Carlin robbed of his victory in Shanghai, G-Drive Racing victorious

Carlin's first success in LM P2 did not last long. A few hours after the arrival of the 4 Hours of Shanghai, opening of the Asian Le Mans Series 2019-2020, the trio Jack Manchester – Harry Tincknell – Ben Barnicoat was stripped of their victory acquired on track in the last lap, for an infringement of a driver's driving time.

Ben Barnicoat, Gold driver of the crew, exceeded his maximum time allowed behind the wheel by 6'36", thus causing a sanction of three rounds. The appeal remains possible for the training of Trevor Carlin.

First place therefore goes to the Aurus 01 – G-Drive Racing of Roman Rusinov – Leonard Hoogenboom – James French. The Ligier JS P217 – Eurasia Motorsport of pole sitter Roberto Merhi, assisted in China by Aidan Read and Nick Foster, moved up to second place when the podium was completed by the Carlin crew.

Discover the full report of the opening of the 2019-2020 Asian Le Mans Series, in AUTO issue 2244hebdo, available tomorrow evening in digital version and this Wednesday on newsstands.