Congratulations Porsche!

[KS]

Hot off the PR presses...

"Mission accomplished – Porsche wins manufacturers’ world championship with the 919 Hybrid

Stuttgart. Porsche became the World Champions again. The sports car brand from Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen with the innovative Le Mans Prototype Porsche 919 Hybrid secured the manufacturers’ title in the FIA World Endurance Championship one race before the season’s finale. At the six-hour race in Shanghai this Sunday the driver trios of Timo Bernhard (DE)/Brendon Hartley (NZ)/Mark Webber (AU) and Romain Dumas (FR)/Neel Jani (CH)/Marc Lieb (DE) finished first and fourth to earn Porsche 38 points. Having now scored 301 points in total, Audi (222) and Toyota (207) cannot now catch Porsche at the last round in Bahrain on November 19."

[davep]

Bravo!

[Uk911]

Well done them, goal achieved, now onto 2017......

[bjmullan]

Audi and Toyota both had difficult races making the win one of the easiest this year for Porsche. Audi had a fuelling problem on one car and damage to the air jack system on the other which was caused by an coming together with another car. Toyota had two slow punctures on one of the cars. The race finished Porsche - Toyota - Toyota - Porsche - Audi - Audi.

Porsche were nowhere in the GTE Pro class, can't wait for the new mid-engined 911 next year!

The drivers championship will be decided at the final race in Bahrain on 19 November.