Monday, 22 September 2014

2014 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas Review

Review of Round four of the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship at 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas in Austin, United States.

Audi Sport Team Joest team won the race overall and WEC LMP1 class too of André Lotterer, Marcel Fässler and Benoît Tréluyer in their Audi R18 e-tron quattro.



While, the second Audi of Tom Kristensen, Loïc Duval and Lucas Di Grassi took second place in their Audi R18 e-tron quattro to complete an Audi one-two finish, they were 53 seconds behind the leaders at the end of the race. Meanwhile, third place was the Toyota Racing team of Anthony Davidson, Sébastien Buemi and Nicolas Lapierre in their Toyota TS030 Hybrid, they were 63 seconds behind the leaders at the end of the race.

In LMP1-L class (a new category this season, designed solely for privateers without hybrid systems in their cars), the Rebellion Racing team of Nicolas Prost, Nick Heidfeld and Mathias Beche in their Rebellion R-One with a Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 engine won LMP1-L class class. They finish in seventh place overall and they were eight laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

In LMP2 class, the KCMG team of Matthew Howson, Richard Bradley and Tsugio Matsuda in their Oreca 03R with a Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 engine won in LMP2 class. They finish in eighth place overall and they were twelve laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

While in GTE Pro class, was won by Aston Martin Racing team of Darren Turner and Stefan Mücke won in their Aston Martin Vantage GTE. They finish in eleventh place overall and they were sixteen laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

While in GTE Am class, was won by Aston Martin Racing team of Paul Dalla Lana, Pedro Lamy, and Christoffer Nygaard in their Aston Martin Vantage GTE. They finish in eighteenth place overall and they were twenty-two laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

Next Stop 6 Hours of Fuji in four weeks time for round five of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

End of blog for now. New post soon. Bye.


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