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After having won the world championship title for manufacturers, Porsche is determined to also take the drivers’ title at the final round of the 2016 FIA World Endur-ance Championship (WEC) on November 19 in Bahrain.
The sports car brand with the innovative Le Mans Prototype Porsche 919 Hybrid has secured the manufacturers’ title in the FIA World Endurance Championship one race before the season’s finale.
The reigning world champions, Timo Bernhard (DE), Brendon Hartley (NZ) and Mark Webber (AU), took pole position for the eighth and penultimate round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Shanghai.
The Porsche Team with the two 919 Hybrids in general had a positive first day of practice for the eighth out of nine rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Shanghai.
The two Porsche 919 Hybrids will start from positions two and six on the grid for the seventh round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at the Fuji International Speedway in Japan.
On the first day of practice for the seventh out of nine rounds of the FIA WEC the Porsche works driver has lapped the 4.549 kilometre long Fuji International Speedway during a qualifying simulation in 1:24.074 minutes.
World class driver takes on new tasks at the end of the season: Mark Webber will quit his professional racing career to become Porsche special representative.
