Porsche Penske Motorsport have been the class of the field in the Hypercar category and the No. 6 car is leading the championship with one round to go.
The German manufacturer have been very impressive with both cars, who have scored podiums and race wins in the World Endurance Championship.
Over the season, Porsche have been very consistent, with both cars finishing in the top 10 at every race they have seen the chequered flag.
They took victory with the No. 6 car winning the season-opener at the Qatar 1812km at the Lusail International Circuit.
The good form continued, finishing second at Imola and Spa-Francorchamps before winning last time out at the 6 Hours of Fuji.
Porsche have Impressively usurped Ferrari and Toyota, who are much more experienced with modern prototypes and the Hypercar class.
Laurens Vanthoor explained to the official WEC website that complacency can’t creep in at the 8 Hours of Bahrain for Porsche.
Laurens Vanthoor warned Porsche that the championship is not ‘wrapped up’ in WEC
The No. 6 car is very close to taking the Drivers’ Championship as they are 35 points ahead of the No. 50 Ferrari with 39 to play for.
Vanthoor needs to finish in eighth place alongside his teammates Kevin Estre and Andre Lotterer to clinch the championship.
As the event in Bahrain is eight hours long rather than the usual six hours, there are 1.5x points available which could give Ferrari more of an opportunity to snatch the championship from Porsche.
Vanthoor explained the German manufacturer are in a strong position heading into the Bahrain International Circuit and it would be a dream to win the title.
He said: “Considering the championship standings, one might think everything is wrapped up, but that’s definitely not the case.
“It looks promising, but with one-and-a-half times as many points awarded in Bahrain (due to the race’s longer distance), it’s still wide open.
“Last year, we weren’t particularly strong in Bahrain, but we’ve understood exactly why that was. We have an incredibly exciting weekend ahead of us, and winning the championship would be an absolute dream come true for everyone in the team.”
The No. 6 Porsche’s consistency has built the championship-challenging campaign
A championship-challenging campaign is built on raw speed as well as consistency over the season, minimising the bad results.
The No. 6 Porsche has taken two wins this season and finished all seven races, with sixth place being the worst result at Lone Star Le Mans.
Toyota and Ferrari have suffered more damaging slumps in the World Endurance Championship. The No. 7 and No. 50 cars have lost significant points, with the Ferrari finishing ninth in Japan and the Toyota retiring from the same event.
Other manufacturers may struggle, and Sebastien Bourdais expects the surface to cause Cadillac trouble in Bahrain.