WEC – Two packages in GTE Am in Shanghai

Certainly annoyed by a Balance of Performance judged by many to be too advantageousAston Martin Racing, both Ferrari 458 Italias entered in GTE Am by AF Corse have withdrawn from the 6 Hours of Shanghai (November 2), sixth round of the world championshipEndurance. Two cars which should have been entrusted to the Marco Cioci-Luis trios Perez Companc-Mirko Venturi and Michele Rugolo-Stephen Wyatt-Andrea Bertolini.

It must be said that since the start of the year, in just five races, Aston Martin has scored four victories for nine podiums in GTE Am. In the championship, the No. 95 and its Heinemeier Hansson-Poulsen duo are in the lead with 136 points. on the clock, 39 more than the sister car and 49 more than the Porsche 911 RSR n°88 from the Proton Compétition team, third. Enough to raise some questions among the competition.

This increases the number of entrants for the Chinese round of WEC to 27. With only five units at the start, the GTE Am becomes the least represented category. A problem that will have to be remedied as quickly as possible…