Sparks Tops the Times as Bahrain Test Concludes

by RealRacingRoots 29/01/2017 | 8:26 0 Posted in Endurance, GT Super Series

Shane Sparks would set the fastest time of the weekend to conclude the Pre-Season Test for the GT Super Series at the Bahrain International Circuit.

The factory Lister driver would put in a time that was five hundredths of a second quicker than what Morgan Le Fay did in the qualifying trim session yesterday. He would be one of the strongest drivers of the second test day putting in the third and second fastest times in the race trim sessions for GP Racing. Teammate Ryota Wong would put in the third fastest time in the qualifying trim session, but three tenths behind Sparks and two tenths behind the second fastest time set by Einar Armannsson.

Einar would continue the strong showing from Racing Team Solvalou in Bahrain, with the Formula 1 race winner topping the times in both of the race trim sessions earlier in the day. The other factory Lamborghini, piloted by Antonio Fazio on day two, would end the two race trim sessions with the sixth and third best times in the pair of sessions respectively.

The other factory operation that was strong on day two was BMS Scuderia Italia and their pair of Ferrari 550 Maranellos. James James Davies would put in the second quickest time in race trim over the two sessions behind Armannsson, and the fourth quickest time in the qualifying trim session albeit half a second behind the time that was set by Shane Sparks.

The best times for independents would be set by Laurent Seron in race trim, and Winton Racing driver Natsuki Yaname in the qualifying trim session. Yaname would also put in the second best time in race trim for an independent entry, less than a tenth of a second behind the best race trim time for Seron. Yaname’s fastest time in the qualifying trim session would only be four hundreths of a second quicker than the time done by Redur Jaffer in the Best In The World Lamborghini.

Test Results – Day 2

Pos	#	Class	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	41	M	Shane Sparks	Gerald Pereria	1:49.166	62
2	2	M	Einar Armannsson	Solvalou	+0.069	69
3	14	M	Ryota Wong	Gerald Pereria	+0.294	68
4	28	M	James James Davies	Scuderia Italia	+0.533	67
5	57	I	Natsuki Yaname	Winton	+0.743	66
6	3	M	Antonio Fazio	Solvalou	+0.747	66
7	96	I	Redur Jaffer	Best In The World	+0.783	60
8	63	M	Jacques Malenfant	Carson	+0.822	64
9	57	I	Ronnie Fitzgerald	Commonwealth	+0.884	64
10	77	I	Andrea Massini	Minarae	+0.889	69
11	27	M	Andrea Constantini	Scuderia Italia	+0.941	61
12	45	I	Patrick Feldhoffer	Euromotor	+1.012	68
13	88	I	Carlton Cho	LKM	+1.029	69
14	21	I	Laurent Seron	Belgio	+1.054	63
15	24	M	Felix Horvath	Pagani	+1.176	65
16	6	M	Roland Davidson	Gulf	+1.178	67
17	64	M	Oliver Jones	Carson	+1.316	65
18	2	I	Melanie Bourne	Boutsen Ginion	+1.344	63
19	56	I	Valeri Kozar	Commonwealth	+1.366	66
20	25	M	Giulio Mari	Pagani	+1.368	65
21	13	I	Karen Faraday	Winton	+1.426	66
22	96	I	Marlin Hortin	Best In The World	+1.492	68
23	55	I	Joel Melrose	Tom Douglas	+1.514	67
24	7	M	Olivia Geiszler	Falken Tire	+1.577	61
25	44	I	Alexandrea Charpantier	Euromotor	+1.765	68
26	61	I	David Simmons	Fulcrum	+1.772	65
27	555	I	Vidal Reyna-Sanchez	Tom Douglas	+1.835	69
28	3	I	Jacob Tucker	Boutsen Ginion	+2.045	64
29	30	I	Luc Pellerin	Globex Scorpio	+2.232	65
30	32	I	Morten Pedersen	RMR	+2.348	64
31	62	I	Sekou Kparghai	Fulcrum	+2.588	65
32	8	I	Vitaly Kabirov	Chris Short	+2.637	58
33	9	I	Richard de Lange	Chris Short	+2.959	66

Note: Everyone’s best times happened in Session 3: the Qualifying Trim Session, with the exception of Laurent Seron who put in his best time during the Race Trim Sessions.

Test Results – Day 2

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