The #2 Audi win the 6h of CoTA after a very dificult race with rain. The #1 Audi was second and the #8 Toyota third. In LMP2 victory for KCMG and in GTE for the #97 Aston Martin.

Dry track at the race start and the #8 Toyota takes the lead with a half minute of advantage to the next car before the first pit stop.

Audi cars was the firsts to do the pit stop but with another strategy, they don’t change the tires. That was a very important factor at the race finish.

After that, the rain comes and there were a lot of spins and out-tracks. The FIA stop the race with the red flag, bad choice because the race was disordered and cars fighting for the lead was 2 laps lost.

After 1h of red flag, the race was restarted. The #14 Porsche was first with the two Audis behind.

The Audi strategy was better and the #2 Audi overtake the Porsche and took the lead. After that, the #1 Audi and the #8 Toyota overtake him too.

P1 and P2 for Audi at the CoTA, followed by the #8 Toyota and the two Porsche. The Lotus make a very bad race, slower than the LMP2 cars.

At LMP2 victory for KCMG followed by the #27 SMP and the #30 of Extreme Speed Motorsports.

After the red flag, in GTE Pro, the #92 Porsche of Pilet/Makowiecki was leading when the track dried. The #97 Aston Martin was faster and they overtake the Porsche and win the race.

Third was the #51 AF Corse Ferrari and fourth the #91 Porsche.

At GTE Am victory for Dalla Lana/Lamy/Nygaard with the #98 Aston Martin followed by the #95 Aston Martin and the #88 Porsche.

The next round is the 6h of Fuji at October 12th.

Results:

Pos. Car Category Drivers Car Team Laps Gap
1 2 LMP1-H Fässler – Lotterer – Treluyer Audi R18 e-tron quattro Audi Sport Team Joest 157 After 6 Hours
2 1 LMP1-H Di Grassi – Duval – Kristensen Audi R18 e-tron quattro Audi Sport Team Joest 157 + 53,016
3 8 LMP1-H Davidson – Lapierre – Buemi Toyota TS 040 – Hybrid Toyota Racing 157 + 1:03,945
4 14 LMP1-H Dumas – Jani – Lieb Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche Team 156 + 1 Lap
5 20 LMP1-H Bernhard – Webber – Hartley Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche Team 155 + 2 Laps
6 7 LMP1-H Wurz – Sarrazin – Conway Toyota TS 040 – Hybrid Toyota Racing 155 + 2 Laps
7 12 LMP1-L Prost – Heidfeld – Beche Rebellion R-One – Toyota Rebellion Racing 149 + 8 Laps
8 47 LMP2 Howson – Bradley – Matsuda Oreca 03 – Nissan KCMG 145 + 12 Laps
9 27 LMP2 Zlobin – Minassian – Mediani Oreca 03R – Nissan SMP Racing 145 + 12 Laps
10 30 LMP2 Sharp – Dalziel – Brown HPD ARX 03B – Honda Extreme Speed Motorsports 141 + 16 Laps
11 97 GTE Pro Turner – Mücke Aston Martin Vantage V8 Aston Martin Racing 141 + 16 Laps
12 92 GTE Pro Makowiecki – Lietz Porsche 911 RSR Porsche Team Manthey 141 + 16 Laps
13 51 GTE Pro Bruni – Vilander Ferrari F458 Italia AF Corse 141 + 16 Laps
14 26 LMP2 Rusinov – Pla – Canal Ligier JS P2 – Nissan G-Drive Racing 141 + 16 Laps
15 9 LMP1-L Bouchut – Rossiter – Auer Lotus T129 – AER Lotus 140 + 17 Laps
16 91 GTE Pro Pilet – Bergmeister Porsche 911 RSR Porsche Team Manthey 139 + 18 Laps
17 98 GTE Am Dalla Lana – Lamy – Nygaard Aston Martin Vantage V8 Aston Martin Racing 138 + 19 Laps
18 95 GTE Am Poulsen – Heinemeier-Hansson – Stanaway Aston Martin Vantage V8 Aston Martin Racing 138 + 19 Laps
19 75 GTE Am Perrodo – Collard – Vaxiviere Porsche 911 RSR Prospeed Competition 137 + 20 Laps
20 88 GTE Am Ried – Bachler – Al Qubaisi Porsche 911 RSR Proton Competition 137 + 20 Laps
21 61 GTE Am Companc – Cioci – Venturi Ferrari F458 Italia AF Corse 137 + 20 Laps
22 99 GTE Pro MacDowall – O’Young – Rees Aston Martin Vantage V8 Aston Martin Racing 137 + 20 Laps
23 90 GTE Am Roda – Ruberti – Segal Ferrari F458 Italia 8 Star Motorsports 136 + 21 Laps
24 65 GTE Pro Taylor – Taylor – Milner Corvette C7.R Corvette Racing 135 + 22 Laps
25 57 GTE Am Krohn – Jönsson – Collins Ferrari F458 Italia Krohn Racing 135 + 22 Laps
26 81 GTE Am Wyatt – Rugolo – Bertolini Ferrari F458 Italia AF Corse 133 + 24 Laps
27 75 GTE Am Perrodo – Collard – Vaxiviere Porsche 911 RSR Prospeed Competition 111 + 46 Laps
28 13 LMP1-L Kraihamer – Belicchi – Leimer Rebellion R-One – Toyota Rebellion Racing 88 + 69 Laps
29 37 LMP2 Ladygin – Shaitar – Ladygin Oreca 03R – Nissan SMP Racing 75 + 82 Laps

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