THE MOTORSPORT LAP
Championship winners lay claim to silverware
Porsche has taken the World Endurance Championship title while titles were settled at Kyalami
It was the World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Shanghai at the weekend with one more round to go. The drivers’ championship has been long concluded by Porsche’s 919 hybrid car with the team of Timo Bernhard, Brandon Hartley and Earl Bamber, but the event saw Porsche take the manufacturer’s title. The race, however, was won by the Toyota Gazoo Racing team entry of Anthony Davidson, Kuzuki Nakajima and Sebatian Buemi. In the LMP2 class, Bruno Senna, Julien Cana and Nicolas Prost (Oreca 07) were the team to beat. Second were Nicolas Laperre, Andre Negrao and Gustavo Menezes (Alpine A470), while Nelson Piquet Jr, David Heinemeier and Mathias Beche (Oreca 07) finished third. In the production car LMGTE Pro category, the Ford GT of Harry Tincknell and Andy Priaulx finished top of its class. In Formula One news, William Martini Racing has announced the retirement of Felipe Massa, from the sport, having initially retired at the end of 2016 only for the team to ask him to stay for anothe...
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