Rebellion Racing dominated the LMP1 category at today’s 4 Hours of Shanghai – round 3 of FIA WEC – with their Rebellion R13 – Gibson. It marks only the fourth time in the WEC’s eight-year history that a non-Hybrid car has been classified as overall winner, after what was an interesting and intense battle throughout thanks to the LMP Success Handicap system introduced this season to ensure closer competition.


Porsche promoted to LMGTE Pro winners after No.51 AF Corse Ferrari disqualification Porsche have been promoted to winners of the LMGTE Pro category at today’s WEC 4 Hours of Shanghai after the No. 51 AF Corse 488 GTE Evo was disqualified following post-race technical checks. Ferrari was set to take its first ever LMGTE Pro victory on Chinese soil but the No. 51 car was in breach of the WEC Technical Regulations after the minimum ground clearance was found lower than 50mm.

JOTA celebrates LMP2 success with Goodyear The highly-competitive LMP2 category saw British-based squad JOTA take its first victory of Season 8 in the No.37 ORECA 07 Gibson of Antonio Felix da Costa, Roberto Gonzalez and Anthony Davidson. It marked the first WEC win for JOTA since Spa in 2015 and it was also the first win for Goodyear tyres – a remarkable achievement considering it is only the third event since the American tyre company joined the WEC with its new range of LMP2 tyres.

TF Sport secure another win in LMGTE Am In LMGTE Am, it was another dream race weekend for TF Sport as Jonny Adam, Charlie Eastwood and Salih Yoluc stormed to their second consecutive LMGTE Am race victory in the No.90 Aston Martin Vantage AMR. TF Sport’s dominant win sees the team take the lead in the overall LMGTE Am standings – three points ahead of AF Corse.

Rebellion Racing takes memorable win in Shanghai

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• At 11/10/2019 09:26:00 p.m.
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The Pearl of the Orient, the Bund, dragon dancing, amazing acrobatics and the Shanghai International Circuit in Jiading…yes, ladies and gentlemen, ticketing for the 6 Hours of Shanghai is now open!

The fifth round of the FIA WEC Super Season will take place on Sunday 18th November and it once again promises to be an exciting and challenging event for competitors with plenty to entertain and interest the ever-increasing number of Chinese endurance racing fans who flock to the impressive Shanghai track to see the stars and cars of the WEC. 

As well as Jackie Chan’s own team representing its home nation in LMP2, the distinctive-sounding Chevrolet Corvette will be a welcome addition to the LMGTE Pro class. A hugely popular autograph session with the drivers and plenty of family entertainment available off track as well as nose-to-tail action and the sound of incredible cars echoing around China’s premier racing circuit: there is no excuse not to buy your ticket now. 

Tickets for the 17-18 November weekend are available to purchase HERE. Tariff: 50 RMB per person with children under 1,3m free. 

Ticketing for the 6 Hours of Shanghai now open!

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A dominant victory in the penultimate round of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota was not enough to prevent Porsche from winning the World Manufacturers’ Championship today in Shanghai.  Second place for the No.2 Porsche 919 Hybrid crew of Timo Bernhard, Earl Bamber and Brendon Hartley gave them a well-deserved 2017 FIA World Endurance Drivers’ title with one round remaining. It is Bernhard and Hartley’s second championship title (first in 2015) and Bamber’s first.  Toyota’s No.8 TS050 HYBRID of Kazuki Nakajima, Anthony Davidson and Sébastien Buemi led a convincing display by the Japanese manufacturer, although the result could have been very different in terms of the race result and the championship situation had the No.7 Toyota of José Maria Lopez not clashed with one of the leading GTE Pro cars in the final hour.  The result saw the Japanese car forced to pit and the two Porsche 919 Hybrids move up to second and third, while the delayed Toyota ultimately came in fourth. It was Toyota Gazoo Racing’s fourth win of the season meaning that the eight races have been completely split between the Japanese marque and their rivals Porsche, with one round remaining.  Rounding out the podium in Shanghai was the No.1 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Neel Jani, André Lotterer and Nick Tandy. Their race was compromised in the first hour when Tandy slowed with a throttle sensor issue.  It was an ultra-successful day for Porsche as they also took the FIA World Endurance Manufacturers Championship, and as with the Drivers’ title it was also the third consecutive time Porsche has lifted the trophy.  An enthusiastic crowd of 58,000 spectators over the weekend at Shanghai International Circuit saw a memorable event and went home having witnessed an incredible race which was full of action, drama and tension.  For all classifications and timing CLICK HERE Retrouvez ICI tous les articles de notre site en version française

