2019 8 Hours of Bahrain
26°1′57″N 50°30′38″E / 26.03250°N 50.51056°E
| Event information | |
|---|---|
| Round 4 of 8 in the 2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship | |
| Date | 14 December 2019-20 |
| Location | Sakhir |
| Venue | Bahrain International Circuit |
| Duration | 8 Hours |
| Results | |
| Laps completed | 257 |
| Distance (km) | 1390.884 |
| Distance (miles) | 864.291 |
| LMP1 | |
| Pole position | |
| Time | 1:42.979 |
| Team | Rebellion Racing |
| Drivers | Bruno Senna Norman Nato |
| Winners | |
| Team | Toyota Gazoo Racing |
| Drivers | Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López |
| LMP2 | |
| Winners | |
| Team | United Autosports |
| Drivers | Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson Paul di Resta |
| LMGTE Pro | |
| Winners | |
| Team | Aston Martin Racing |
| Drivers | Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim |
| LMGTE Am | |
| Winners | |
| Team | Team Project 1 |
| Drivers | Jeroen Bleekemolen Larry ten Voorde Ben Keating |
The 2019 8 Hours of Bahrain, formally known as the 2019 BAPCO 8 Hours of Bahrain, for sponsorship reasons, was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 14 December 2019, as the fourth round of the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship. This would mark the return of the FIA WEC to the Bahrain International Circuit for the first time since 2017, and would also be the inaugural running of the race, in an extended 8 hours format, having previously been run as the 6 Hours of Bahrain.
The race was won overall by the #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid run by Toyota Gazoo Racing, and driven by Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and José María López. The trio had benefited from the opening lap collision at Turn 2, between the front row starters, the #1 Rebellion R13 run by Rebellion Racing, and the #5 Ginetta G60-LT-P1 run by Team LNT, to take the lead from the first lap of the race, from fourth on the grid.
The Le Mans Prototype LMP2 class was won by the #22 Oreca 07 run by United Autosports, and driven by Paul di Resta, Philip Hanson, Filipe Albuquerque. The trio had also benefited from the opening lap chaos, with the car holding the class lead on lap one, and even running second overall at one point, but later falling down the overall order, as the LMP1s climbed their way back up above the secondary class runners during the race.