Le Fay Leads the Way on Day 1 of Bahrain Test

by RealRacingRoots 23/01/2017 | 5:12 0 Posted in Endurance, GT Super Series

Morgan Le Fay, new recruit to Racing Team Solvalou, posted the fastest time during the first day of the GT Super Series Pre-Season Test at the Bahrain International Circuit.

The Brit would eek out the fastest time of the day part way through the Qualifying Trim session from newcomer to reigning Team’s Champion Paul Travesen. The pair of them would put in near identical times in the session for their respective teams. It would be a good day for Racing Team Solvalou, with both teammate Chris Winter and Le Fay going 1-2 in the opening session of the day and were third and fourth in the second session before Le Fay topped the times to end the day.

Topping the second session of the day was Super GP winner Fabian Rei in the other Gerald Pereia Lister, putting in the only sub-1:50 time in the two Race Trim sessions in the day. Rei would then follow up that and put in the sixth fastest time in the Qualifying Trim session. Separating Rei from teammate Travesen would be Chris Winter and both of the BMS Scuderia Italia Ferraris. The new factory Ferrari squad had a strong showing in day one; finishing off the first session 3-4 behind the factory Lamborghinis.

Leading the way for the Independents would be Gia Van Dycke, with the best time of the day for a Independent during the qualifying trim session. Sam Winton would be not too far behind in the third session, and would end up with the second fastest time for a Independent in the first session of the day. Topping the times within the Independent Class throughout the day would be Helena Bertinelli and Simon Mestach alongside Gia Van Dycke.

Test Results – Day 1

Pos	#	Class	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	02	M	Morgan Le Fay	Solvalou	1:49.218	62
2	41	M	Paul Travesen	Gerald Pereria	+0.006	69
3	28	M	Evgeny Restov	Scuderia Italia	+0.038	67
4	27	M	Denis van Walwijk	Scuderia Italia	+0.112	66
5	03	M	Chris Winter	Solvalou	+0.189	66
6	14	M	Fabian Rei	Gerald Pereria	+0.280	64
7	21	I	Gia Van Dycke	Belgio	+0.592	69
8	57	I	Sam Winton	Winton	+0.601	65
9	63	M	Joey Alliot	Carson	+0.601	67
10	6	M	Matteo Rossi	Gulf	+0.615	66
11	64	M	Li Qi	Carson	+0.635	69
12	45	I	Helena Bertinelli	Euromotor	+0.696	59
13	88	I	Harrison Wilkinson	LKM	+0.724	62
14	24	M	Amato Agostini	Pagani	+0.791	68
15	96	I	Simon Mestach	Best In The World	+0.860	65
16	44	I	Diego Vercuisse	Euromotor	+0.875	64
17	555	I	Anonio Reyna-Sanchez	Tom Douglas	+0.961	67
18	57	I	Akinori Kikkawa	Boutsen Ginion	+0.998	68
19	11	I	Hailton Fidelis	Best In The World	+1.033	67
20	25	M	Anton Robishaud	Pagani	+1.141	68
21	55	I	James Douglas	Tom Douglas	+1.340	68
22	007	M	John Magnus	Falken Tire	+1.353	66
23	32	I	Kjeld Axelsen	RMR	+1.459	62
24	09	I	Alexi Melvanov	Chris Short	+1.617	62
25	77	I	Nathan Scott	Minarae	+1.622	68
26	3	I	Laurent Gauthier	Boutsen Ginion	+1.648	64
27	08	I	Chris Whiting	Chris Short	+1.670	65
28	61	I	Federico Navarro	Fulcrum	+1.724	62
29	13	I	Helio Hernandez	Winton	+1.742	67
30	56	I	Darren Older Jr.	CWG	+1.894	66
31	57	I	Ito Shidehara	CWG	+2.030	65
32	30	I	Paul Jenkins	Globex Scorpio	+2.311	66
33	62	I	Thomas Day	Fulcrum	+2.765	67

Note: Everyone’s best times happened in Session 3: the Qualifying Trim Session, with the exception of Laurent Gauthier and Darren Older Jr. who put in their best times during the Race Trim Sessions.

Test Results – Day 1

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