2014 6 Hours of Shanghai explained

The 2014 6 Hours of Shanghai was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China on 31 October–2 November 2014, and served as the sixth race of the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship season. The race was won by Sébastien Buemi and Anthony Davidson driving the No. 8 Toyota TS040 Hybrid car.^[1]

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[2]

Pos	Class	Team	Average Time	Grid
1	LMP1-H	No. 14 Porsche Team	1:48.300	1
2	LMP1-H	No. 8 Toyota Racing	1:48.300	2
3	LMP1-H	No. 20 Porsche Team	1:48.324	3
4	LMP1-H	No. 7 Toyota Racing	1:48.534	4
5	LMP1-H	No. 1 Audi Sport Team Joest	1:49.454	5
6	LMP1-H	No. 2 Audi Sport Team Joest	1:50.072	6
7	LMP1-L	No. 12 Rebellion Racing	1:52.431	7
8	LMP1-L	No. 13 Rebellion Racing	1:53.314	8
9	LMP2	No. 26 G-Drive Racing	1:54.327	9
10	LMP2	No. 47 KCMG	1:55.301	10
11	LMP2	No. 37 SMP Racing	1:56.437	11
12	LMP2	No. 27 SMP Racing	1:56.539	12
13	LMP1-L	No. 9 Lotus	1:56.770	13
14	LMP2	No. 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports	1:56.901	14
15	LMP2	No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports	1:56.987	15
16	LMP2	No. 35 OAK Racing	1:57.365	16
17	LMGTE Pro	No. 97 Aston Martin Racing	2:04.342	17
18	LMGTE Pro	No. 92 Porsche Team Manthey	2:04.444	18
19	LMGTE Pro	No. 91 Porsche Team Manthey	2:04.599	19
20	LMGTE Pro	No. 51 AF Corse	2:04.780	20
21	LMGTE Pro	No. 71 AF Corse	2:04.822	21
22	LMGTE Pro	No. 99 Aston Martin Racing	2:04.847	22
23	LMGTE Am	No. 98 Aston Martin Racing	2:05.072	23
24	LMGTE Am	No. 75 Prospeed Competition	2:05.150	24
25	LMGTE Am	No. 95 Aston Martin Racing	2:05.203	25
26	LMGTE Am	No. 90 8 Star Motorsports	2:05.516	26
27	LMGTE Am	No. 88 Proton Competition	2:06.188	27

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold.^[3]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1-H	8	Toyota Racing	Anthony Davidson Sébastien Buemi	Toyota TS040 Hybrid		188
					Toyota 3.7 L V8
2	LMP1-H	7	Toyota Racing	Alexander Wurz Stéphane Sarrazin Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota TS040 Hybrid		188
					Toyota 3.7 L V8
3	LMP1-H	14	Porsche Team	Marc Lieb Romain Dumas Neel Jani	Porsche 919 Hybrid		187
					Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
4	LMP1-H	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer	Audi R18 e-tron quattro		187
					Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6 (Diesel)
5	LMP1-H	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Tom Kristensen Loïc Duval Lucas di Grassi	Audi R18 e-tron quattro		187
					Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6 (Diesel)
6	LMP1-H	20	Porsche Team	Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Mark Webber	Porsche 919 Hybrid		186
					Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
7	LMP1-L	12	Rebellion Racing	Nicolas Prost Nick Heidfeld Mathias Beche	Rebellion R-One		180
					Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
8	LMP1-L	13	Rebellion Racing	Dominik Kraihamer Andrea Belicchi Fabio Leimer	Rebellion R-One		180
					Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
9	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	Roman Rusinov Olivier Pla Julien Canal	Ligier JS P2		177
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
10	LMP2	30	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Scott Sharp Ricardo González Ryan Dalziel	HPD ARX-03b		174
					Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
11	LMP2	27	SMP Racing	Sergey Zlobin Maurizio Mediani Nicolas Minassian	Oreca 03R		174
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12	LMP2	37	SMP Racing	Kirill Ladygin Anton Ladygin Viktor Shaitar	Oreca 03R		174
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
13	LMP2	31	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek David Brabham	HPD ARX-03b		173
					Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
14	LMP1-L	9	Lotus	Lucas Auer Pierre Kaffer	CLM P1/01		171
					AER P60 Turbo V6
15	LMP2	35	OAK Racing	Mark Patterson David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung	Morgan LMP2		167
					Judd HK 3.6 L V8
16	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche Team Manthey	Patrick Pilet Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR		167
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche Team Manthey	Jörg Bergmeister Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR		167
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Davide Rigon James Calado	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		166
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
19	LMGTE Pro	99	Aston Martin Racing	Darryl O'Young Alex MacDowall Fernando Rees	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		166
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
20	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Christoffer Nygaard	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		165
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
21	LMGTE Am	95	Aston Martin Racing	David Heinemeier Hansson Kristian Poulsen Richie Stanaway	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		165
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
22	LMGTE Am	90	8 Star Motorsports	Matteo Cressoni Paolo Ruberti Gianluca Roda	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		164
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
23	LMGTE Am	75	Prospeed Competition	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 911 RSR		163
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24	LMGTE Am	88	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Wolf Henzler Khaled Al Qubaisi	Porsche 911 RSR		161
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner Stefan Mücke	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		123
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMP2	47	KCMG	Matthew Howson Richard Bradley Alexandre Imperatori	Oreca 03R		0
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		0
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8

Notes and References

1. Web site: Toyota Dominates 6H Shanghai. John Dagys Media . John. Dagys . 2 November 2014 . 3 November 2014.
2. Web site: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Shanghai Qualifying Practice Final Classification . . PDF . 1 November 2014 . 3 November 2014.
3. Web site: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Shanghai Race Final Classification . . PDF . 2 November 2014 . 3 November 2014.