Toyota's Jose Maria Lopez set the pace in the WEC rookie test in Bahrain as several newcomers got their first taste of Hypercar machinery.
Fresh off winning Saturday's final round of the season, Lopez set a time of 1m48.812s in the two-hour morning session to put the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid on top in the combined order at the end of the day.
Mikkel Jensen set a time of a 1m49.827s in the #93 Peugeot that retired from Saturday's race, while Formula E ace Maximilian Gunther was able to lap within three tenths of that after taking over the driving duties from the Dane. Completing a total of 33 laps, Wadoux was able to improve her pace to 1m50.953s by the end of the session, which placed her fifth among drivers who ran during the morning session.Photo by: JEP /Most of the day's quickest LMP2 times were set during the shorter morning session, with Nelson Piquet Jr leading the way with a lap of 1m51.922s in the #22 United Autosports ORECA.
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