Porsche Takes 1-2s In Both Pro Classes In WEC at the 'Ring - RoadandTrack.com (blog)
?Porsche needed every race of 2014 to finally get a win for their 919 Hybrid, but since their breakthrough in Brazil last year, it's been smooth sailing for the now Le Mans-winning prototype. Early in the season, the V4-powered coupes were neck-and-neck with Audi's R18s, but after the lengthy post-Le Mans break, the balance of power in the World Endurance Championship seems to have shifted fully to the Stuttgart-based German marque. The Marc Lieb/Romain Dumas/Neel Jani car had started the race up front and looked to compete with the sister #17 for the win, but a fuel sensor error forced the car to use more than the allotted amount of fuel. Marc Lieb, in the #18 for the final few stints, came out of his final penalty well behind both Audis, but by the end of the race, he put a gap of 15 seconds on the podium-completing #7 of Andre Lotterer/Marcel Fassler/Benoit Treluyer to secure... This also marks the first win for the #17 Porsche team in particular, meaning that each of Porsche's three driver lineups now has exactly one WEC victory. GTE-Pro was an equally comfortable victory for the #91 Team Manthey Porsche 911 of Richard Lietz and Michael Christensen, who benefited from early troubles to AF Corse's polesitting #51 Ferrari 458 to build a. Source: www.roadandtrack.com
