FIA WEC, 6 Hours of Bahrain - Hour Four The #13 Rebellion Lola Toyota is meatballed for a u/s number panel. Lietz pits from second in GTE Pro with Rusinov pitting a little early in the leading LMP2 car soon afterwards - It's fuelled but the car is going into the garage. The front bodywortk is being removed from the car.
The team manager for car #51, the de facto GTE Pro leader - is called to race control. 3:09 Lapierre is just a couple of seconds back from Kane in the Strakka HPD for 4th. Beretta pits from the GTE Pro lead - but the #51 lost time in the pits, the gap for the Aston to attack now down to 25 secs. Darren Turner reports that the issue for the Aston was a disintegrating silencer which also left him struggling with fumes in the cockpit - The team are now expecting to have to make a splash and dash at the end of the race and looking for a podium. Prost pits from third with the gap to Kane down to just 40 seconds - Lapierre having pitted after 99 laps - Engine cover off though for the #12 car. Yellow Flags at Turns 6 and 7 to protect track workers at T8 removing debris.
#12 rejoins after losing around 2 laps, Jani rejoins as Kane pits from third - Watts takes over the attack as Lapierrrre sweeps by into third position. The #26, and #21 cars are others to be in trouble for number panel illumination issues. The #29 Gulf Lola is in trouble - a loose wheel apparently the issue. Rugolo is closing in rapidly on Camathias for third in GTE Am. Luca Moro is the next man in trouble, he spins in to the gravel at T12 and Ricardo Gonzalez has a quick spin soon afterwards in the #41 Zytek Nissan - these two running 5th and 7th in class. 3:38 - Kristensen pits with a u/s right hand headlamp cluster - - New nose ready for the car as McNish climbs aboard but the lights refuse to illuminate as the car leaves pit lane - Eduardo Freitas makes it clear that the car must pit if the cluster stays dark. The car though continues as the team examine the connections at that end - he pits next time around and the original nose section is refitted - the car fires up and this time the lights do too. Weeda pits and Mailleux is up to third in LMP2. 3:47 Lapierre pits a little early in the #7 - Tyres taken this time after a double stint. Mucke pits the Aston Martin from second in GTE Pro. Watts is being closed down by Alex Wurz for third overall - Watts mounts a spirited defence but Wurz eventually prevails - the Toyota back up to third. The #51 Ferrari pits from the GTE Pro lead - and soon afterwards the Team manager is called to race control - again. | 
