Audi take emotional final win; Jani, Dumas and Lieb crowned FIA World Endurance Drivers champions
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The No.8 Audi R18 of Lucas Di Grassi, Oliver Jarvis and Loïc Duval took a memorable victory at the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain this evening, where Neel Jani, Marc Lieb and Romain Dumas took the World Endurance Drivers Championship.
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In the final race for Audi Sport Team Joest, the No.8 trio led home the sister Audi R18 LMP1 car driven by three-time Le Mans winners – Benoit Tréluyer, Marcel Fässler and André Lotterer.
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Audi executed the perfect goodbye to endurance racing by dominating proceedings under the lights at the Bapco 6 Hours of Bahrain.
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Rounding out the podium was the No.1 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Brendon Hartley, Mark Webber and Timo Bernhard. Webber took the final stint to claim a podium position in his final professional motorsport race.
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There were major celebrations in the No.2 Porsche pit as sixth position was good enough for Jani, Lieb and Dumas to add the FIA World Endurance Drivers title to their Le Mans win earlier this season.
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In the LMP2 class there was a thrilling finale as the G-Drive Racing Oreca-Nissan driven by René Rast hunted down Filipe Albuquerque in the RGR Sport Ligier in final stages to take third consecutive win for the Russian team.
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LMGTE Pro saw Danish duo Marco Sørensen and Nicki Thiim take the FIA World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers in style after leading the majority of the race.
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Ferrari took the FIA World Endurance Cup for GT Manufacturers after placing second and third with the No.51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE entry of Gianmaria Bruni and James Calado heading the Sam Bird and Davide Rigon sister car home.
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In the LMGTE Am class there were smiles in the No.83 AF Corse Ferrari pit as François Perrodo, Rui Aguas and Emmanuel Collard took the crown with a third placed finish. The job was done for the trio at the halfway stage when their nearest challenger, the No.98 Aston Martin, retired with an engine issue.
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No.88 Abu Dhabi Proton Porsche 911 RSR of Khaled Al Qubaisi, David Heinemeier-Hansson and Pat Long take second class win of the year.
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