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From press release
A thrilling qualifying session for the 6 Hours of Shanghai saw the No. 14 Porsche 919 of Romain Dumas and Neel Jani and the No. 8 Toyota TS040 of Anthony Davidson and Sebastien Buemi set the exact same time of 1m48.300 after an average of the four best laps for each car.
Dumas and Jani set their time early in the session and decided to park the car in the pitlane as Davidson and Buemi tried to beat their time.
After setting a time just 0.01 seconds behind the Porsche, Buemi's next lap meant the average of the four laps matched their rivals exactly with just 50 seconds remaining on the cloc.
Because Dumas and Jani set the time first, they claimed their second pole position of the season.
The No. 20 Porsche 919 of Mark Webber and Brendon Hartley were third but just 0.024 seconds adrift of the front two cars and 0.210s ahead of the No. 7 Toyota TS040 of Alex Wurz and Kazuki Nakajima.
The two Audi R18 etron quattros will line up on row 3 tomorrow morning, with the No. 1 Audi of Andre Lotterer and Benoit Treluyer 0.6 seconds ahead of Loic Duval and Lucas di Grassi but 1.1 seconds behind the pole position time.
A thrilling qualifying session for the 6 Hours of Shanghai saw the No. 14 Porsche 919 of Romain Dumas and Neel Jani and the No. 8 Toyota TS040 of Anthony Davidson and Sebastien Buemi set the exact same time of 1m48.300 after an average of the four best laps for each car.
Dumas and Jani set their time early in the session and decided to park the car in the pitlane as Davidson and Buemi tried to beat their time.
After setting a time just 0.01 seconds behind the Porsche, Buemi's next lap meant the average of the four laps matched their rivals exactly with just 50 seconds remaining on the cloc.
Because Dumas and Jani set the time first, they claimed their second pole position of the season.
The No. 20 Porsche 919 of Mark Webber and Brendon Hartley were third but just 0.024 seconds adrift of the front two cars and 0.210s ahead of the No. 7 Toyota TS040 of Alex Wurz and Kazuki Nakajima.
The two Audi R18 etron quattros will line up on row 3 tomorrow morning, with the No. 1 Audi of Andre Lotterer and Benoit Treluyer 0.6 seconds ahead of Loic Duval and Lucas di Grassi but 1.1 seconds behind the pole position time.