Belgia
Porsche
2016-05-07
Porsche 919 Hybrid takes second place
Despite a problem with the hybrid system, the trio of Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb have finished second with their Porsche 919 Hybrid in Spa-Francorchamps and extended the lead in the WEC championship.The second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) was a tough test for the Porsche Team. After two punctures, the sister car of Timo Bernhard (DE), Brendon Hartley (NZ) and Mark Webber (AU) spent more than one-and-a-half hours of the six-hour race in the garage for repairs. In the end it came 5th in the LMP1 category for hybrid cars. In the manufacturer standings Porsche leads now with 54 points ahead of Toyota (45) and Audi (41). The fastest lap of the race, achieved by Brendon Hartley (1:58.431 minutes), gives an idea of what would have been possible for the Porsche 919 in Spa. Following the season?s opening race at Silverstone this is the second fastest race lap for Porsche?s Le Mans prototype in 2016. Track temperatures of up to 50 degrees celsius gave much warmer conditions than expected for the race in the Ardennes mountains.
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