Shanghai WEC: Rebellion beats the Toyotas to win

The #1 Rebellion crew of Bruno Senna, Gustavo Menezes and Norman Nato seized the opportunity presented to them by the LMP1 success handicap system to beat the best of the Toyota TS050 Hybrids by more than a minute over the course of the four-hour race.

It marks the Swiss outfit's second win since it returned to LMP1, after its inherited win at Silverstone last year, and Toyota's first defeat on merit since the 2017 Austin race.

Rebellion's win came despite a sluggish start from pole, as Nato dropped to the back of the LMP1 field at the start after losing out to both Team LNT Ginettas and the #7 Toyota on the run to Turn 1 and then fell behind the #8 car and several LMP2 runners after that.

Menezes was still fifth after he took over from Nato for the #1 car's second stint, but made speedy progress up the field, his path to the front eased when the two Ginettas and the #7 Toyota were given drive-through penalties for passing Nato before the start.

Now up to second, Menezes passed Sebastien Buemi in the #8 Toyota early in the second hour and from there was able to build an advantage of more than 30s before Senna took over not long after half-distance.

A full-course yellow with just over an hour to run - triggered by the #95 Aston Martin blowing a tyre - made the run to the flag much more comfortable for Rebellion, as it forced both Toyotas into making a splash for fuel towards the end.

Rebellion likewise had to pit with 20 minutes to go but Senna had brought up the car's advantage up almost a minute and resumed ahead of the #8 Toyota, Nakajima bringing the car he shares with Buemi and Brendon Hartley 1m06s down.

The #7 Toyota of Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Jose Maria Lopez was a distant third, dropping off the lead lap with six minutes to go.

Both Ginetta G60-LT-P1s made it to the finish, with the #5 car of Egor Orudzhev, Ben Hanley and team newcomer Jordan King taking fourth place, also a lap down.

The sister #6 car driven by Guy Smith, Charlie Robertson and Mike Simpson lost a minute when Robertson overshot his pit box and ended up two laps down in fifth.

LMP2: JOTA takes dominant victory

JOTA Sport took a convincing first victory for Goodyear tyres in the WEC with the #38 Oreca 07 shared by Antonio Felix da Costa, Anthony Davidson and Roberto Gonzalez.

The sister Jackie Chan DC Racing-branded Oreca had made the early running, as Will Stevens sprinted to an early lead before losing pace dramatically in his second stint.

That allowed Davidson to move into a lead the #38 car would never lose, while the #37 crew had to turn its attention to fending off a resurgent United Autosports car for second.

In the end, Stevens, Ho-Pin Tung and Gabriel Aubry just held on ahead of United's Michelin-shod Oreca driven by Filipe Albuquerque, Phil Hanson and Paul di Resta, who were forced on to an alternate strategy early on when debris got into their car's airbox.

Fuji winners Racing Team Nederland could only manage fifth after starting from the back of the field - the result of Frits van Eerd not setting a time in qualifying - and picking up a drive-through penalty for Giedo van der Garde hitting the #62 Red River Sport Ferrari.

GTE: Ferrari holds off Porsche for win

Ferrari took its first win of the season in GTE Pro as Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado resisted a late challenge from Porsche.

Aston Martin had controlled much of the race with the #95 Vantage GTE of Nicki Thiim and Marco Sorensen until the car's puncture, which gifted the #51 AF Corse-run Ferrari 488 GTE a comfortable lead over the #92 Porsche 911 RSR-19.

Kevin Estre was able to reduce what had been a 15s deficit to 6.7s by the chequered flag, after he and Michael Christensen lost time due to a penalty for an unsafe release.

The second Porsche of Gianmaria Bruni and Richard Lietz completed the podium in third ahead of the best of the Astons, the #97 car of Alex Lynn and Maxime Martin, while the #95 eventually finished fifth.

In GTE Am, TF Sport took its second win in a row as Charlie Eastwood, Jonathan Adam and Salih Yoluc gained an advantage by pitting under the FCY.

The #90 car had been locked in battle with the works Aston Martin for much of the race, but the #98 crew lost out when Darren Turner handed over to Ross Gunn under green.

Turner, Gunn and Paul Dalla Lana - who had dropped to last after contact with Egidio Perfetti's Porsche - had to be content with third at the finish behind the #57 Project 1 Porsche of Ben Keating, Jeroen Bleekemolen and WEC debutant Larry ten Voorde.

Perfetti, Matteo Cairoli, Davide Heinemeier Hansson had to be content with a lapped fifth after early leader Perfetti was penalised for the incident with Dalla Lana.

Race results:

Cla	#	Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Gap
1	1	Bruno Senna Gustavo Menezes Norman Nato	Rebellion R13	LMP1	125
2	8	Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	LMP1	125	1'06.984
3	7	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Jose Maria Lopez	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	LMP1	124	1 Lap
4	5	Jordan King Ben Hanley Egor Orudzhev	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	LMP1	124	1 Lap
5	6	Charles Robertson Michael Simpson Guy Smith	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	LMP1	123	2 Laps
6	38	Roberto Gonzalez Antonio Felix da Costa Anthony Davidson	Oreca 07	LMP2	121	4 Laps
7	37	Ho-Pin Tung Gabriel Aubry Will Stevens	Oreca 07	LMP2	121	4 Laps
8	22	Philip Hanson Filipe Albuquerque Paul di Resta	Oreca 07	LMP2	121	4 Laps
9	36	Thomas Laurent Andre Negrao Pierre Ragues	Alpine A470	LMP2	120	5 Laps
10	29	Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Nyck de Vries	Oreca 07	LMP2	120	5 Laps
11	33	Mark Patterson Kenta Yamashita Anders Fjordbach	Oreca 07	LMP2	120	5 Laps
12	47	Roberto Lacorte Andrea Belicchi Giorgio Sernagiotto	Dallara P217	LMP2	119	6 Laps
13	51	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE PRO	115	10 Laps
14	92	Michael Christensen Kevin Estre	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	LMGTE PRO	115	10 Laps
15	91	Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	LMGTE PRO	115	10 Laps
16	97	Alex Lynn Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE PRO	115	10 Laps
17	95	Marco Sorensen Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE PRO	115	10 Laps
18	71	Davide Rigon Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE PRO	115	10 Laps
19	90	Salih Yoluc Charles Eastwood Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE AM	113	12 Laps
20	57	Ben Keating Larry ten Voorde Jeroen Bleekemolen	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	113	12 Laps
21	98	Paul Dalla Lana Darren Turner Ross Gunn	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	LMGTE AM	113	12 Laps
22	83	François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Nicklas Nielsen	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	113	12 Laps
23	56	Egidio Perfetti David Heinemeier Hansson Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	112	13 Laps
24	88	Angelo Negro Will Bamber Thomas Preining	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	112	13 Laps
25	70	Motoaki Ishikawa Olivier Beretta Kei Cozzolino	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	112	13 Laps
26	54	Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	112	13 Laps
27	86	Michael Wainwright Andrew Watson Benjamin Barker	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	112	13 Laps
28	77	Christian Ried Riccardo Pera Matt Campbell	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	112	13 Laps
29	62	Bonamy Grimes Johnny Mowlem Charles Hollings	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	LMGTE AM	112	13 Laps
30	78	Philippe Prette Louis Prette Vincent Abril	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE AM	107	18 Laps
	42	Nicolas Lapierre Antonin Borga Alexandre Coigny	Oreca 07	LMP2	30	95 Laps
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