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Breaking News: Kobayashi on Pole in Bahrain

Kamui Kobayashi and Finn Gehrsitz took the poles in Hypercar and LMGT3 respectively at Bahrain I nternational Circuit this evening…..

Breaking News: Kobayashi on Pole in Bahrain
@crédit : DPPI
07/11/2025

Kamui Kobayashi claimed pole position for the final round of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship at the BAPCO Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain.

The #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing driver delivered a fastest lap of 1m46.826s to head the sister Toyota GR010 Hybrid Hypercar driven by Brendon Hartley.

In the LMGT3 category pole position went to the #78 Akkodis ASP Lexus    entry driven in the Hyperpole session by Finn Gehrsitz. He claimed a peak lap of 2m01.661s to head the #60 Iron Lynx Mercedes driven by Lorcan Hanafin who was just 0.326s adrift of the Lexus.

Tomorrow’s race is scheduled to begin at 14.00 local time

Full report to follow

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