2018 6 Hours of Shanghai

The 2018 6 Hours of Shanghai was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China on 16–18 November 2018. Shanghai served as the fifth round of the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the seventh running of the event, all part of the championship. The race was won by the #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid.

Track layout of Shanghai International Circuit

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Poles position winners in each class are marked in bold^[1][2]

Pos	Class	Team	Average Time	Gap	Grid
1	LMP1	No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:42.931	-	1
2	LMP1	No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:43.159	+0.228	2
3	LMP1	No. 1 Rebellion Racing	1:43.218	+0.287	3
4	LMP1	No. 17 SMP Racing	1:43.870	+0.939	4
5	LMP1	No. 3 Rebellion Racing	1:44.179	+1.248	5
6	LMP1	No. 10 DragonSpeed	1:44.612	+1.681	6
7	LMP1	No. 11 SMP Racing	1:44.789	+1.858	7
8	LMP1	No. 4 ByKolles Racing Team	1:46.353	+3.422	8
9	LMP2	No. 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing	1:48.888	+5.957	9
10	LMP2	No. 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing	1:49.138	+6.207	10
11	LMP2	No. 31 DragonSpeed	1:49.857	+6.926	11
12	LMP2	No. 36 Signatech Alpine Matmut	1:50.206	+7.275	12
13	LMP2	No. 28 TDS Racing	1:51.006	+8.075	13
14	LMP2	No. 29 Racing Team Nederland	1:51.657	+8.726	14
15	LMP2	No. 50 Larbre Compétition	1:51.925	+8.994	15
16	LMGTE Pro	No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	1:58.627	+15.696	16
17	LMGTE Pro	No. 81 BMW Team MTEK	1:58.874	+15.943	17
18	LMGTE Pro	No. 97 Aston Martin Racing	1:59.000	+16.069	18
19	LMGTE Pro	No. 92 Porsche GT Team	1:59.031	+16.100	19
20	LMGTE Pro	No. 82 BMW Team MTEK	1:59.055	+16.124	20
21	LMGTE Pro	No. 95 Aston Martin Racing	1:59.157	+16.226	21
22	LMGTE Pro	No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	1:59.278	+16.347	22
23	LMGTE Pro	No. 91 Porsche GT Team	1:59.286	+16.355	23
24	LMGTE Pro	No. 51 AF Corse	1:59.454	+16.523	24
25	LMGTE Pro	No. 71 AF Corse	1:59.689	+16.758	25
26	LMGTE Pro	No. 64 Corvette Racing	2:00.228	+17.297	26
27	LMGTE Am	No. 98 Aston Martin Racing	2:01.884	+18.953	27
28	LMGTE Am	No. 77 Dempsey – Proton Racing	2:01.951	+19.020	28
29	LMGTE Am	No. 54 Spirit of Race	2:02.090	+19.159	29
30	LMGTE Am	No. 88 Dempsey – Proton Racing	2:02.115	+19.184	30
31	LMGTE Am	No. 90 TF Sport	2:02.211	+19.280	31
32	LMGTE Am	No. 61 Clearwater Racing	2:02.400	+19.469	32
33	LMGTE Am	No. 56 Team Project 1	2:02.429	+19.498	33
34	LMGTE Am	No. 86 Gulf Racing UK	2:04.241	+21.310	34
35	LMGTE Am	No. 70 MR Racing	2:04.648	+21.717	35

