WEC: Οι Webber, Bernhard και Hartley παγκόσμιοι πρωταθλητές

Οι Mark Webber, Brendon Hartley και Timo Bernhard είναι οι παγκόσμιοι πρωταθλητές του φετινού πρωταθλήματος οδηγών του WEC μετά από έναν συναρπαστικό 6ωρο αγώνα σήμερα στο Μπαχρέιν. Οι τρεις οδηγοί της Porsche οδήγηση την 919 Hybrid με το No.17 στην 5η θέση του αγώνα, μετά από πολλά τεχνικά προβλήματα που αντιμετώπισαν κατά τη διάρκεια του, προβλήματα που καθήλωσε το αγωνιστικό για πολλούς γύρους μέσα στα pit.

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Porsche 919 Hybrid με το No.18 των Neel Jani, Marc Lieb και Romain Dumas κέρδισαν τον αγώνα, με τους Andre Lotterer, Marcel Fassler και Benoit Treluyer της Audi να τερματίζουν στην 2η θέση και τους Alexander Wurz, Stephane Sarrazin και Mike Conway της Toyota να ανεβαίνουν στο τρίτο σκαλί του βάθρου.

Κάπως έτσι έκλεισε με τον καλύτερο τρόπο μια άκρως πετυχημένη χρονιά της Porsche στο WEC αφού μετά τη νίκη της στον 24-ωρο αγώνα του Le Mans, κατάφερε και πήρε τόσο το πρωτάθλημα κατασκευαστών, όσο και των οδηγών στην LMP1 κατηγορία.

6 Hours of Bahrain - Full Race Highlight04:08 6 Hours of Bahrain - HIGHLIGHTS Hour 102:42 6 Hours of Bahrain - HIGHLIGHTS Hour 202:55 6 Hours of Bahrain - HIGHLIGHTS Hour 403:21 6 Hours of Bahrain - HIGHLIGHTS Hour 503:32 6 Hours of Bahrain - Class Winners Press Conference18:30 ΘέσηΚατηγορίαΟδηγοίΑυτοκίνητοΓύροιΧρόνος1LMP1Romain DUMAS, Neel JANI, Marc LIEBPorsche 919 Hybrid1996:00’52.8432LMP1Marcel FÄSSLER, André LOTTERER, Benoît TRÉLUYERAudi R18 e-tron quattro1996:02’18.1533LMP1Alexander WURZ, Stéphane SARRAZIN, Mike CONWAYToyota TS 040 – Hybrid1966:01’01.0834LMP1Anthony DAVIDSON, Sébastien BUEMI, Kazuki NAKAJIMAToyota TS 040 – Hybrid1966:01’02.2605LMP1Timo BERNHARD, Mark WEBBER, Brendon HARTLEYPorsche 919 Hybrid1906:00’58.2436LMP1Lucas DI GRASSI, Loïc DUVAL, Oliver JARVISAudi R18 e-tron quattro1886:01’26.6187LMP2Roman RUSINOV, Julien CANAL, Sam BIRDLigier JS P2 – Nissan1836:02’04.4188LMP2Matthew HOWSON, Richard BRADLEY, Nick TANDYOreca 05 – Nissan1836:02’30.0099LMP2Gustavo YACAMAN, Luis Felipe DERANI, Ricardo GONZALEZLigier JS P2 – Nissan1826:01’14.73410LMP2Nelson PANCIATICI, Paul Loup CHATIN, Tom DILLMANNAlpine A450b – Nissan1826:01’16.16711LMP1Alexandre IMPERATORI, Dominik KRAIHAMER, Mathéo TUSCHERRebellion R-One – AER1816:01’58.41912LMP1Simon TRUMMER, Pierre KAFFER,CLM P1/01 – AER1806:01’26.12513LMP2Mikhail ALESHIN, Nicolas MINASSIAN, David MARKOZOVBR01 – Nissan1796:01’59.01514LMP1Nicolas PROST, Mathias BECHE,Rebellion R-One – AER1796:02’33.08115LMP2Nick LEVENTIS, Danny WATTS, Jonny KANEGibson 015S – Nissan1786:00’54.83516LMP2Pierre RAGUES, Oliver WEBB, Christopher CUMMINGMorgan Evo – SARD1776:01’54.44517LMP2Scott SHARP, Ryan DALZIEL, David HEINEMEIER HANSSONLigier JS P2 – HPD1766:01’11.02718LMGTE ProPatrick PILET, Frédéric MAKOWIECKI,Porsche 911 RSR1736:01’24.98419LMGTE ProGianmaria BRUNI, Toni VILANDER,Ferrari F458 Italia1736:02’04.30020LMP2Ed BROWN, Johannes VAN OVERBEEK, Jonathon FOGARTYLigier JS P2 – HPD1736:02’34.77921LMGTE ProDarren TURNER, Jonathan ADAM,Aston Martin Vantage V81736:02’39.04422LMGTE ProChristoffer NYGAARD, Marco SØRENSEN, Nicki THIIMAston Martin Vantage V81736:02’44.99823LMGTE ProRichard LIETZ, Michael CHRISTENSEN,Porsche 911 RSR1726:01’03.36324LMGTE ProDavide RIGON, James CALADO,Ferrari F458 Italia1726:01’30.15225LMGTE ProAlex MACDOWALL, Fernando REES, Richie STANAWAYAston Martin Vantage V81716:02’09.55326LMGTE AmPaul DALLA LANA, Pedro LAMY, Mathias LAUDAAston Martin Vantage V81706:01’54.56927LMGTE AmMarco MAPELLI, Khaled AL QUBAISI, Klaus BACHLERPorsche 911 RSR1706:02’09.05528LMGTE AmChristian RIED, Patrick LONG, Marco SEEFRIEDPorsche 911 RSR1706:02’34.10829LMGTE AmFrançois PERRODO, Emmanuel COLLARD, Matteo CRESSONIFerrari F458 Italia1696:01’30.54930LMGTE AmVictor SHAYTAR, Andrea BERTOLINI, Aleksey BASOVFerrari F458 Italia1696:01’39.01531LMGTE AmGianluca RODA, Paolo RUBERTI, Kristian POULSENChevrolet Corvette C71696:01’56.65932LMGTE AmFrancesco CASTELLACCI, Roald GOETHE, Stuart HALLAston Martin Vantage V81686:02’46.557Δελτίο Τύπου

