The sister car with Lucas di Grassi/Loïc Duval/Oliver Jarvis (BR/F/GB) started the race from grid position two. Following the first pit stop, Oliver Jarvis in position two was the best Audi driver some of the time at his home round. Lucas di Grassi took over the cockpit, but was forced to retire on lap 70. A malfunction of the hybrid system put an early end to the race. Consequently, Audi, like the other two manufacturers in the LMP1 class, suffered a setback with one of its two race cars.
Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer are the first leaders of the standings at the beginning of the fifth FIA WEC season. The trio has scored 26 points in the United Kingdom. As a result, the Audi drivers will be traveling to Belgium in three weeks time with an eight-point advantage. On the circuit at Spa, the FIA WEC will be holding its second six-hour race on May 7 before the season’s pinnacle event in June – the Le Mans 24 Hours.
Race results
1 Fässler/Lotterer/Tréluyer (Audi R18) 194 laps
2 Dumas/Jani/Lieb (Porsche) +46.065s
3 Conway/Kobayashi/Sarrazin (Toyota) –1 lap
4 Imperatori/Kraihamer/Tuscher (Rebellion) –11 laps
5 Heidfeld/Piquet/Prost (Rebellion) –13 laps
6 Albuquerque/Gonzalez/Senna (Ligier-Nissan) –15 laps
7 Cumming/Dalziel/Derani (Ligier-Nissan) –15 laps
8 Berthon/Rast/Rusinov (Oreca-Nissan) –15 laps
9 Lapierre/Menezes/Richelmi (Alpine-Nissan) –16 laps
10 Kane/Leventis/Watts (Gibson-Nissan) –17 laps