Kimminen hits the front as Engine Manufacturer test concludes

Vaino Kimminen set the fastest time on the final day of the Engine Manufacturer Test at the Sakhir International Circuit.

The Tornado driver, who leads the FF2M Asia championship for associated team Spaniel, was three hundredths of a second ahead of Gojira test driver Alessandro Farina, with both drivers setting their time on the Soft Tyres.

Gojira’s race drivers Robert Kubica and Jean-Eric Vergne were third and fourth respectively on the Medium compound ahead of Tornado’s Tomas Gonzalez and Sergio Perez, both on Softs in fifth and sixth.

Shake n Bake’s Nolan Bryant was seventh fastest, ahead of FF2M champion James Clark and Mattia Alfonsi in the Gojira and Tornado respectively. Kevin Magnussen, the fastest of the FJRs, was thirteenth whilst Max Verstappen was the fastest Willows in fifteenth.

In terms of laps completed FJR set the most with 239 laps, ahead of Willows on 230 and Gojira on 228 with Shake n Bake fourth on 223, whilst Tornado were lagging behind on 208.

FF1M		AFIA FF1M WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
		SAKHIR OUTER CIRCUIT		ENGINE MANUFACTURER TEST – DAY 2
POS	NUM	DRIVER NAME	NAT	TEAM	ENGINE	MAN	TYRE	LAPTIME	LAPS
1	72	Vaino Kimminen	FI	Tornado	Climax	M	S	56.581s	47
2	92	Alessandro Farina	IT	Gojira	Mugen	M	S	56.618s	63
3	88	Robert Kubica	PL	Gojira	Mugen	M	M	56.625s	59
4	25	Jean-Eric Vergne	FR	Gojira	Mugen	M	M	56.632s	52
5	51	Tomas Gonzalez	AR	Tornado	Climax	M	S	56.772s	52
6	11	Sergio Perez	MX	Tornado	Climax	M	S	56.829s	61
7	91	Nolan Bryant	US	Shakenbake	Megatron	M	S	56.846s	62
8	69	James Clark	GB	Gojira	Mugen	M	M	56.914s	54
9	71	Mattia Alfonsi	IT	Tornado	Climax	M	S	56.921s	48
10	5	Sebastian Vettel	DE	Shakenbake	Megatron	M	H	56.997s	59
11	82	Bram De Boer	ND	Shakenbake	Megatron	M	H	56.999s	52
12	53	Itsuki Yoshida	JP	Shakenbake	Megatron	M	M	57.186s	50
13	20	Kevin Magnussen	DK	Fjr	Judd	M	M	57.429s	60
14	27	Nico Hulkenberg	DE	Fjr	Judd	M	M	57.486s	60
15	33	Max Verstappen	NL	Willows	Ilmor	M	H	57.739s	59
16	56	Cristobal Alvarez	UY	Willows	Ilmor	M	H	57.742s	60
17	54	Benjamin Pryor	GB	Fjr	Judd	M	H	57.880s	61
18	90	Catharina Caracciola	CH	Fjr	Judd	M	H	57.904s	58
19	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	BE	Willows	Ilmor	M	H	57.904s	53
20	80	Daisuke Sekiya	JP	Willows	Ilmor	M	H	57.945s	58

FF1M		AFIA FF1M WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
		SAKHIR OUTER CIRCUIT		ENGINE MANUFACTURER TEST – DAY 2
POS	NUM	TEAM NAME	NAT			MAN			LAPS
1		FJR							239
2		WILLOWS							230
3		GOJIRA							228
4		SHAKENBAKE							223
5		TORNADO							208