Porsche benefits from Audi's woes

La Porsche 919 Hybrid n°1 Brendon Hartley, Timo Bernhard and Mark Webber signed their third consecutive victory by winning the 6 Hours of the Circuit of the Americas contested in the evening against Audi who seemed well on their way to winning.

The reigning world champion crew won with a lead of 23 seconds over the #8 Audi of Di Grassi-Duval-Jarvis who had bad luck. Oliver Jarvis first lost almost a minute following an electrical problem while Lucas di Grassi had to make an unscheduled stop due to a poorly closed door. The 919 Hybrid also benefited from a Full Course Yellow for refueling.

Toyota a complété le podium avec la TS050 Hybrid n°6 de Sarrazin-Conway-Kobayashi which finished two seconds behind the R18 in front of the second Porsche of Championship leaders Dumas-Lieb-Jani. Toyota No. 5 Buemi-Davidson-Nakajima took fifth place after encountering turbo problems.

Alpine achieved overwhelming success in LMP2 with first place taken by Menezes-Stone-Richelmi on the No. 460 A36 who finished one lap ahead of the RGR Sport by Morand Ligier JS P2 of Gonzalez-Albuquerque-Senna and who further increased their lead in the Championship. The G-Drive Racing Oreca 05 of Rast-Brundle-Rusinov completed the top three in the category after losing time with yellow flags.

Aston Martin achieves its second success in a row in GTE Pro with the #95 Vantage of Thiim-Sorensen which dominated the Ferrari from AF Corse. Bruni-Calado's No. 488 F51 took second place, finishing 11 seconds behind the winners while Rigon-Bird's sister car finished one lap behind. The British manufacturer also won in GTE Am with the #98 of Dalla Lana-Lamy-Lauda.

Results of the 6 Hours of the Circuit of the Americas in Austin

Discover the analysis of the 6 Hours of the Circuit of the Americas carried out by our special correspondents in issue 2081 of AUTOhebdo, available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.