Six Hours of Shanghai Part 3

Part three of the FIA World Endurance Championship Six Hours of Shanghai at Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China.  Winning the race, it was the #8 Toyota TS040 Hybrid of Sebastien Bumei and Anthony Davidson, followed home on the podium by the sister car #7 of Alexander Wurz, Stephane Sarrazin, and Kazuki Nakajima.  Romain Dumas, Neel Jani, and Marc Lieb, brought the first of the factory Porsche's home in third spot.

In LMP2, chalk up another win for G Drive as the #26 Ligier JS P2 Nissan coupe, of Roman Rusinov, Olivier Pla, and Julien Canal, wins.  LM GTE Pro honors went the way of the Porsche factory team over Aston Martin, and their #92 Porsche 911 RSR, shared by Frenchmen Frederic Makowiecki and Patrick Pilet.  They finished just ahead of their sister car.  LM GTE Am honors went to the #98 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin V8 Vantage of Paul Dalla Lana, Pedro Lamy, and Christoffer Nygaard.

So, here are the overall and class winners from Shanghai.

Overall/LMP1:    #8 Buemi/Davidson     Toyota TS040 Hybrid

             LMP2:   #26 Rusinov/Pla/Canal  Ligier JS P2 Nissan

            LM GTE Pro: #92 Makowiecki/Pilet     Porsche 911 RSR

           LM GTE Am: #98 Dalla Lana/Lamy/Nygaard     Aston Martin V8 Vantage

This weekend, in fact, tomorrow, marks the penultimate race in the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship.  It's the Six Hours of Bahrain at the Sakhir Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain.  Stay tuned, for video highlights, and race results, when they come.