As expected, Audi will be facing a major challenge in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in China. In qualifying on the track at Shanghai, the two Audi R18 e-tron quattro cars took positions three and four.
As in round five of the season at Austin, the number ‘8’ hybrid sports car was the best Audi in qualifying. Loïc Duval and Lucas di Grassi on average of their best laps set a time of 1m 44.200s, taking third place.
The sister car, number ‘7,’ trailed them in position four with a gap of 445 thousandths of a second.
Qualifying results
1 Bernhard/Hartley/Webber (Porsche) 1m 42.719s
2 Dumas/Jani/Lieb (Porsche) 1m 43.488s
3 Di Grassi/Duval/Jarvis (Audi R18 e-tron quattro) 1m 44.200s
4 Fässler/Lotterer/Tréluyer (Audi R18 e-tron quattro) 1m 44.645s
5 Buemi/Davidson/Nakajima (Toyota) 1m 45.776s
6 Conway/Sarrazin/Wurz (Toyota) 1m 45.962s
7 Imperatori/Kraihamer/Tuscher (Rebellion) 1m 49.418s
8 Beche/Prost (Rebellion) 1m 50.942s
9 Kaffer/Trummer (CLM-AER) 1m 52.069s
10 Bird/Canal/Rusinov (Ligier-Nissan) 1m 52.763s
