1812 km from Qatar – H7: Porsche unfolds, Peugeot still in ambush

• No change at the top of the rankings for the 1812 km of Qatar, the opening event of the world championshipEndurance FIA, after seven hours of racing.
• La Porsche 963 Penske Motorsport n°6 of Laurens Vanthoor, Kévin Estre and André Lotterer is still in the lead, with around thirty seconds ahead.
• La Peugeot 9X8 n°93 entrusted to Jean-Eric Vergne-Mikkel Jensen-Nico Mueller holds on in second position, also with a cushion of around thirty seconds on third.
• The No. 963 Hertz Team JOTA customer Porsche 12 of Norman Nato-Will Stevens-Callum Ilott completes the Hypercar podium.
• The highest ranked Ferrari 499P is none other than the new n°83 (Robert Kubica-Robert Shwartzman-Yifei Ye) which runs with a yellow livery under the AF Corse banner. The “customer” Hypercar is in 5th position, behind Cadillac No. 2 (Sébastien Bourdais-Earl Bamber-Alex Lynn).
• The Toyota No. 7 and No. 8, which carry the most ballast within the framework of the BoP, are still as discreet. The Japanese Hypercars are ranked 7th and 11th respectively.
• The Alpine A424 (10th and 11th) and the BMW M Hybrid V8 (14th and 15th) are still running in close ranks.
• The No. 63 Lamborghini SC63, which is making its competitive debut in Qatar this weekend, occupies the penultimate row, ahead of the second Peugeot, the No. 94, which suffered a battery problem after being hooked initially by the Cadillac.
• Only one retirement to deplore in the Hypercar category, that of the Isotta Fraschini n°11.

No change in LMGT3 hierarchy

• The No. 911 Porsche 3 GT3 R LMGT92 from the Manthey PureRxcing team (Aliaksandr Malykhin-Joel Sturm-Klaus Bachler) still leads the debates in the new LMGT3 category of the WEC.
• Starting from pole, the No. 06 Corvette Z81R (Tom Van Rompuy-Rui Andrade-Charlie Eastwood) had to retire due to a mechanical problem.