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The 2019 4 Hours of Shanghai was an
The 2019 4 Hours of Shanghai was an endurance
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sportscar racing
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event held on 10 November 2019, as the third round of the 2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship. This was the inaugural running of the race, in a four-hour format, having previously been run as the 6 Hours of Shanghai. The race was won overall by Bruno Senna
Bruno Senna Lalli (; born 15 October 1983) is a Brazilian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . In endurance racing, Senna won the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMP2 class with Rebellion.
Born and raised ...
, Gustavo Menezes
Gustavo Soiblemann Menezes (born 19 September 1994) is an American-Brazilian racing driver, currently racing for Peugeot Sport in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
Early career
Karting
Menezes began karting in 2001, and took his first cham ...
, and Norman Nato
Norman Jean Claude Nato (born 8 July 1992) is a French Auto racing, racing driver. He races in the Formula E, Formula E World Championship for the Nismo, Nissan Formula E Team, and in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship, FIA World Endurance ...
, in the #1 Rebellion Racing
Rebellion Racing was a Swiss racing team that competed in endurance racing. The team competed in the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup season and won the LMP1 teams' title in the 2011 Le Mans Series season. The team started as an association ...
Rebellion R13
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, with the race being the first win on the road for a non hybrid LMP1 since the first ever WEC race, the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring
The 60th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring was a 12-hour automobile endurance race for teams of three drivers each fielding sports prototype and grand touring cars held on March 17, 2012, at the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, ...
.
Background
The provisional calendar for the2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship
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was unveiled at the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone
The 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone was an Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance sports car racing event held at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, England on 17–19 August 2018. Silverstone served as the third round of the 2018-19 FIA ...
, featuring eight races, on five continents, starting at Silverstone in September 2019 with a four-hour race, and ending with the Le Mans 24 Hours in June 2020. It was noted that for first time in the FIA World Endurance Championship
The FIA World Endurance Championship, abbreviated as WEC, is a world championship for automobile endurance racing organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The se ...
, 4 hour races would be introduced, at the Silverstone Circuit
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, and the Shanghai International Circuit
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, following a fan survey which was conducted by the championship despite an overwhelming preference being shown for 6 hour, 12 hour, and 24 hour races.
Entry list
The entry list for the race was released on 10 October 2019, with 31 cars being split across the four classes. All five full-season LMP1 entries were listed, alongside 8 LMP2s, 6 GTE-Pro cars, and 12 cars in GTE-Am, with GTE Am having the #78Proton Competition
Proton Competition (also formerly racing as Dempsey-Proton Racing or Team Felbermayr-Proton) is a German auto racing team based in Ummendorf, Baden-Württemberg. It was founded by Gerold Ried, and is currently owned by his son Christian Ried. Th ...
Porsche 911 RSR
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as an additional entry. Majority of the driving seats were displayed as being filled, with the exception of both Team LNT
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Early life
Tomlinson grew up in Batley, where he attended grammar sc ...
Ginetta G60-LT-P1
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s, which had no drivers, and the #88 Dempsey
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Background
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- Proton Racing, which had 2 empty seats. A 2nd entry list was released on 23 October 2019, with the Team LNT Ginetta seats being filled, with all drivers from the previous race returning, with the exception of Luca Ghiotto
Luca Ghiotto (born 24 February 1995) is an Italian racing driver who competes in the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans and 2025 European Le Mans Series for Inter Europol Competition. He also competed in select rounds in the 2024 IndyCar Series for Dale ...
, who was replaced by Jordan King
Jordan King (born 26 February 1994 in Warwick) is a British racing driver. He is currently the reserve driver for the Mahindra Formula E Team, for whom he made his Formula E debut at the 2024 Berlin ePrix.
Previously, King has been a race wi ...
. On November 7, 2019, Will Bamber was announced to be driving in the #88 Dempsey
Dempsey is a surname of Irish origin.
Background
Dempsey is an anglicised form of Ó Díomasaigh, 'descendant of Díomasach'; this personal name is the Irish adjective ''díomasach'' 'proud'. The family originated in the Kingdom of Uí Failghe ...
- Proton Racing, alongside Thomas Preining.
Qualifying
Qualifying Results
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.Race
Race Result
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 88 laps. Class winners in bold.References
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2019 in Chinese motorsport
6 Hours of Shanghai
November 2019 sports events in China