Mark Webber, Brendon Hartley and Timo Bernhard have taken the lead in the World Endurance Championship after claiming a third win on the bounce at a wet-dry Fuji race.
The #17 Porsche 919 scored a 14.3s victory over the sister #18 machine which is shared by Neel Jani, Marc Lieb and Romain Dumas.
The Porsches swapped positions late in the race with the #7 Audi driven by Marcel Fassler, Benoit Treluyer and Andre Lotterer third which saw them relinquish their lead in the driver’s standings.
Webber, Hartley and Bernhard have moved to 129 points, one clear of the #7 Audi crew with two rounds remaining.
With wet conditions for the start, the Safety Car paced the field for the opening 40 minutes of the 6 Hour race with the #7 Audi leading its sister #8 R18 e-tron quattro.
The Porsches then found their mark in drying conditions with the #18 Porsche Hybrid leading by the halfway mark.
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In LMP2, Roman Rusinov, Julien Canal and Sam Bird took honours for G-Drive in the Nissan-powered Ligier.
The AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia driven by Gianmaria Bruni and Toni Vilander landed the GTE Pro win while Patrick Dempsey claimed his first win in GTE Am in the 911 RSR alongside Patrick Long.
See below for full results
|
Pos |
Driver |
Car |
Laps |
Time |
|
1 |
T.Bernhard/M.Webber/B.Hartley |
Porsche |
216 |
6h 00:25.737 |
|
2 |
R.Dumas/N.Jani/M.Lieb |
Porsche |
216 |
14.306 |
|
3 |
M.Fässler/A.Lotterer/B.Tréluyer |
Audi |
215 |
1 Lap |
|
4 |
L.di Grassi/L.Duval/O.Jarvis |
Audi |
214 |
2 Laps |
|
5 |
A.Davidson/S.Buemi/K.Nakajima |
Toyota |
214 |
2 Laps |
|
6 |
A.Wurz/S.Sarrazin/M.Conway |
Toyota |
203 |
13 Laps |
|
7 |
N.Prost/M.Beche |
Rebellion/AER |
203 |
13 Laps |
|
8 |
S.Trummer/P.Kaffer |
CLM/AER |
199 |
17 Laps |
|
9 |
R.Rusinov/J.Canal/S.Bird |
Ligier/Nissan |
198 |
18 Laps |
|
10 |
N.Panciatici/P-L.Chatin/V.Capillaire |
Alpine/Nissan |
198 |
18 Laps |
|
11 |
G.Yacamán/L.Derani/R.González |
Ligier/Nissan |
197 |
19 Laps |
|
12 |
S.Sharp/R.Dalziel/D.Hansson |
Ligier/HPD |
194 |
22 Laps |
|
13 |
G.Bruni/T.Vilander |
Ferrari |
193 |
23 Laps |
|
14 |
P.Ragues/O.Webb/C.Cumming |
Morgan/SARD |
193 |
23 Laps |
|
15 |
P.Pilet/F.Makowiecki |
Porsche |
192 |
24 Laps |
|
16 |
D.Rigon/J.Calado |
Ferrari |
192 |
24 Laps |
|
17 |
R.Lietz/M.Christensen |
Porsche |
192 |
24 Laps |
|
18 |
N.Leventis/D.Watts/J.Kane |
Gibson/Nissan |
192 |
24 Laps |
|
19 |
C.Nygaard/M.Sørensen |
Aston Martin |
191 |
25 Laps |
|
20 |
D.Turner/J.Adam |
Aston Martin |
190 |
26 Laps |
|
21 |
A.MacDowall/F.Rees/S.Mücke |
Aston Martin |
190 |
26 Laps |
|
22 |
P.Dempsey/P.Long/M.Seefried |
Porsche |
187 |
29 Laps |
|
23 |
P.D.Lana/P.Lamy/M.Lauda |
Aston Martin |
187 |
29 Laps |
|
24 |
