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2016 WEC Mexico City
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Well that's a wrap for us here in Mexico City – that was quite some six hours of action, and I hope you enjoyed it with us.
Next stop, Circuit of the Americas in a couple of weeks. We'll be there again, so join us.
Adios!
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Drivers up on the podium now. It's trophy time!
The #6 Toyota is now up to second in the drivers' championship, ahead of the #8 Audi.
Housekeeping...
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Bernhard: "Awesome job, it was an eventful race and hard work. You never know whether the rain is coming, and I was taking it cautiously but still lost traction and went off."
Audi gave them a real run for their money, but a costly error from Lotterer (of all people) and a technical failure on the #8 sank their chances. Shout out too for Toyota – again, the TS050 showed some form today.
All three #1 Porsche drivers up on the car now. And the rain is really coming down now, but it's not going to dampen Porsche's parade.
Off Track
Bernhard is out of the car and taking the adulation of the crowd, who are also cheering for the local RGR LMP2 win.
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Winning margins: LMP1 and overall, 1m01.442s.
LMP2: 1.985s
GTE Pro: 9.437s
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In GTE Pro, it's Darren Turner and Richie Stanaway who claim the honours for Aston.
It's Porsche's day in GTE Am, with the Abu-Dhabi Proton Racing #88 squad claiming victory.
It's Porsche's day in GTE Am, with the Abu-Dhabi Proton Racing #88 squad claiming victory.
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And the RGR Sport by Morand wins LMP2 for a famous home victory for Ricardo Gonzalez. Bruno Senna and Filipe Albuquerque played their part too.
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Porsche's world champions win the 6 Hours of Mexico! What a fantastic race, packed with thrills and spills.
Congratulations to Mark Webber, Brendon Hartley and Timo Bernhard. They won by a minute from the #7 Audi and #6 Toyota.
The points leading #2 Porsche could only manage fourth.
Final minute... Any late drama?
LMP2 lead is down to 3.6s but it looks like RGR has this.
Sarrazin is actually only 10s off Lotterer and catching him.
Stopwatch
Bernhard is back lapping in the 1m34s bracket. That's enough.
He lost 20s, and had to select reverse to escape.
Bernhard's lead is down to 1m04s.
Crash
He went off after clipping the kerb. He just stopped the car before hitting the wall at the Peraltada. Amazing scenes.
Crash
It's because he's gone off!
Penalty
Bernhard is slow – a 1m50s lap!
We're into the final six minutes of the six hours.
Mechanical problem
That was quite some impact. Can he drive away? He's trying.
Crash
Crash! The #50 Larbre Corvette is in the wall.
Stopwatch
Lotterer has Bernhard's lead down to 1m20s.
Lapierre is closing on Albuquerque for the lead of LMP2, the gap between them has halved to 4s.
Lotterer is 10.5s clear of the #6 Toyota.
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Bernhard still leads. Will he risk staying out on slicks?
Crash
Big spin for the #35 Signatech as he got onto the wet kerbs. Treacherous!
Lotterer rejoins on the slick inters.
Rain
There's just 12 minutes to go. And it's starting to rain properly...
Pit Stop
Looks like Lotterer will take inters as he stops for the final time.
Rain
Out of our window we can see some hefty showers coming over the Mexico City skyline. Will they hit the track?
Bernhard is told that the rain will "intensify slowly".
Rain
It's raining again. Everyone is on slicks...
Looks like we'll see the #8 Audi rejoining shortly, it has been sidelined with a hydraulic issue after its earlier problems.
Stopwatch
Lotterer is eating into Bernhard's lead, it's down to 24s now.
In LMP2, the RGR Ligier is 7s clear of the #36 Signatech Alpine.
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Dumas is 14s behind the third-placed Toyota.
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