2015 6 Hours of Shanghai explained

The 2015 6 Hours of Shanghai was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China on 30 October–1 November 2015, and served as the seventh race of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship season. Porsche's Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber won the race driving the No. 17 Porsche 919 Hybrid car.^[1]

Qualifying

Qualifying result

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

Pos	Class	Team	Time	Grid
1	LMP1	No. 17 Porsche Team	1:42.719	1
2	LMP1	No. 18 Porsche Team	1:43.488	2
3	LMP1	No. 8 Audi Sport Team Joest	1:44.200	3
4	LMP1	No. 7 Audi Sport Team Joest	1:44.645	4
5	LMP1	No. 1 Toyota Racing	1:45.776	5
6	LMP1	No. 2 Toyota Racing	1:45.962	6
7	LMP1	No. 13 Rebellion Racing	1:49.418	7
8	LMP1	No. 12 Rebellion Racing	1:50.942	8
9	LMP1	No. 4 Team ByKolles	1:52.069	9
10	LMP2	No. 26 G-Drive Racing	1:52.763	10
11	LMP2	No. 47 KCMG	1:53.345	11
12	LMP2	No. 28 G-Drive Racing	1:53.390	12
13	LMP2	No. 43 Team SARD Morand	1:53.600	13
14	LMP2	No. 36 Signatech Alpine	1:53.747	14
15	LMP2	No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports	1:54.775	15
16	LMP2	No. 42 Strakka Racing	1:55.205	16
17	LMP2	No. 29 Pegasus Racing	1:56.624	17
18	LMP2	No. 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports	1:57.432	18
19	LMGTE Pro	No. 51 AF Corse	2:02.243	19
20	LMGTE Pro	No. 71 AF Corse	2:02.508	20
21	LMGTE Pro	No. 99 Aston Martin Racing V8	2:02.540	21
22	LMGTE Pro	No. 92 Porsche Team Manthey	2:03.048	22
23	LMGTE Pro	No. 91 Porsche Team Manthey	2:03.352	23
24	LMGTE Pro	No. 97 Aston Martin Racing	2:03.393	24
25	LMGTE Am	No. 98 Aston Martin Racing	2:04.728	25
26	LMGTE Am	No. 96 Aston Martin Racing	2:04.858	26
27	LMGTE Am	No. 50 Larbre Compétition	2:04.874	27
28	LMGTE Am	No. 83 AF Corse	2:05.455	28
29	LMGTE Am	No. 72 SMP Racing	2:05.556	29
30	LMGTE Am	No. 77 Dempsey Racing-Proton	2:06.196	30
31	LMGTE Am	No. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing	2:11.851	31

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold.^[3]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	17	Porsche Team	Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Mark Webber	Porsche 919 Hybrid		169
					Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
2	LMP1	18	Porsche Team	Marc Lieb Romain Dumas Neel Jani	Porsche 919 Hybrid		169
					Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
3	LMP1	7	Audi Sport Team Joest	André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer	Audi R18 e-tron quattro		169
					Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
4	LMP1	8	Audi Sport Team Joest	Loïc Duval Lucas di Grassi Oliver Jarvis	Audi R18 e-tron quattro		169
					Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
5	LMP1	2	Toyota Racing	Alexander Wurz Stéphane Sarrazin Mike Conway	Toyota TS040 Hybrid		165
					Toyota 3.7 L V8
6	LMP1	1	Toyota Racing	Anthony Davidson Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota TS040 Hybrid		164
					Toyota 3.7 L V8
7	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Nicolas Prost Mathias Beche	Rebellion R-One		158
					AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
8	LMP1	4	Team ByKolles	Simon Trummer Pierre Kaffer	CLM P1/01		156
					AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
9	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine	Nelson Panciatici Paul-Loup Chatin Tom Dillmann	Alpine A450b		154
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
10	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	Roman Rusinov Julien Canal Sam Bird	Ligier JS P2		153
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
11	LMP2	47	KCMG	Matthew Howson Richard Bradley Nick Tandy	Oreca 05		153
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12	LMP2	43	Team SARD Morand	Oliver Webb Pierre Ragues Chris Cumming	Morgan LMP2 Evo		152
					SARD 3.6 L V8
13	LMP2	29	Pegasus Racing	Alex Brundle Ho-Pin Tung David Cheng	Morgan LMP2		152
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
14	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche Team Manthey	Richard Lietz Michael Christensen	Porsche 911 RSR		151
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		151
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
16	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche Team Manthey	Patrick Pilet Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR		151
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Davide Rigon James Calado	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		150
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
18	LMGTE Pro	99	Aston Martin Racing V8	Fernando Rees Alex MacDowall Richie Stanaway	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		149
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
19	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		149
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
20	LMP2	31	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Jon Fogarty	Ligier JS P2		147
					Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
21	LMGTE Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Rui Águas	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		146
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
22	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		146
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
23	LMGTE Am	72	SMP Racing	Viktor Shaitar Aleksey Basov Andrea Bertolini	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		145
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
24	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey Racing-Proton	Patrick Dempsey Patrick Long Marco Seefried	Porsche 911 RSR		145
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25	LMGTE Am	50	Larbre Compétition	Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti Nicolai Sylvest	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R		144
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
26	LMP2	42	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Jonny Kane Danny Watts	Gibson 015S		144
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
27	LMGTE Am	96	Aston Martin Racing	Liam Griffin Stuart Hall Francesco Castellacci	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		139
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
28	LMGTE Am	88	Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing	Christian Ried Klaus Bachler Khaled Al Qubaisi	Porsche 911 RSR		139
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Alexandre Imperatori Mathéo Tuscher Dominik Kraihamer	Rebellion R-One		153
					AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
DNF	LMP2	28	G-Drive Racing	Gustavo Yacamán Ricardo González Pipo Derani	Ligier JS P2		153
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMP2	30	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel David Heinemeier Hansson	Ligier JS P2		88
					Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6

Notes and References

1. Web site: Porsche Wins Shanghai, Clinches Manufacturers World Championship. John Dagys Media . sportscar365.com . Dagys . John . 1 November 2015 . 3 November 2015.
2. Web site: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Shanghai Qualifying Final Classification . . PDF . 31 October 2015 . 3 November 2015.
3. Web site: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Shanghai Race Final Classification . . PDF . 1 November 2015 . 3 November 2015.