Vaillante Rebellion take epic LMP2 contest  One of the best ever LMP2 races was won by the No.31 Vaillante Rebellion squad in Shanghai as Bruno Senna, Nicolas Prost and Julien Canal triumphed for the third time this season.  In a race of incident and excitement Senna laid the foundations for the win which takes him and Canal to the lead of the championship by four points (Prost having missed a race earlier in the year).  Their chief rivals during the race were the Jackie Chan DC Racing trio of Oliver Jarvis, Ho-Pin Tung and Thomas Laurent. The three-time category winners had seemed to have built a race-winning platform after a stellar double stint from Jarvis, but then a fraught final two hours saw a collision between their No.38 ORECA 07 and the No.26 G-Drive Racing car. Damage to the front of their car meant they eventually finished in fourth position.  Runners-up in Shanghai today were the Signatech Alpine crew of Nicolas Lapierre, Gustavo Menezes and André Negrão. Today’s result keeps Menezes in outside contention for the LMP2 Drivers’ crown.  Making it two Vaillante Rebellion entries in the top three was the No.13 car of Nelson Piquet Jr, David Heinemeier-Hansson and Mathias Beche. They recovered from contact on the opening lap to score their second podium position of the season, with Dane Heinemeier Hansson having a particularly strong race. The final round of the 2017 WEC season is the Bapco 6 Hours of Bahrain which will race into the night on Saturday 18th November.  Provisional classifications can be found HERE and race facts HERE.

Toyota wins in Shanghai; Porsche seals World Championships

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Ferrari clinches the GT FIA World Endurance Manufacturers Championship as Ford takes win in Shanghai after epic duel Ford take win after epic duel; Ferrari seals GT Manufacturers’ title Ford scored a hard-fought victory at the 6 Hours of Shanghai today as Andy Priaulx and Harry Tincknell claimed their second LMGTE Pro win of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship season. In doing so, the British duo thrust themselves back into championship contention in their No.67 Ford Ganassi Team UK Ford GT.  Priaulx and Tincknell finished ahead of the No.91 Porsche 911 RSR of Frédéric Makowiecki and Richard Lietz, and claimed a second win in as many years at the Shanghai International Circuit. An enthusiastic crowd of 58,000 spectators over the weekend at Shanghai International Circuit saw a memorable event and went home having witnessed an incredible race which was full of action, drama and tension.  The win came after Tincknell performed a heroic rear-guard action when he came under intense pressure from the Porsche in the fifth hour. When Lietz’s 911 RSR was hit by the No.7 Toyota, driven at the time by José Maria Lopez, it freed up Tincknell and he brought the car home to claim the maximum points haul.  Ferrari’s third and sixth place finishes in the class were enough to seal the GT FIA World Endurance Manufacturers’ Championship for the Prancing Horse, the No.51 Ferrari 488 GTE of Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado taking the final podium place today.  The GT Drivers’ Championship will not be settled until the final race at Bahrain in two weeks’ time but today’s result in Shanghai sees Calado and Pier Guidi’s lead diminished as the consistent Makowiecki and Lietz axis scored a remarkable sixth podium points score of the season. The gap is now just two points between the two pairs.  Placing third in Shanghai today was the pole-sitting No.95 Aston Martin of Nicki Thiim and Marco Sorensen which led briefly in the early stages. One of the two non-finishers in the race was the No.92 of Michael Christensen and Kevin Estre which suffered the cruel blow of an engine failure in the third hour while in the lead of the GTE field.  For all classifications and timing CLICK HERE Retrouvez ICI tous les articles de notre site en version française

Aston Martin takes dominant victory in LMGTE Am The LMGTE Am category will go also down to the wire in Bahrain as the No.98 Aston Martin Racing Vantage V8 of Paul Dalla Lana, Mathias Lauda and Pedro Lamy took a third win of the season and a 10-point lead in the championship.  Gulf Racing UK took their best ever WEC result with Ben Barker, Nick Foster and Khaled Al Qubaisi – subbing for team owner/driver Mike Wainwright - combining to take second position in the No.86 Porsche 911 RSR.  The Dempsey Proton Racing run Porsche was third after it recovered from contact with an LMP2 car in the opening hour. Christian Ried, Marvin Dienst and Matteo Cairoli therefore still keep in touch with the Aston Martin trio as the 2017 season reaches its conclusion at the Bapco 6 Hours of Bahrain in two weeks’ time.  The race into the night will be on Saturday 18th November. Provisional classifications can be found HERE and race facts HERE.

