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The no1 Rebellion Racing R13-Gibson was the quickest car in the first Free Practice session of the 4 Hours of Shanghai weekend in China, Round 3 of the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship. American Gustavo Menzes posted a 1m.48.761 lap late in the 90-minute session to push the no5 Team LNT Ginetta-AER into second spot by four tenths after Ben Hanley’s best time had put the British team at the head of the time sheets for most of the session. The no6 Ginetta finished third quickest, just 0.051s behind the sister car.

Round 3 of the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship will take place on Sunday 10 November. The first Chinese round of the FIA WEC was held in October 2012 and, while this will be the eighth edition of the race, it will be first time is run over 4 hours instead of the usual 6 hours. Here are 25 facts and figures about the race in Shanghai, Shanghai International Circuit and the city of Shanghai.

2019 4 HOURS OF SHANGHAI Round 3: 8-10 November 2019

Round 3 of the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship will be held in China, with a bumper entry list 31 cars. The 4-hour race will be hosted at the famous Shanghai International Circuit on the outskirts of China’s largest city.

In 2018 Ho-Pin Tung stood on the top step of the LMP2 podium at the end of the 6 Hours of Shanghai alongside teammates Stephane Richelmi and Gabriel Aubry. The trio of drivers had won the race in China for team boss Jackie Chan and the Chinese enjoyed the home win for their team.

The four driver crews who claimed pole position in each class faced the questions in the post qualifying press conference.

The no8 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050-Hybrid, with Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley, was the fastest car in qualifying and will start at the head of the grid for tomorrow’s 6 Hours of Fuji, Round 2 of the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship. The average lap time was 1m25.013, 0.790 seconds ahead of their teammates Jose Maria Lopez and Kamui Kobayashi in the no7 Toyota in the red flag interrupted session.

The no8 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050-Hybrid finished the third and final Free Practice ahead of the 30 car field with Brendon Hartley posting the fastest time of the weekend so far. The New Zealander set a 1m25.621, just two thousandths faster than Kazuki Nakajima’s best time at the end of the first day at Fuji Speedway.

The four drivers nominated as official ‘Rookies’ for the official FIA WEC test session at Bahrain International Circuit on Sunday 15 December have today been announced.

The no8 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050-Hybrid topped the second and final Free Practice session of the opening day at Fuji Speedway in Japan. Kazuki Nakajima posted the best time of the day, a 1m25.623, 1.419s ahead of the no1 Rebellion Racing R13-Gibson of Norman Nato, with the no5 Team LNT Ginetta a further half second behind with Egor Orudzhev’s 1m27.602 lap.