The 2018 6 Hours of Shanghai was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China on 16–18 November 2018. Shanghai served as the fifth round of the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the seventh running of the event, all part of the championship. The race was won by the #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid.

Qualifying Qualifying Results Poles position winners in each class are marked in bold Class Team Average Time 1 LMP1 No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:42.931 - 1 2 LMP1 No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:43.159 +0.228 2 3 LMP1 No. 1 Rebellion Racing 1:43.218 +0.287 3 4 LMP1 No. 17 SMP Racing 1:43.870 +0.939 4 5 LMP1 No. 3 Rebellion Racing 1:44.179 +1.248 5 6 LMP1 No. 10 DragonSpeed 1:44.612 +1.681 6 7 LMP1 No. 11 SMP Racing 1:44.789 +1.858 7 8 LMP1 No. 4 ByKolles Racing Team 1:46.353 +3.422 8 9 LMP2 No. 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing 1:48.888 +5.957 9 10 LMP2 No. 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing 1:49.138 +6.207 10 11 LMP2 No. 31 DragonSpeed 1:49.857 +6.926 11 12 LMP2 No. 36 Signatech Alpine Matmut 1:50.206 +7.275 12 13 LMP2 No. 28 TDS Racing 1:51.006 +8.075 13 14 LMP2 No. 29 Racing Team Nederland 1:51.657 +8.726 14 15 LMP2 No. 50 Larbre Compétition 1:51.925 +8.994 15 16 LMGTE Pro No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 1:58.627 +15.696 16 17 LMGTE Pro No. 81 BMW Team MTEK 1:58.874 +15.943 17 18 LMGTE Pro No. 97 Aston Martin Racing 1:59.000 +16.069 18 19 LMGTE Pro No. 92 Porsche GT Team 1:59.031 +16.100 19 20 LMGTE Pro No. 82 BMW Team MTEK 1:59.055 +16.124 20 21 LMGTE Pro No. 95 Aston Martin Racing 1:59.157 +16.226 21 22 LMGTE Pro No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 1:59.278 +16.347 22 23 LMGTE Pro No. 91 Porsche GT Team 1:59.286 +16.355 23 24 LMGTE Pro No. 51 AF Corse 1:59.454 +16.523 24 25 LMGTE Pro No. 71 AF Corse 1:59.689 +16.758 25 26 LMGTE Pro No. 64 Corvette Racing 2:00.228 +17.297 26 27 LMGTE Am No. 98 Aston Martin Racing 2:01.884 +18.953 27 28 LMGTE Am No. 77 Dempsey – Proton Racing 2:01.951 +19.020 28 29 LMGTE Am No. 54 Spirit of Race 2:02.090 +19.159 29 30 LMGTE Am No. 88 Dempsey – Proton Racing 2:02.115 +19.184 30 31 LMGTE Am No. 90 TF Sport 2:02.211 +19.280 31 32 LMGTE Am No. 61 Clearwater Racing 2:02.400 +19.469 32 33 LMGTE Am No. 56 Team Project 1 2:02.429 +19.498 33 34 LMGTE Am No. 86 Gulf Racing UK 2:04.241 +21.310 34 35 LMGTE Am No. 70 MR Racing 2:04.648 +21.717 35

Race Race result The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's distance) was 80 laps. Class winners in bold

Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 LMP1 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota TS050 Hybrid 113 6:01:46.414 Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6 2 LMP1 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Fernando Alonso Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Toyota TS050 Hybrid 113 +1.419 Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6 3 LMP1 11 SMP Racing Mikhail Aleshin Jenson Button Vitaly Petrov BR Engineering BR1 112 +1 Lap AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6 4 LMP1 1 Rebellion Racing Neel Jani André Lotterer Bruno Senna Rebellion R13 112 +1 Lap Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 5 LMP1 3 Rebellion Racing Mathias Beche Gustavo Menezes Thomas Laurent Rebellion R13 110 +3 Laps Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 6 LMP1 10 DragonSpeed James Allen Ben Hanley Renger van der Zande BR Engineering BR1 110 +3 Laps Gibson GL458 4.5L V8 7 LMGTEPro 95 Aston Martin Racing Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim Aston Martin Vantage AMR 109 +4 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 8 LMP2 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Gabriel Aubry Stéphane Richelmi Ho-Pin Tung Oreca 07 109 +4 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 9 LMGTEPro 91 Porsche GT Team Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR 109 +4 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat 6 10 LMGTEPro 92 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Porsche 911 RSR 109 +4 Laps Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 11 LMGTEPro 97 Aston Martin Racing Alex Lynn Maxime Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR 109 +4 Laps Aston Martin 4.0L Turbo V8 12 LMP2 31 DragonSpeed Anthony Davidson Roberto Gonzalez Pastor Maldonado Oreca 07 109 +4 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 13 LMGTEPro 51 AF Corse James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 109 +4 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 14 LMP2 36 Signatech Alpine Matmut Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Pierre Thiriet Alpine A470 109 +4 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 15 LMGTEPro 71 AF Corse Sam Bird Davide Rigon Ferrari 488 GTE 109 +4 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 16 LMGTEPro 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla Ford GT 109 +4 Laps Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6 17 LMGTEPro 64 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 109 +4 Laps Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 18 LMGTEPro 81 BMW Team MTEK Nicky Catsburg Martin Tomczyk BMW M8 GTE 109 +4 Laps BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8 19 LMGTEPro 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell Ford GT 109 +4 Laps Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6 20 LMGTEPro 82 BMW Team MTEK Tom Blomqvist António Félix da Costa BMW M8 GTE 108 +5 Laps BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 21 LMGTEAm 77 Dempsey - Proton Racing Julien Andlauer Matt Campbell Christian Ried Porsche 911 RSR 108 +5 Laps Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 22 LMGTEAm 56 Team Project 1 Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti Porsche 911 RSR 108 +5 Laps Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 23 LMGTEAm 88 Dempsey - Proton Racing Khaled Al Qubaisi Matteo Cairoli Riccardo Pera Porsche 911 RSR 108 +5 Laps Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 24 LMP2 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing Jazeman Jaafar Nabil Jeffri Weiron Tan Oreca 07 108 +5 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 25 LMGTEAm 54 Spirit of Race Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella Thomas Flohr Ferrari 488 GTE 108 +5 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 26 LMGTEAm 98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Aston Martin Vantage GTE 108 +5 Laps Aston Martin 4.5L V8 27 LMGTEAm 70 MR Racing Olivier Beretta Eddie Cheever III Motoaki Ishikawa Ferrari 488 GTE 107 +6 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 28 LMGTEAm 61 Clearwater Racing Matt Griffin Keita Sawa Weng Sun Mok Ferrari 488 GTE 107 +6 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 29 LMGTEAm 90 TF Sport Jonathan Adam Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç Aston Martin Vantage GTE 105 +8 Laps Aston Martin 4.5L V8 30 LMGTEAm 86 Gulf Racing UK Ben Barker Thomas Preining Michael Wainwright Porsche 911 RSR 100 +13 Laps Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 31 LMP2 29 Racing Team Nederland Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Nyck de Vries Dallara P217 99 +14 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 32 LMP2 50 Larbre Compétition Erwin Creed Enzo Guibbert Romano Ricci Ligier JS P217 75 +38 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 NC LMP2 28 TDS Racing Loïc Duval François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Oreca 07 108 Not classified Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 NC LMP1 17 SMP Racing Matevos Isaakyan Egor Orudzhev Stéphane Sarrazin BR Engineering BR1 100 Not classified AER P60B 2.4L Turbo V6 DNF LMP1 4 ByKolles Racing Team Tom Dillmann James Rossiter Oliver Webb ENSO CLM P1/01 50 Engine Nismo VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6

Standings after the race

2018–2019 LMP World Endurance Drivers' Championship +/– DriverPoints 1 Fernando Alonso Kazuki Nakajima Sébastien Buemi 102 2 Kamui Kobayashi Mike Conway José María López 97 3 Thomas Laurent Gustavo Menezes Mathias Beche 73 4 Neel Jani André Lotterer 63 5 1 Bruno Senna 45

2018–2019 LMP1 World Endurance Championship +/– Team Points 1 Toyota Gazoo Racing 118 2 Rebellion Racing 90 3 SMP Racing 52 4 ByKolles Racing Team 22 5 1 DragonSpeed 8.5 6 1 CEFC TRSM Racing 1

Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers' Championship standings.

2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Drivers' Championship +/– DriverPoints 1 Michael Christensen Kévin Estre 111 2= Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla 68 2= 1 Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz 68 4 1 James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi 65.5 5 3 Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim 55.5

2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers' Championship +/– Constructor Points 1 Porsche 181 2 Ford 105 3 Ferrari 102 4 Aston Martin 94 5 BMW 56

Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers' Championship standings.

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