Toyota Racing dominates in China
TOYOTA Racing took its second consecutive one-two victory, winning the Six Hours of Shanghai by more than a lap to extend its lead in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
Anthony Davidson and Sébastien Buemi took a dominant win in the #8 TS040 HYBRID, their fourth of the season, to stretch their lead in the drivers’ World Championship to 42 points.
The 1,000PS four-wheel-drive TS040 HYBRID, which dominated the last round in Fuji, was once again in a class of its own with Alex Wurz, Stéphane Sarrazin and Kazuki Nakajima taking second place in the #7.
That gives TOYOTA a 29-point advantage in the manufacturers’ World Championship with two races remaining.
For Toyota Racing’s full release, plus driver quotes, click HERE
Third podium finish for the Porsche 919 Hybrid in its first season
For the third time the Porsche 919 Hybrid has finished an FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) race on the podium. Round six in Shanghai saw Romain Dumas/Neel Jani/Marc Lieb start from pole position and finish the six-hour race in third place. The sister car of Timo Bernhard/Brendon Hartley/Mark Webber came home sixth after a damaged tyre on lap 33 cost them a lot of time. Until then the two innovative Porsche 919 Hybrids had been lying one-two in the race.
To read all the details about Porsche's race, and hear what the drivers had to say, click HERE
Audi scores 22 points in battle for WEC title in China
• Audi remains the runner-up in the manufacturers’ world championship
• Le Mans winners Fässler/Lotterer/Tréluyer second again in the standings
• Di Grassi/Duval/Kristensen achieve fifth place in the race
Audi just missed out on a podium place in round six of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at Shanghai. Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer (CH/D/F) in the best Audi R18 e-tron quattro had to admit defeat in the six-hour race. The Le Mans winners crossed the finish line in front of their team-mates Lucas di Grassi/Loïc Duval/Tom Kristensen (BR/F/DK).
The story of Audi Sport Team Joest's race, and comments from all the drivers, can be found HERE
1-2 LMP1-L back-to-back win for Rebellion Racing at Shanghai
Nick Heidfeld, Nicolas Prost and Mathias Beche secured their fifth LMP1-L win of the season after the 6 Hours of Shanghai, the sixth round of the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship.
Andrea Belicchi, Dominik Krahaimer and Fabio Leimer finished in second place to complete the second one-two of the season for REBELLION Racing, back to back after the one-two achieved at Fuji three weeks ago.
Starting from the fourth row on the grid, both Rebellion R-One Toyotas #12 and #13 had an almost trouble free race from the start to the checkered flag, keeping their positions, respectively in P7 and P8 all race long.
To read more about Rebellion's race in Shanghai, click HERE
