4 Hours of Shanghai explained

Race Title:	4 Hours of Shanghai
Track Map:	Shanghai International Racing Circuit track map.svg
Venue:	Shanghai International Circuit
First Race:	2012
Duration:	4 hours
Previous Names:	6 Hours of Shanghai
Most Wins Driver:	Mark Webber (2) Timo Bernhard (2) Brendon Hartley (2) Sébastien Buemi (2) Anthony Davidson (2)
Most Wins Team:	Toyota Gazoo Racing (4)
Most Wins Manufacturer:	Toyota (4)

The 4 Hours of Shanghai (previously 6 Hours of Shanghai) is a sports car race that was held at the Shanghai International Circuit in Jiading District of Shanghai in the People's Republic of China. It was created for the FIA World Endurance Championship, and was held for the first time on 28 October 2012 as the eighth and final round of the 2012 World Endurance Championship.^[1]

Results

Year	Overall Winner(s)	Entrant	Car	Distance	Race Title	Championship	Report	Ref
6 hour format
2012	Alexander Wurz Nicolas Lapierre	Toyota Racing	Toyota TS030 Hybrid	1041.141km (646.935miles)	6 Hours of Shanghai	FIA World Endurance Championship	Report	^[2]
2013	André Lotterer Benoît Tréluyer Marcel Fässler	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	1035.69km (643.55miles)	6 Hours of Shanghai	FIA World Endurance Championship	Report	^[3]
2014	Anthony Davidson Sébastien Buemi	Toyota Racing	Toyota TS040 Hybrid	1024.788km (636.774miles)	6 Hours of Shanghai	FIA World Endurance Championship	Report	^[4]
2015	Mark Webber Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley	Porsche Team	Porsche 919 Hybrid	921.219km (572.419miles)	6 Hours of Shanghai	FIA World Endurance Championship	Report	^[5]
2016	Mark Webber Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley	Porsche Team	Porsche 919 Hybrid	1062.945km (660.483miles)	6 Hours of Shanghai	FIA World Endurance Championship	Report	^[6]
2017	Sébastien Buemi Anthony Davidson Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	1084.749km (674.032miles)	6 Hours of Shanghai	FIA World Endurance Championship	Report	^[7]
2018	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	615.963km (382.742miles)	6 Hours of Shanghai	FIA World Endurance Championship	Report	^[8]
4 hour format
2019	Gustavo Menezes Norman Nato Bruno Senna	Rebellion Racing	Rebellion R13	681.375km (423.387miles)	4 Hours of Shanghai	FIA World Endurance Championship	Report	^[9]

Records

Wins by constructor

Rank	Constructor	Wins	Years
1		4	2012, 2014, 2017–18
2		2	2015–16
3		1	2013
			2019
Source:^[10]

Wins by engine supplier

Rank	Engine suppler	Wins	Years
1		4	2012, 2014, 2017–18
2		2	2015–16
3		1	2013
			2019
Source:

Wins by team

Rank	Team	Wins	Years
1		4	2012, 2014, 2017–18
2		2	2015–16
3		1	2013
			2019
Source:

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dagys . John . LE MANS: 2012 WEC Schedule Released . Speed Channel, Inc. . 23 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111113030218/http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/le-mans-2012-wec-schedule-released/ . 13 November 2011 . 12 November 2011 . dead .
2. Web site: Shanghai 6 Hours 2012. Racing Sports Cars. 10 December 2021.
3. Web site: Shanghai 6 Hours 2013. Racing Sports Cars. 10 December 2021.
4. Web site: Shanghai 6 Hours 2014. Racing Sports Cars. 10 December 2021.
5. Web site: Shanghai 6 Hours 2015. Racing Sports Cars. 10 December 2021.
6. Web site: Shanghai 6 Hours 2016. Racing Sports Cars. 10 December 2021.
7. Web site: Shanghai 6 Hours 2017. Racing Sports Cars. 10 December 2021.
8. Web site: Shanghai 6 Hours 2018. Racing Sports Cars. 10 December 2021.
9. Web site: Shanghai 4 Hours 2019. Racing Sports Cars. 10 December 2021.
10. Web site: 6 Hours of Shanghai. WEC Magazin. 10 December 2021.