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Buemi takes Lopez for lead before red flag flies at wet Shanghai

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Buemi takes Lopez for lead before red flag flies at wet Shanghai
18/11/2018

•    Wet weather conditions see race red flagged twice in first 90 minutes at 6 Hours of Shanghai
•    First red flag flies after 16 minutes but then race resumes in second hour with first green flag laps
•    Sebastien Buemi had taken the lead in No.8 Toyota TS050 HYBRID from pole-sitting No.7 car driven by Jose Maria Lopez after Argentinian runs wide at           hairpin
•    Entertaining battle for third position saw Stephane Sarrazin’s No.17 SMP Racing BR Engineering BR1-AER overtake Neel Jani’s No.1 Rebellion
•    Safety Car again deployed after multiple spins as rain intensified
•    Drama in LMGTE Pro as Olivier Pla and Kevin Estre collide at Turn One fighting for lead of class
•    Pla spins down to 8th
•    LMP2 sees DragonSpeed’s Anthony Davidson wrestle the lead from Jazeman Jaafar’s Jackie Chan DC Racing ORECA-Gibson
•    LMGTE Am sees pole sitting No.98 Aston Martin car driven by Paul Dalla Lana initially lead from Spirit of Race Ferrari driven by Francesco Castellacci
•    Further updates to be communicated on race status shortly
 

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