2015 6 Hours of Bahrain Review, New Champions!

Review of the final Round of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship was held at Bahrain International Circuit, in Sakhir, Bahrain.

Porsche Team team won the race overall and WEC LMP1 class too of Marc Lieb, Romain Dumas and Neel Jani in their Porsche 919 Hybrid. While, second was the Audi Sport Team Joest team of André Lotterer, Benoît Tréluyer and Marcel Fässler in their Audi R18 e-tron quattro, they were eighty-five seconds behind the leaders at the end of the race. Meanwhile, third place was the Toyota Racing team of Alexander Wurz, Stéphane Sarrazin and Mike Conway in their Toyota TS030 Hybrid, they were three laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

While, the other Porsche Team car finishing only fifth in Bahrain and nine laps behind the leaders with throttle actuator problem throughout the race, despite all that, drivers Timo Bernhard, Mark Webber and Brendon Hartley are crowned 2015 World Endurance Drivers' Champions. Congratulations to team and drivers for wining this seasons title.



In LMP2 class, the G-Drive Racing team of Roman Rusinov, Julien Canal and Sam Bird in their Ligier JS P2 with a Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 engine won in LMP2 class. They finish in seventh place overall and they were sixteen laps behind the leaders at the end of the race

While in GTE Pro class, was won by Porsche Team Manthey team of Frédéric Makowiecki and Patrick Pilet won in their Porsche 911 RSR. They finish in eighteenth place overall and they were twenty-six 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 Mathias Lauda in their Aston Martin Vantage GTE. They finish in twenty-sixth place overall and they were twenty-nine laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

Highlights of the 6 Hours of Bahrain below, enjoy.



And so this years Champions, in the Drivers Championships, Porsche Team drivers of Timo Bernhard, Mark Webber and Brendon Hartley won this years World Drivers' Championship in in their Porsche 919 Hybrid.



Porsche Team Manthey driver Richard Lietz won Endurance Cup for GT Drivers title in his Porsche 911 RSR. Rebellion Racing drivers of Mathias Beche and Nicolas Prost won the LMP1 Private Teams Drivers' Trophy in their Rebellion R-One, AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6. G-Drive Racing drivers Roman Rusinov, Julien Canal and Sam Bird won the Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers in their Ligier JS P2, Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8. SMP Racing drivers Viktor Shaitar, Aleksey Basov and Andrea Bertolini took the Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers in their Ferrari 458 Italia GT2.

While in this seasons Manufacturers Championships, Porsche won the World Manufacturers' Championship. World Endurance Cup for GT Manufacturers was won by Porsche.

While in this seasons Teams Championships, the Endurance Trophy for Private LMP1 Teams was won by Rebellion Racing in their Rebellion R-One, AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6. G-Drive Racing won the Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Teams in their Ligier JS P2, Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8. Porsche Team Manthey won the Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Pro Teams in their Porsche 911 RSR. SMP Racing won the Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Teams in their Ferrari 458 Italia GT2.

Congratulations for the champions of each class in WEC this season.

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