In the final WEC qualifying session of the year, the #7 Toyota took pole position under the lights in Bahrain.
The LMP1 class was a duel between the #7 and #8 Toyota cars, and in the last qualifying for the category it was the #7 car that came out on top with a lap-time of 1m40.747s.
In LMP2, it was the #22 United Autosports car which set the fastest time in the category, with yet another impressive qualifying, setting a time of 1m47.440s, +0.798s ahead of the #37 Jackie Chan DC Racing car.
Signatech Alpine Elf’s #36 car lines in third, finishing ahead of the #38 JOTA, and the #29 Racing Team Nederland.
Cetilar Racing’s #47 car struggled to put in a good lap around the Bahrain circuit, rounding out qualifying with a lap-time of 1m51.834s, +4.394s behind the #22 United Autosports car.
In the LM-GTE Pro class, it was another pole position for Aston Martin, with the #95 car edging in front of the #92 Porsche GT Team car.
However, after what was believed to be a track limits violation, the #95 will start second and the #92 Porsche will lead the field of GTEs.
The #51 AF Corse starts in third place, finishing ahead of the #91 Porsche, the #97 AF Corse and the #97 Aston Martin.
It was an Aston Martin on top in the LM-GTE Am, with the #98 car setting a time of 1m58.356s, 0.452s ahead of the #90 TF Sport in second place.
Behind the top two, the #62 Red River Sport car finished in third place, ahead of the #56 and #57 Team Project 1 cars.
The #54 and #83 AF Corse cars start in sixth and seventh position for the race tomorrow, ahead of the #77 Dempsey-Proton Racing, who struggled after qualifying first in Spa.
The final two places on the grid are taken up by the #86 Gulf Racing and the #88 Dempsey-Proton Racing car.
Similar to qualifying in Belgium, track limits were noticeable in the GTE class, with six cars having their lap times deleted in the first ten minutes.
| OVERALL POSITION | CLASS POSITION | TEAM | AVERAGE TIME | DIFF |
| LMP1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | #7 Toyota GAZOO Racing | 1m40.747s | |
| 2 | 2 | #8 Toyota GAZOO Racing | 1m41.498s | 0.751s |
| LMP2 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | #22 United Autosports | 1m47.440s | |
| 4 | 2 | #37 Jackie Chan DC Racing | 1m48.238s | 0.798s |
| 5 | 3 | #36 Signatech Alpine Elf | 1m48.470s | 1.030s |
| 6 | 4 | #38 JOTA | 1m48.901s | 1.461s |
| 7 | 5 | #29 Racing Team Nederland | 1m50.339s | 2.899s |
| 8 | 6 | #47 Cetilar Racing | 1m51.834s | 4.394s |
| LM-GTE Pro | ||||
| 9 | 1 | #92 Porsche GT Team | 1m56.505s | |
| 10 | 2 | #95 Aston Martin Racing | 1m56.521s* | 0.068s |
| 11 | 3 | #51 AF Corse | 1m56.706s | 0.185s |
| 12 | 4 | #91 Porsche GT Team | 1m57.124s | 0.603s |
| 13 | 5 | #71 AF Corse | 1m57.217s | 0.696s |
| 14 | 6 | #97 Aston Martin Racing | 1m57.376s | 0.855s |
| LM-GTE Am | ||||
| 15 | 1 | #98 Aston Martin Racing | 1m58.356s | |
| 16 | 2 | #90 TF Sport | 1m58.808s | 0.452s |
| 17 | 3 | #62 Red River Sport | 1m58.868s | 0.512s |
| 18 | 4 | #56 Team Project 1 | 1m58.896s | 0.540s |
| 19 | 5 | #57 Team Project 1 | 1m59.039s | 0.683s |
| 20 | 6 | #54 AF Corse | 1m59.194s | 0.838s |
| 21 | 7 | #83 AF Corse | 1m59.637s | 1.281s |
| 22 | 8 | #77 Dempsey-Proton Racing | 1m59.665s | 1.309s |
| 23 | 9 | #86 Gulf Racing | 1m59.921s | 1.565s |
| 24 | 10 | #88 Dempsey-Proton Racing | 2m01.799s | 3.443s |
