Mark Webber, Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley extended their title lead in the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship by scoring a third consecutive victory at Shanghai today.
With the No.18 Porsche finishing in second place, Porsche have clinched the 2015 FIA World Endurance Manufacturers’ Championship
Driving the No.17 Porsche 919 Hybrid Mark Webber crossed the finishing line ahead of the sister No.18 Porsche 919 Hybrid driven by Romain Dumas, Marc Lieb and Neel Jani.
The LMP2 class was one for the first time by the Signatech Alpine squad of Tom Dillmann, Nelson Panciatici and Paul-Loup Chatin. They headed home LMP2 title leaders Sam Bird, Julien Canal and Roman Rusinov in the No.26 G-Drive Racing Ligier-Nissan.
The No.12 Rebellion Racing R-One-AER of Nicolas Prost and Matthias took the win in China despite a late race accident which saw their car having to pit for repairs.
In LMGTE Pro, the No.91 Porsche Team Manthey 911 RSR took a commanding victory to make Richard Lietz the red hot title favourite heading to Bahrain for the season finale later this month.
AF Corse celebrated its win of the year in the LMGTE Am class as Francois Perrodo, Rui Aguas and Emmanuel Collard took the spoils, despite a late race penalty for a pit infringement.
Full report to follow
