McKane Sets The Pace on Day One of Bahrain Test

by RealRacingRoots 20/02/2018 | 6:24 0 Posted in Endurance, GT Super Series

Nathan McKane posted the quickest overall time out of everyone on Day One of the GT Super Series Pre-Season Test at the Bahrain International Circuit.

The former Ferrari F1 driver would put in the best times in both of the sessions run during the first day in the test, with the first being run in Race Trim for the cars and the second in Qualifying trim as mandated by the series. In both sessions Carson Speedworks driver Li Qi put in the second quickest time behind the Ravenwest Motorsport Owner/Driver, with his quickest time in the second session being less than half a tenth of a second behind the newly anointed factory Aston Martin entry.

Putting in the third quickest time of the day was Andrea Constantini, moving up to the starting driver role for selected rounds this season at BMS Scuderia Italia. His time in the second session was less than two tenths off of the time set by McKane, however his time in the first session was seven tenths off the pace and fifth quickest in the first session.

Reigning World Driver’s Champion Chris Winter put in the fourth overall quickest time of the day and was the last driver to break into the One Minute, Fourty-Nine second barrier during the second session of the day. His new teammate Emma Pescatore put in the eighth quickest time of the day in her debut with Racing Team Solvalou.

The quickest Independent driver in both sessions was James Douglas, putting in the sixth quickest time during the session run in Qualifying Trim for Tom Douglas Racing. While he was four tenths off of the pace in the Qualifying Trim session, his pace in the Race Trim session was only good enough for eighteenth, nearly two seconds off of the best time from the session. Putting in the quickest time for the Independents during the Race Trim session was series debutante Peter Oliver, leading a Lamborghini 1-2-3 within the Independent Class results for the opening session. Harrison Wilkinson and Koyomi Setou completed that top 3 lockout within the opening session.

Test Results – Day 1

Pos	#	Class	Driver	Team	Best Time	Laps
1	2	M	Nathan McKane	Ravenwest	1:49.702	48
2	64	M	Li Qi	Carson	+0.046	54
3	28	M	Andrea Constantini	Scuderia Italia	+0.186	49
4	01	M	Chris Winter	Solvalou	+0.215	55
5	63	M	Joey Alliot	Carson	+0.357	56
6	55	I	James Douglas	Tom Douglas	+0.443	51
7	25	M	Anton Robishaud	Pagani	+0.551	54
8	03	M	Emma Pescatore	Solvalou	+0.717	53
9	19	I	Peter Oliver	Oliver	+0.731	45
10	15	M	Paul Travesen	Gerald Pereria	+0.808	56
11	14	M	Fabian Rei	Gerald Pereria	+0.931	52
12	6	M	Matteo Rossi	Gulf	+0.948	41
13	40	M	Rhys Davies	Macmillan	+1.101	48
14	24	M	Amato Agostini	Pagani	+1.236	51
15	31	I	Sam Winton	Winton	+1.455	55
16	88	I	Harrison Wilkinson	LKM	+1.517	54
17	45	I	Helena Bertinelli	Euromotor	+1.737	54
18	13	I	Natsuki Yaname	Winton	+1.750	53
19	3	I	Melanie Bourne	Boutsen Ginion	+1.806	47
20	27	M	Valeri Kozar	Scuderia Italia	+1.847	46
21	41	I	Koyomi Setou	Best In The World	+1.873	52
22	555	I	Antonio Reyna-Sanchez	Tom Douglas	+1.876	56
23	30	I	Paul Jenkins	Globex Scorpio	+2.009	50
24	43	M	Darren Older Jr.	Macmillan	+2.010	49
25	32	I	Kjeld Axelsen	RMR	+2.162	44
26	007	I	John Magnus	Falken Tire	+2.251	52
27	34	I	Artesia Mass	Oran	+2.325	55
28	16	I	Laurent Seron	Westside	+2.483	54
29	550	I	Jiri Komarek	Czechmate	+2.637	55
30	11	I	Hailton Fidelis	Best In The World	+2.767	54
31	44	I	Alexandre Charpantier	Euromotor	+3.111	53
32	99	I	Robert Black	People's Republic	+3.429	53
33	98	I	Claudio Bandini	People's Republic	+3.559	51
34	3	I	Ito Shidehara	Boutsen Ginion	+4.372	51
35	10	I	Daniil Kostov	VA	+4.788	54

Note: Everyone’s best times happened in Session 2: the Qualifying Trim Session, with the exception of John Magnus who put in his best time during the Race Trim Session.

Test Results – Day 1

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