WEC – McNish, Kristensen and Duval headline in Shanghai

C’est une belle journée pour Audi qui a pourtant cru se faire battre à la régulière par Toyota aux 6 Heures de Shanghai. Sur un circuit qui convient aux TS030, les R18 e-tron quattro ont profité de la fin de course pour revenir aux avant-postes en profitant notamment de l’abandon de la n°8 d’Anthony Davidson, Stéphane Sarrazin et Sébastien Buemi due to suspension breakage. The No. 7 sister car of Nicolas lapierre and Alexander Wurz was caught in the last half hour without being able to fight against the No. 1 Audi of Benoît Tréluyer, André Lotterer and Marcel Fässler. The sister car of Loïc duval, Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish complete the podium. The crew of the No. 2 will no longer be able to be caught in the Championship and can therefore celebrate their Drivers' title in Shanghai. Rebellion Racing completes the LMP1 quartet with the Lola B12/60 of Cheers-Beche-Belicchi.

In LMP2, it was G-Drive Racing which won the victory with the Oreca 03 of Martin-Rusinov-Conway victorious ahead of the two Oak Racing Morgans. The No. 24 of Pla-Heinemeier Hansson-Brundle took second place ahead of the sister car No. 35 of Baguette-Plowman-Gonzalez. Aston Martin signe encore un superbe résultat en décrochant un doublé sur le circuit chinois. La Vantage n°97 de Stefan Mücke et Darren Turner terminer au premier rang devant la n°99 de Bruno Senna, Pedro Lamy et Richie Stanaway. Le podium de la catégorie est complété par la Porsche 911 RSR n°91 de Patrick Pilet et Jörg Bergmeister. Si aucune Ferrari does not finish in the top three, the Italian manufacturer consoles itself in GTE Am with the victory of 8Star Motorsports of Potolicchio-Aguas-Rigon.

Discover the analysis of the 6 Hours of Shanghai carried out by our special correspondent in issue 1935 of AUTOhebdo, available from Tuesday in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.