Points after Shanghai

There were a quite a few movements in the FIA World Championship 2018/19 points standings following the race today in Shanghai. Toyota Gazoo Racing #8 with Fernando Alonso, Sebastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima keep their lead in the LMP1 Championship, but they are slowly getting reeled in by Toyota Gazoo Racing #7 drivers Jose Maria Lopez, Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi, who have won two races in a row. Rebellion Racing #3 with Gustavo Menezes, Mathias Beche and Thomas Laurent continue to stay second, despite the blooper from the Laurent…

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Calculation error cost 15 points

There must be one or more engineers who are ashamed of themselves at TDS Racing #28 tonight, following the 6 Hours of Shanghai round in the FIA World Endurance Championship. The team consisting of Loic Duval, Francois Perrodo and Matthieu Vaxiviere had done the almost perfect race through most of the day, and was actually heading towards the first podium position of the season. There is a rule in the FIA WEC LMP2 category, which states at all drivers in the car has to have done at least 1 hour…

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Shanghai race with rain interruptions

The weather conditions under the 6-hour FIA World Endurance Championship race in Shanghai had changed completely from yesterday’s qualifying. The rain came down heavy, and the race got starated behind Safety Car so that the drivers could dry out the track a little bit, since there were lots of sprays from the cars even under the Safety Car. There was so much water that Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK #67 and Corvette Racing #64 among others, as well as ByKolles Racing Team #4 were off the track in the final…

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