Photo : D.R. - PORSCHE AG

 

Drivers Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber finished third with car number 20. They were followed by their teammates Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb in car number 14. Furthermore, Mark Webber set the fastest overall race lap on the 4.563 km long Fuji Speedway (1:27.759 minutes on lap 12).

Fritz Enzinger (Vice President LM P1): “This result is a great joy for us. Most importantly I am very proud of the progress we made over the course of the weekend. The first free practice on Friday was difficult, but we managed to improve in every session, had a great qualifying and this time we have also turned our performance into a good race result.”

Andreas Seidl (Team Principal): “In our fifth race with the 919 we have, for the first time, been able to get both cars to complete the entire race distance without noteworthy problems. With car number 20 the strategy worked out perfectly. Despite the early stop, the pit stop windows were ideal. This way number 20 was able to finish ahead of number 14 whose drivers did a great job too.”

Timo Bernhard (Porsche 919 Hybrid #20, Porsche Team, LM P1-H, 3rd): “I had a trouble free double stint. However, because of our early tyre change, I was out of the normal rhythm and basically racing against the clock. That’s not really easy. We have achieved our second podium finish by our own merits. I am absolutely happy for our mechanics and engineers.”

Brendon Hartley (Porsche 919 Hybrid #20, Porsche Team, LM P1-H, 3rd): “Despite the puncture shortly after the start, we tried to do double stints with the tyres. I am really proud to have Mark and Timo as my teammates. All of us – the drivers as well as everybody in the team – have a steep learning curve this season. We have to continue like this, and then we might be able to fight for our first race win soon.”

Mark Webber (Porsche 919 Hybrid #20, Porsche Team, LM P1-H, 3rd): ”I had a good start and was able to put pressure on the Toyota, but then a punctured rear left tyre hurt our race. We then tried to do a double stint with the next set of tyres, but lost some time by doing this. Timo and Brendon also did a great job to get the car back into third.”

(Based upon Porsche press information)

Photo: OYAMA (SHIZUOKA, JAPAN), FUJI INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY, 6 HOURS OF FUJI, SUNDAY OCTOBER 12, 2014, PODIUM. For the second time this season, Porsche scored an overall podium finish thanks to Timo Bernhard, Mark Webber and Brendon Hartley (left to right).