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Toyotas win Shanghai endurance test
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TOYOTA Racing captured its second consecutive FIA World Endurance Championship with a 1-2 finish at 6 Hours of Shanghai Race yesterday, extending the championship lead to 42 points.
Anthony Davidson and Sebastien Buemi finished the race 1 minute and 12 seconds ahead of their Toyota teammates — Alex Wurz, Stephane Sarrazin and Kazuki Nakajima at the Shanghai International Circuit.
Both the Toyota Racing LMP1-H entries took advantage of an early safety car to top up on fuel which ensured that they completed the race on just five scheduled stops apiece.
Scoring their first podium position of the season yesterday was car No.14 Porsche 919 Hybrid driven by Romain Dumas, Marc Lieb and Neel Jani. The pole sitting car led in the early exchanges and had a trouble free race to finish just off the lead lap.
Audi Sport Team Joest completed the race in fourth and fifth positions. In the LMP1-L class car No.12 Rebellion Racing entry of Nick Heidfeld, Nicolas Prost and Mathias Beche took its fifth victory of the 2014 season ahead of car No.13 Rebellion R-One-Toyota.
This is the third year that the World Endurance Championship is being held in Shanghai. “To be frank, motor racing is still relatively new to China,” WEC CEO Gerard Neveu said in Shanghai.
“You need passion to embrace a sport. We have been growing in the Chinese market and now we have a Chinese team and drivers in the race. They are competitive, learning, and will need some time to reach the top class.”
“China is a big market for manufacturers, and our championship is for manufacturers,” the Frenchman added.
OAK Racing has put together a team featuring two Chinese racers — Tung Ho-Pin and David Cheng for the LMP2 category in Shanghai. They finished sixth. G-Drive Racing won the category.
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