Bernhard, Hartley and Webber World Champions in Porsche 919 Hybrid

Porsche seals successful endurance season with four more titles

Stuttgart. At the FIA World Endurance Championship’s finale in Bahrain on Saturday, Porsche won four more titles. Former F1 driver Mark Webber (Australia), Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Brendon Hartley (New Zealand) are the new World Champions with the Porsche 919 Hybrid. The sixth race win for Porsche was taken by their teammates Romain Dumas (France), Neel Jani (Switzerland) and Marc Lieb (Germany). For Porsche a perfect season has come to an end: They took the overall victory at the 24 Hours in Le Mans, won the Manufacturers’ World Championship title at the penultimate round in Shanghai – and now have been crowned the drivers’ World Champions too.

In the GT class for production-based cars, in which Porsche competes with the Porsche 911 RSR, the competition version of the iconic 911, the company won three titles: Porsche took the manufacturers’ title, Richard Lietz (Austria) took the drivers’ title and Porsche Team Manthey won the team title.

Matthias Müller, Chairman of the board of Management, Volkswagen AG: “I am very happy about the Porsche Team’s great sporting success here in Bahrain, and I’d like to congratulate Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Weber for the drivers’ title. The World Endurance Championship’s ground-braking regulations allows both of the group’s brands – Audi and Porsche – to test and develop future technologies for road going cars. Motorsport was and remains an important tool within the Volkswagen Group. I would also like to congratulate Richard Lietz and Porsche Team Manthey for the three GT titles.”

Oliver Blume, Chairman of the board Porsche AG: “Today is a great day for Porsche. To win the drivers’ title and the three GT titles, this crowns this exciting and successful year in the World Endurance Championship. The 17th overall victory at Le Mans, the early win of the manufacturers’ title and now the drivers’ title for the Porsche 919 Hybrid trio prove the strength of this young team. By returning to top level motorsport Porsche continues what has been a successful history – this is a great position to start the 2016 season from.“