Porsche to start 1-2 for WEC finale
Porsche will start the final round of the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship in Brazil from pole position for the third race in a row with the #20 919 Hybrid of Mark Webber on pole.
Though they faced stiff opposition from the sister #14 car of Neel Jani, Romain Dumas and Marc Lieb, which has started from pole position on three occasions in 2014, the trio would average out with a 1min 17.676secs to edge their teammates by a tenth of a second.
Title winners Anthony Davidson and Sebastien Buemi head up row two as they close on the manufacturers' title for Toyota, while the #2 Audi of Marcel Fassler, Benoit Treluyer and Andre Lotterer starts fourth. Tom Kristensen, in his final ever sportscar race, will get away from sixth place in the #1 Audi.
Lineup
1. Webber/Hartley/Bernhard GER Porsche 919 Hybrid 1m 17.676s LMP1
2. Dumas/Jani/Lieb GER Porsche 919 Hybrid 1m 17.783s LMP1
3. Davidson/Buemi JPN Toyota TS040 Hybrid 1m 18.070s LMP1
4. Fassler/Lotterer/Treluyer GER Audi Sport Joest R18 e-tron 1m 18.889s LMP1
5. Wurz/Sarrazin/Conway JPN Toyota TS040 Hybrid 1m 18.920s LMP1
6. Kristensen/Duval/di Grassi GER Audi Sport Joest R18 e-tron 1m 18.983s LMP1
7. Prost/Heidfeld/Beche SUI Rebellion R-ONE Toyota 1m 21.127s LMP1
8. Leimer/Belicchi/Kraihamer SUI Rebellion Lola B/12 Toyota 1m 21.644s LMP1
9. Kaffer/Auer/Rossiter ROU CLM P1/01 AER 1m 22.081s LMP1
10. Rusinov/Pla/Canal RUS G-Drive Morgan Nissan 1m 24.463s LMP2
11. Howson/Bradley/Imperatori HKG KCMG Oreca 03 Nissan 1m 24.843s LMP2
12. Ladygin/Ladygin/Shaitar RUS SMP Oreca 03 Nissan 1m 25.256s LMP2
13. Minassian/Zlobin/Mediani RUS SMP Oreca 03 Nissan 1m 25.400s LMP2
14. Turner/Mucke GBR Aston Martin Racing Vantage V8 1m 30.111s GTE Pro
15. Pilet/Makowiecki/ GER Porsche Team Manthay 911 1m 30.259s GTE Pro
16. Macdowall/O'Young/Rees GBR Aston Martin Racing Vantage V8 1m 30.312s GTE Pro
17. Dalla Lana/Lamy/Nygaard GBR Aston Martin Racing Vantage V8 1m 30.401s GTE Am
18. Poulsen/Heinemeier/Thiim GBR Aston Martin Racing Vantage V8 1m 30.493s GTE Am
19. Lietz/Bergmeister/ GER Porsche Team Manthay 911 1m 30.536s GTE Pro
20. Rigon/Calado ITA AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia 1m 30.565s GTE Pro
21. Wyatt/Rugolo/Bertolini ITA AF Corse Ferrari F458 Italia 1m 30.882s GTE Am
22. Bruni/Vilander ITA AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia 1m 30.908s GTE Pro
23. Fittipaldi/Pier Guidi/Segal ITA AF Corse Ferrari F458 Italia 1m 31.057s GTE Am
24. Cressoni/Roda/Ruberti USA 8 Star Ferrari F458 Italia 1m 31.483s GTE Am
25. Perrodo/Collard/Vaxiviere GER Prospeed Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 1m 31.511s GTE Am
26. Ried/Bachler/Al Qubaisi GER Proton Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 1m 34.865s GTE Am