\njoined in the #6 by season-long drivers, 2003 Le Mans winner Guy Smith and
\nGinetta factory driver Mike Simpson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Bapco 8 Hours of Bahrain is round four of the championship and comes after four-hour races at Silverstone and Shanghai, and a six-hour race at Fuji Speedway in Japan. The race takes place on Saturday and will run into full darkness, albeit under the circuit floodlights, though these will be operating at around 50% […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-lmp3"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n