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Ferrari clinches GT World Manufacturers' title as Ford wins in Shanghai

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Kobayashi and Conway take Shanghai pole for Toyota  Toyota took pole position for the 6 Hours of Shanghai this afternoon as Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi combined to head all challengers and secure the No.7 Toyota TS050 HYBRID’s fourth top spot of the season. The average time of 1m42.832s was enough to seal the pole after Kobayashi had set an ultimate best of 1m42.526s.  Joining the No.7 Toyota on the front row for tomorrow’s rolling start will be the No.1 Porsche 919 Hybrid which was driven by Nick Tandy and André Lotterer in qualifying. Tandy set the early pace but the session was slightly compromised when Lotterer had one of his laps deleted after violating track limits at Turn 16.  The No.8 Toyota, which is aiming to stop the No.2 Porsche crew taking the Drivers’ title this weekend, starts third as Sébastien Buemi and Anthony Davidson shared the cockpit in the qualifying session.  Brendon Hartley and Earl Bamber continued their all-Kiwi qualifying attack but ultimately came unstuck as Bamber suffered a mid-session spin. This meant that the leaders of the points classification will start fourth.  For all classifications and timing CLICK HERE Retrouvez ICI tous les articles de notre site en version française

Danes gain pole for Aston Martin  In one of the most important qualifying sessions of the season, due to the crucial extra one point available towards the GT FIA World Endurance Championship, Danish duo Marco Sorensen and Nicki Thiim took their first pole position of the season at Shanghai in their No.95 Aston Martin.  The pair averaged 1m59.697s average, which put them just over two tenths up on the Porsche pair of Michael Christensen and Kevin Estre’s 1m59.916s.  Points standing leaders and winners of the last two FIA World Endurance Championship events, James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi of AF Corse Ferrari, placed third as they look to extend their advantage in the penultimate race of the season tomorrow.  The No.67 Ford GT of Harry Tincknell and Andy Priaulx made it four manufacturers in the top four positions.

Vaillante Rebellion's Senna and Canal claim LMP2 pole In LMP2 the Vaillante Rebellion duo of Bruno Senna and Julien Canal took a first category pole of the season for the No.31 car.  Senna set the quickest overall time, but it was Canal’s lap which confirmed the pole as the Frenchman, who is aiming to become a double LMP2 champion this season, drove a faultless final sector to even eclipse Senna’s earlier benchmark.  A fine second place was taken by the G-Drive Racing car, driven by WEC newcomer Nico Muller and recently crowned ELMS champion Léo Roussel.

Lamy and Dalla Lana maintain Aston Martin record at Shanghai! The LMGTE Am pole fell to the No.98 Aston Martin Racing pairing of Pedro Lamy and Paul Dalla Lana. It was the sixth time the pair has taken pole this season and Lamy celebrated a fourth consecutive top spot in as many years at the Chinese track.  The extra point gained by the No.98 ensured that they are now level with the Dempsey Proton Racing drivers going in to tomorrow's race.

Toyota's Kobayashi & Conway take pole in Shanghai; Aston Martin scoop pole in GTE

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Following what was surely the standout race of the season in Fuji last week, the scene is now set for some of the 2016 title battles to reach their final, exciting stages while, for others, every single point will count right to the end of the season. 

The imposing Shanghai International Circuit is the venue for the eighth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship season, the 6 Hours of Shanghai, the second of the two Asian races on the calendar. 

All eyes will be on the FIA World Endurance Manufacturers Championship which Porsche should secure in China, barring major setbacks for both cars. Audi and Toyota will both be looking for further victories to boost their drivers’ title hopes, and expect another scintillating race between the leading contenders in LMP2 and the LMGTE categories. 

The FIA Endurance Cup for GT Manufacturers couldn’t be closer, with only three points between Ferrari and Aston Martin and that particular battle will go down to the wire in Bahrain.

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Update on Championship points following Fuji The points at the top of the FIA World Endurance Championship are closer than ever after Toyota’s drivers prevailed in a nail-biting finish to the 6 Hours of Fuji to vault themselves firmly into contention.  In the FIA World Endurance Manufacturers Championship Porsche has maintained its firm hold, with a lead over Audi of 59 points.  Having entered the weekend third in the standings, half a point behind the No.8 Audi R18 of Loïc Duval, Lucas di Grassi and Oliver Jarvis, victory for the No.6 TS050 Hybrid crew of Kamui Kobayashi, Stéphane Sarrazin and Mike Conway on Toyota’s home turf puts them into second with just two rounds remaining. As a result, they now sit just 23 points behind the No. 2 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Neel Jani, Marc Lieb and Romain Dumas, which has led the points since the beginning of the season. To see all the championship standings CLICK HERE    To read the whole story CLICK HERE

Rebellion Racing - LMP1 Privateer Champions A special tribute Rebellion Racing has been a staple of the FIA World Endurance Championship’s LMP1 privateer class from its inception, winning the FIA Endurance Trophy for Private LMP1 Teams every year since 2012. Following the announcement that the Anglo-Swiss outfit will switch to racing in LMP2 class next year, here are some of its finest moments in its LMP1 career to date. To read about Rebellion's success by the numbers CLICK HERE

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Shanghai set for superb 2016 title battle 

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• At 10/21/2016 08:00:00 p.m.
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