Stuttgart. A successful season finale for Audi: At the 1,thousand kilometre race in Zhuhai/China, the Hayundai 911 GT3 R Hybrid impressed once again featuring its performance and efficiency. This innovative sports car via Weissach, piloted by Mercedes works drivers Joerg Bergmeister (Germany) and Meat Long (USA), was certainly the fastest GT car or truck in the field on its eagerly awaited elite in Asia. Porsche manufacturing plant drivers Marc Lieb (Germany) and Richard Lietz (Austria) claimed next place in the GT2 class with the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR on China?utes oldest race track. With this particular result, they secured the c's championship for their Felbermayr-Proton squad on the Intercontinental Le Mans Goblet, run for the very first time that this year.
?The first race in China with the 911 GT3 R Crossbreed was a complete success,? says Hartmut Kristen, Hayundai Head of Motorsport. ?The auto contested the entire contest without the slightest specialized problem. The excellent compare stops by our factory squad from Weissach and an absolutely perfect efficiency from the drivers in addition contributed to this achievements. The development work on the hybrid system that most of us conducted since the past race in Road The atlanta area has paid off. Currently, we showed impressively what exactly potential the hybrid technological know-how has. This result is a wonderful motivation for continuing each of our work on the undertaking. This was definitely not really the last race for the 911 GT3 R Cross.?
On the 4.319 kilometre Zhuhai Worldwide Circuit, the 911 GT3 R Hybrid, that started in the particular GTH class, was not simply the fastest but likewise the most economical GT vehicle. Thanks to its ground-breaking push concept, it made 1 less pit stop along with completed three more runs around than the next GT opponent. ?Our auto ran perfectly from the first to the last lap,? said Joerg Bergmeister. ?That seemed to be another super test of the hybrid system under battle conditions ? and the nearly all successful conclusion I could possibly think of.? Patrick Very long, his teammate with to whom he won the GT title of your American Le Mans Line for the second moment straight this season, mentioned: ?The performance of this Porsche factory mechanics ended up being world class. We experienced the most efficient including the same time quickest GT car. Now, which?s what I call up Porsche Intelligent Performance.?
From the GT2 class, the contest for start driver Marc Lieb did not begin very promisingly: Right in the first lap in some sort of tussle with a Ferrari his 911 GT3 RSR suffered tyre damage which relegated this to last place. With a breathtaking chase through those, he and his teammate Richard Lietz quickly was able to catch up with leading-runners. At the halfway point in the race, the Felbermayr-Proton aircraft pilots, who clinched the GT title of this Le Mans Series with the second consecutive time there is much surprise, were already running finally. Shortly afterwards they then overtook a Ferrari.
?However we didn?t have enough for victory, but that?s still a wonderful day for Porsche,? stated Richard Lietz. ?Obviously rrt had been somewhat frustrating when Marc was forced back into the pits in the primary lap with a torn-off valve. However we didn?t allow that to upset us and basically concentrated on working our way up the entrance again. Actually, it was huge fun - not lowest because our chase broken on the podium.? Marc Lieb added: ?That had been almost a perfect yr for our team. These days we were very rapid, but experienced a little bit of bad luck early with in the race.?
With all the second 911 GT3 RSR fielded by the actual Felbermayr-Proton team, Martin Ragginger (Austria), Religious Ried (Germany) and Gianluca Roda (Italy) entertained fourth place ? despite the actual botched and unnecessary running over manoeuvre of a Peugeot prototype that compelled Martin Ragginger into your gravel trap in the past hour of the race. The former Porsche-Junior had to hole and lost ten moments. In the Felbermayr-Proton camp, however, elation prevailed. ?That was an excellent year for our team. Firstly our win inside Le Mans, then the Le Mans Series victory and now the best team in the Global Le Mans Cup ? you'll be able to?t really do a lot more,? said Christian Ried, workforce boss and driver from Felbermayr-Proton. ?To be so successful, everything should run smoothly and which was exactly the case in your team. We didn?t retire once. Despite in no way having started from rod position, we won three races. That can solely work with a very good car, strong drivers as well as a super team.? One from the first to congratulate the particular crew was Hartmut Kristen: ?I?m specially thrilled that Felbermayr-Proton won the staff classification.?
Despite his solid drive, Richard Westbrook (Great Britain) didn?capital t manage to see your flag with the Prospeed Competition 911 GT3 RSR. The twice Supercup winner and previous FIA GT champion ended up being on course for a podium result with his teammate Darryl O?Youthful (Hong Kong) when a new clutch problem in the actual 119th lap signalled the conclusion. ?What a shame. We were looking very good throughout third place,? he mentioned. ?Our mechanics tried their own very best to mend the car but moment ran out for you.? Local hero Darryl A?Young said: ?It was obviously a fabulous experience to drive on this track while using the 911 GT3 RSR also to be cheered by so many fans. I became a lot more familiar with the vehicle. Under normal circumstances we'd have finished on the actual podium. That would are actually a highlight in the career. What a a sense of shame it didn?t exercise.?