Race

Race Result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's distance) was 80 laps. Class winners in bold^[3][4]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired
					Engine
1	LMP1	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	M	113	6:01:46.414
					Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6
2	LMP1	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Fernando Alonso Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	M	113	+1.419
					Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6
3	LMP1	11	SMP Racing	Mikhail Aleshin Jenson Button Vitaly Petrov	BR Engineering BR1	M	112	+1 Lap
					AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6
4	LMP1	1	Rebellion Racing	Neel Jani André Lotterer Bruno Senna	Rebellion R13	M	112	+1 Lap
					Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
5	LMP1	3	Rebellion Racing	Mathias Beche Gustavo Menezes Thomas Laurent	Rebellion R13	M	110	+3 Laps
					Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
6	LMP1	10	DragonSpeed	James Allen Ben Hanley Renger van der Zande	BR Engineering BR1	M	110	+3 Laps
					Gibson GL458 4.5L V8
7	LMGTE Pro	95	Aston Martin Racing	Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M	109	+4 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
8	LMP2	38	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Gabriel Aubry Stéphane Richelmi Ho-Pin Tung	Oreca 07	D	109	+4 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
9	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche GT Team	Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR	M	109	+4 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat 6
10	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche GT Team	Michael Christensen Kévin Estre	Porsche 911 RSR	M	109	+4 Laps
					Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
11	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Alex Lynn Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M	109	+4 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0L Turbo V8
12	LMP2	31	DragonSpeed	Anthony Davidson Roberto Gonzalez Pastor Maldonado	Oreca 07	M	109	+4 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
13	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	109	+4 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8
14	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine Matmut	Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Pierre Thiriet	Alpine A470	D	109	+4 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
15	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Sam Bird Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GTE	M	109	+4 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
16	LMGTE Pro	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla	Ford GT	M	109	+4 Laps
					Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6
17	LMGTE Pro	64	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	M	109	+4 Laps
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
18	LMGTE Pro	81	BMW Team MTEK	Nicky Catsburg Martin Tomczyk	BMW M8 GTE	M	109	+4 Laps
					BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8
19	LMGTE Pro	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell	Ford GT	M	109	+4 Laps
					Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6
20	LMGTE Pro	82	BMW Team MTEK	Tom Blomqvist António Félix da Costa	BMW M8 GTE	M	108	+5 Laps
					BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
21	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey - Proton Racing	Julien Andlauer Matt Campbell Christian Ried	Porsche 911 RSR	M	108	+5 Laps
					Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
22	LMGTE Am	56	Team Project 1	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti	Porsche 911 RSR	M	108	+5 Laps
					Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
23	LMGTE Am	88	Dempsey - Proton Racing	Khaled Al Qubaisi Matteo Cairoli Riccardo Pera	Porsche 911 RSR	M	108	+5 Laps
					Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
24	LMP2	37	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Jazeman Jaafar Nabil Jeffri Weiron Tan	Oreca 07	D	108	+5 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
25	LMGTE Am	54	Spirit of Race	Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella Thomas Flohr	Ferrari 488 GTE	M	108	+5 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
26	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M	108	+5 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.5L V8
27	LMGTE Am	70	MR Racing	Olivier Beretta Eddie Cheever III Motoaki Ishikawa	Ferrari 488 GTE	M	107	+6 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
28	LMGTE Am	61	Clearwater Racing	Matt Griffin Keita Sawa Weng Sun Mok	Ferrari 488 GTE	M	107	+6 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
29	LMGTE Am	90	TF Sport	Jonathan Adam Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M	105	+8 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.5L V8
30	LMGTE Am	86	Gulf Racing UK	Ben Barker Thomas Preining Michael Wainwright	Porsche 911 RSR	M	100	+13 Laps
					Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
31	LMP2	29	Racing Team Nederland	Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Nyck de Vries	Dallara P217	M	99	+14 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
32	LMP2	50	Larbre Compétition	Erwin Creed Enzo Guibbert Romano Ricci	Ligier JS P217	M	75	+38 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
NC[N 1]	LMP2	28	TDS Racing	Loïc Duval François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière	Oreca 07	D	108	Not classified
					Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
NC[N 1]	LMP1	17	SMP Racing	Matevos Isaakyan Egor Orudzhev Stéphane Sarrazin	BR Engineering BR1	M	100	Not classified
					AER P60B 2.4L Turbo V6
DNF	LMP1	4	ByKolles Racing Team	Tom Dillmann James Rossiter Oliver Webb	ENSO CLM P1/01	M	50	Engine
					Nismo VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6

1. The TDS Racing No. 28 and the SMP Racing No. 17 did not complete the final lap of the race and therefore, were not classified as finishers.

Standings after the race

2018–2019 LMP World Endurance Drivers' Championship[5] Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Fernando Alonso Kazuki Nakajima Sébastien Buemi 102 2 Kamui Kobayashi Mike Conway José María López 97 3 Thomas Laurent Gustavo Menezes Mathias Beche 73 4 Neel Jani André Lotterer 63 5 1 Bruno Senna 45

2018–2019 LMP1 World Endurance Championship[6] Pos. +/– Team Points 1 Toyota Gazoo Racing 118 2 Rebellion Racing 90 3 SMP Racing 52 4 ByKolles Racing Team 22 5 1 DragonSpeed 8.5 6 1 CEFC TRSM Racing 1

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers' Championship standings.

2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Drivers' Championship[7] Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Michael Christensen Kévin Estre 111 2= Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla 68 2= 1 Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz 68 4 1 James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi 65.5 5 3 Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim 55.5

2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers' Championship[8] Pos. +/– Constructor Points 1 Porsche 181 2 Ford 105 3 Ferrari 102 4 Aston Martin 94 5 BMW 56

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers' Championship standings.