F.Perrodo/E.Collard/R.Águas |
Ferrari |
186 |
30 Laps |
|
25 |
E.Brown/J.van Overbeek/J.Fogarty |
Ligier/HPD |
186 |
30 Laps |
|
26 |
G.Roda/P.Ruberti/N.Sylvest |
Chevrolet |
185 |
31 Laps |
|
27 |
C.Ried/K.Al Qubaisi/E.Bamber |
Porsche |
185 |
31 Laps |
|
28 |
V.Shaitar/A.Bertolini/A.Basov |
Ferrari |
185 |
31 Laps |
|
29 |
F.Castellacci/L.Griffin/S.Hall |
Aston Martin |
184 |
32 Laps |
|
30 |
A.Imperatori/D.Kraihamer/D.Abt |
Rebellion/AER |
164 |
52 Laps |
|
– |
M.Howson/R.Bradley/N.Tandy |
ORECA/Nissan |
192 |
Retirement |
Drivers’ Standings
|
1 |
Brendon Hartley |
129 |
|
1 |
Timo Bernhard |
129 |
|
1 |
Mark Webber |
129 |
|
2 |
Benoît Tréluyer |
128 |
|
2 |
Marcel Fässler |
128 |
|
2 |
André Lotterer |
128 |
|
3 |
Marc Lieb |
95.5 |
|
3 |
Romain Dumas |
95.5 |
|
3 |
Neel Jani |
95.5 |
|
4 |
Oliver Jarvis |
79 |
|
4 |
Lucas di Grassi |
79 |
|
4 |
Loïc Duval |
79 |
|
5 |
Nick Tandy |
66 |
|
6 |
Sébastien Buemi |
59 |
|
6 |
Anthony Davidson |
59 |
|
7 |
Nico Hülkenberg |
58 |
|
7 |
Earl Bamber |
58 |
|
8 |
Kazuki Nakajima |
55 |
|
9 |
Mike Conway |
54 |
|
9 |
Stéphane Sarrazin |
54 |
|
9 |
Alexander Wurz |
54 |
|
10 |
Roman Rusinov |
26.5 |
|
10 |
Sam Bird |
26.5 |
|
10 |
Julien Canal |
26.5 |
|
11 |
Marco Bonanomi |
24 |
|
11 |
Filipe Albuquerque |
24 |
|
11 |
René Rast |
24 |
|
12 |
Richard Bradley |
20.5 |
|
12 |
Matt Howson |
20.5 |
|
13 |
Luis Derani |
17.5 |
|
13 |
Gustavo Yacamán |
17.5 |
|
13 |
Ricardo González |
17.5 |
|
14 |
Nicolas Lapierre |
12.5 |
|
15 |
Pierre Kaffer |
8.5 |
|
15 |
Simon Trummer |
8.5 |
|
16 |
Mathias Beche |
8 |
|
16 |
Nicolas Prost |
8 |
|
17 |
Jonny Kane |
6 |
|
17 |
Nick Leventis |
6 |
|
17 |
Danny Watts |
6 |
|
18 |
David Hansson |
4.5 |
|
18 |
Ryan Dalziel |
4.5 |
|
18 |
Scott Sharp |
4.5 |
|
19 |
Oliver Webb |
3.5 |
|
19 |
Pierre Ragues |
3.5 |
|
20 |
Ed Brown |
3 |
|
20 |
Jon Fogarty |
3 |
|
21 |
Erik Maris |
2.5 |
|
21 |
Jean-Marc Merlin |
2.5 |
|
21 |
Jacques Nicolet |
2.5 |
|
22 |
Johannes van Overbeek |
2.5 |
|
23 |
Paul-Loup Chatin |
2.5 |
|
23 |
Nelson Panciatici |
2.5 |
|
23 |
Vincent Capillaire |
2.5 |
|
24 |
Archie Hamilton |
2 |
|
25 |
Nick Heidfeld |
2 |
|
26 |
Dominik Kraihamer |
2 |
|
26 |
Alexandre Imperatori |
2 |
|
26 |
Daniel Abt |
2 |
|
27 |
Zoel Amberg |
1 |
|
28 |
David Brabham |
0.5 |
|
29 |
Chris Cumming |
0.5 |
|
30 |
Harry Tincknell |
0 |
|
31 |
Mark Shulzhitskiy |
0 |
|
31 |
Jann Mardenborough |
0 |
|
31 |
Christian Klien |
0 |
|
31 |
Laurens Vanthoor |
0 |
|
31 |
Max Chilton |
0 |
|
31 |
Olivier Pla |
0 |
|
31 |
Alex Buncombe |
0 |
|
31 |
Tsugio Matsuda |
0 |
|
31 |
Vitantonio Liuzzi |
0 |
|
31 |
Tiago Monteiro |
0 |
|
31 |
Lucas Ordóñez |
0 |
|
31 |
Kévin Estre |
0 |
|
31 |
Michael Krumm |
0 |
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