Aston Martin Racing has finished in first and second place in the GTE Pro class and third in the GTE Am class in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) Six Hours of Shanghai to lead a total of five championships going into the final round.
The result puts Aston Martin at the head of the World Cup for GT Manufacturers title race, while the victorious #97 Vantage GTE climbs to the top of the Trophy for GTE Pro Teams standings. Drivers Darren Turner (GB) and Stefan Mücke (DE) also took control of the World Cup for GT Drivers.
With its #96 Vantage GTE having finished third in class – its fourth consecutive podium – Aston Martin Racing leads the Trophy for GTE Am Teams while British duo Jamie Campbell-Walter and Stuart Hall maintain their lead of the Trophy for GTE Am Drivers.
With just one round of the 2013 championship to run in three weeks’ time (30 November) at the Six Hours of Bahrain, Aston Martin Racing will be aiming to clinch all five titles to cap off a hugely successful year that has so far delivered eight race victories and a perfect haul of seven double pole positions.
The #97 team arrived in Shanghai with the aim of repeating their 2012 race victory. Turner and long-standing team-mate Mücke secured pole position in their V8-powered Vantage GTE and maintained that lead throughout the six-hour race to score 26 valuable points and clinch the championship lead.
