Mark Webber in the No.1 Porsche 919 Hybrid headed Lucas Di Grassi’s No.8 Audi R18 in a nail-biting first 90-minutes of the 6 Hours of Mexico presented by AT&T at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez this afternoon.
A sensational first portion of the race saw plenty wheel-to-wheel battles in all of the categories in front of a large and vocal crowd.
The story of the first 90mins….
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Start under dry skys
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LMP1– Audi Sport Team Joest No.7 Andre Lotterer passes No.8 Di Grassi for P1
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LMP1– Porsche Team No.1 Hartley moves ahead of No.2 Lieb for P3
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No change for LMP2 or GTEPro Lead,
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GTEPro -No.66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Oli Pla spun by No.51 AF Corse Ferrari James Calado T12
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LMP2 - No.26 G-Drive Racing Rene Rast passes No.36 Gustavo Menezes P2 but 9.3secs behind No.43 RGR Sport Bruno Senna after 7 laps
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LMP1– No.8 Di Grassi into the lead into P1 at T1 but then loses it as he is held up by No.30 Extreme Speed Motorsport Johannes Overbeek
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GTEAm– No.86 Gulf Racing Ben Barker passes No.88 Abu Dhabi Proton Racing Pat Long for P1
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LMP1 – L11 Change for the lead No.8 Di Grassi back in the lead.
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GTEAm – No.98 Aston Martin Racing Pedro Lamy contact with No.83 AF Corse Manu Collard (collected Drivethrough Penalty)
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LMP1 – L17 No.1 Porsche Team Brendon Hartley passes No.7 Audi Sport Team Joest Andre Lotterer for P2 (complaining about Grip)
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LMP1 – L25 No.7 Andre Lotterer, first to pit. 38mins in.
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LMP2 – No.37 Victor Shaitar Accident T11 – FCY 50mins
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Full Course Yellow: – All cars take first stop – No.5 Toyota moves into P3 as No.2 Porsche has slow stop
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FCY – LMP2 – No.43 Loses the lead to No.26 in the pits due to traffic
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FCY – LMP1 – No.8 loses time behind Signatech to No.1 Webber
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1h03 Back to green
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LMP1 – Change for the lead, No.1 Webber passes No.8 Di Grassi who got held up by LMP2 spinners
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LMP1 - Great fight for P3 – No.2 Jani passes No.5 Nakajima
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LMP1 - No 4 Bykolles CLM in the pits with an issue
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No.6 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway, side to side contact with No.31 Extreme Speed Motorsport Chris Cummings T12
Photos by Gabi Tomescu/Adrenal Media
