WEC – Porsche takes the title in Shanghai

Porsche reste imbattable à l’issue des 6 Heures de Shanghai (Chine) où la marque de Stuttgart signe un nouveau doublé. The No. 919 17 Hybrid of Bernhard-Hartley-Webber takes its fourth victory in a row preceding the No. 18 of Dumas-Lieb-Jani who managed to move up to second place. The German manufacturer wins its 13th Manufacturers' endurance title. This is his first world title since 1986.

Après avoir lutté face aux Porsche lors des premières heures disputées sur une piste humide, les Audi sont rentrées dans le rang. La R18 e-tron quattro n°7 de Tréluyer-Fässler-Lotterer complète le podium devant les Toyota qui terminent à plusieurs tours.

THEAlpine A450b from Panciatici-Chatin-Dillmann scores its first success of the season in LMP2 ahead of the No. 2 Ligier JS P26 of G-Drive Racing of Rusinov-Canal-Bird. The Oreca 05 KCMG of Howson-Tandy-Bradley took advantage of Ricardo Gonzalez going off the track in the Russian team's second Ligier JS P2 to take third place in the category.

Team Manthey adds a little more happiness to Porsche by winning in GTE Pro with the No. 911 91 RSR of Christensen-Lietz victorious ahead of the Ferrari AF Corse n°51 of Bruni-Vilander and the second Porsche driven by Makowiecki-Pilet. AF Corse consoles itself with the victory in GTE Am of the No. 83 of Perrodo-Collard-Aguas.

Video summary of the 6 Hours of Shanghai

Discover the analysis of the 6 Hours of Shanghai carried out by our special correspondents in issue 2036 of AUTOhebdo, available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.