Sebastien Bourdais and Anthony Davidson take win aboard their Peugeot 908 ahead of sister car driven by Stéphane Sarrazin and Franck Montagny.
Both French prototypes dominated the race from start to finish line, and were challenged by both Audi R18 in the first part of the race. But the R18 driven by Kristensen and McNish was forced to retire following electrical issues, and the second Audi driven by Bernhard and Fässler finished one lap down. The best fuel powered LMP1 prototype was the Lola Toyota Rebellion of Neel Jani and Nicolas Prost, fourth overall.
There were numerous retirements in LMP2 category, but the winning car was still the most performant LMP2 of the year, as the Oreca Nissan Signatech driven by Mailleux, Ordonnez and Vernay takes victory.
BMW dominated the GTE Pro class, with a 1-2 for the german team, and the victory for the M3 driven by Augusto Farfus and Jorg Muller. In GTE Am, the win went to the Porsche 997 of Lietz, Ried and Roda. Finally, Chen and Shanqi took win in Formula Le Mans class.
Zhuhai - Race classification:
1 - Bourdais-Davidson (Peugeot 908) - Peugeot - 249 laps in 6h01'24"879 (1st LMP1)
2 - Sarrazin-Montagny (Peugeot 908) - Peugeot + 38"651
3 - Behrnard-Fassler (Audi R18) - Audi - 1 lap
4 - Jani-Prost (Lola B10/60 - Toyota) - Rebellion - 7 laps
5 - Nicolet-Premat-Pla (Pescarolo - Judd) - OAK - 9 laps
6 - Mucke-Meyrick-Primat (Lola - Aston Martin) - AMR - 10 laps
7 - Lahaye-Moreau-Ragues (Pescarolo - Judd) - OAK - 11 laps
8 - Mailleux-Ordonez-Vernay (Oreca 03-Nissan) - Signatech - 21 laps (1st LMP2)
9 - Farfus-Muller (BMW M3) - Schnitzer - 28 laps (1st GTE Pro)
10 - Priaulx-Alzen (BMW M3) - Schnitzer - 29 laps
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12 - Lietz-Ried-Roda (Porsche 997) - Proton - 32 laps (1st GTE Am)
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17 - Chen-Shanqi (Oreca FLM09) - PTRS - 36 laps (1st Formula Le Mans)
Etc.
Both French prototypes dominated the race from start to finish line, and were challenged by both Audi R18 in the first part of the race. But the R18 driven by Kristensen and McNish was forced to retire following electrical issues, and the second Audi driven by Bernhard and Fässler finished one lap down. The best fuel powered LMP1 prototype was the Lola Toyota Rebellion of Neel Jani and Nicolas Prost, fourth overall.
There were numerous retirements in LMP2 category, but the winning car was still the most performant LMP2 of the year, as the Oreca Nissan Signatech driven by Mailleux, Ordonnez and Vernay takes victory.
BMW dominated the GTE Pro class, with a 1-2 for the german team, and the victory for the M3 driven by Augusto Farfus and Jorg Muller. In GTE Am, the win went to the Porsche 997 of Lietz, Ried and Roda. Finally, Chen and Shanqi took win in Formula Le Mans class.
Zhuhai - Race classification:
1 - Bourdais-Davidson (Peugeot 908) - Peugeot - 249 laps in 6h01'24"879 (1st LMP1)
2 - Sarrazin-Montagny (Peugeot 908) - Peugeot + 38"651
3 - Behrnard-Fassler (Audi R18) - Audi - 1 lap
4 - Jani-Prost (Lola B10/60 - Toyota) - Rebellion - 7 laps
5 - Nicolet-Premat-Pla (Pescarolo - Judd) - OAK - 9 laps
6 - Mucke-Meyrick-Primat (Lola - Aston Martin) - AMR - 10 laps
7 - Lahaye-Moreau-Ragues (Pescarolo - Judd) - OAK - 11 laps
8 - Mailleux-Ordonez-Vernay (Oreca 03-Nissan) - Signatech - 21 laps (1st LMP2)
9 - Farfus-Muller (BMW M3) - Schnitzer - 28 laps (1st GTE Pro)
10 - Priaulx-Alzen (BMW M3) - Schnitzer - 29 laps
(…)
12 - Lietz-Ried-Roda (Porsche 997) - Proton - 32 laps (1st GTE Am)
(…)
17 - Chen-Shanqi (Oreca FLM09) - PTRS - 36 laps (1st Formula Le Mans)
Etc.