WEC: Porsche No. 14 now in the lead at halfway in Sao Paulo - MotorSportsTalk

Porsche remains at the head of the field in the World Endurance Championship season finale, but this time, it’s the No. 14 919 Hybrid leading the way at the halfway point.

The No. 14, driven by Marc Lieb, took the lead after the No. 20 919 Hybrid of Brendon Hartley pitted from P1 at Lap 119. Timo Bernhard has now taken over that car, which has slipped to third behind Lieb and the No. 8 Toyota TS040 Hybrid of Anthony Davidson.

The No. 1 Audi of Lucas di Grassi has gone up to fourth past the No. 7 Toyota of Stephane Sarrazin, while the No. 2 Audi is sixth. Tom Kristensen, who is ending his legendary career this afternoon, has not yet ran a stint in the No. 1 car during this race.

Meanwhile, in LMP2, the No. 27 SMP Racing Oreca of Sergey Zlobin – who moved into position to claim the class championship following the early crash of the No. 26 G-Drive Racing Ligier – has managed to avoid major trouble and still sits third. Currently, Maurizio Mediani is at the controls of the No. 27.

The No. 37 SMP Oreca is now in the LMP2 race lead after Matt Howson had two off-course excursions in the No. 47 KCMG Oreca – one of which ended with Howson tagging a barrier.

GTE-Pro has swung to the favor of the No. 92 Porsche Team Manthey 911 RSR of Frederic Makowiecki. In GTE-Am, two Astons – the No. 98 and No. 95 – sandwich the No. 75 Prospeed Competition Porsche GT3 RSR in the top three spots.

Former F1 World Champion and Indy 500 Emerson Fittipaldi got in a stint during the third hour of the race in the No. 61 AF Corse machine, but slowed on track before managing to get the car going again. However, he subsequently brought the car to the pits, and at last report, the car is being worked on in the garage.

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DETROIT — Alex Palou topped the results of an NTT IndyCar Series race for the second time this season, extending his championship points lead with his victory in the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix.

The Chip Ganassi Racing driver, who also won the GMR Grand Prix (and the Indy 500 pole position) last month, holds a 51-point lead over teammate Marcus Ericsson (ninth at Detroit) through seven of 17 races this season.

Ganassi, which placed all four of its drivers in the top 10 at Detroit, has three of the top four in the championship standings with Scott Dixon ranked fourth after a fourth at Detroit.

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Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden is third in the standings after taking a 10th at Detroit. Pato O’Ward slipped to fifth in the points after crashing and finishing 26th

Here are the IndyCar results and points standings after the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix:

RESULTS

Click here for the official box score from the 100-lap race on a nine-turn, 1.645-mile street course in downtown Detroit.

Here is the finishing order in the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix with starting position in parentheses, driver, engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):

1. (1) Alex Palou, Honda, 100, Running
2. (7) Will Power, Chevrolet, 100, Running
3. (9) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 100, Running
4. (4) Scott Dixon, Honda, 100, Running
5. (13) Alexander Rossi, Chevrolet, 100, Running
6. (12) Kyle Kirkwood, Honda, 100, Running
7. (2) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 100, Running
8. (11) Marcus Armstrong, Honda, 100, Running
9. (6) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 100, Running
10. (5) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 100, Running
11. (24) Colton Herta, Honda, 100, Running
12. (17) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 100, Running
13. (8) Simon Pagenaud, Honda, 100, Running
14. (20) Agustin Canapino, Chevrolet, 100, Running
15. (15) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 100, Running
16. (18) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 100, Running
17. (25) Jack Harvey, Honda, 100, Running
18. (14) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 100, Running
19. (23) Helio Castroneves, Honda, 100, Running
20. (19) Benjamin Pedersen, Chevrolet, 97, Running
21. (22) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, 97, Running
22. (26) Sting Ray Robb, Honda, 97, Running
23. (21) David Malukas, Honda, 85, Contact
24. (3) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 80, Contact
25. (27) Graham Rahal, Honda, 50, Contact
26. (10) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 41, Contact
27. (16) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 1, Contact

Winner’s average speed: 80.922 mph; Time of Race: 02:01:58.1171; Margin of victory: 1.1843 seconds; Cautions: 7 for 32 laps; Lead changes: 10 among seven drivers. Lap Leaders: Palou 1-28; Power 29-33; O’Ward 34; Palou 35-55; Power 56-64; Palou 65; Rossi 66; Newgarden 67-68; Kirkwood 69; Ericsson 70-76; Palou 77-100.

POINTS

Click here for the points tally in the race.

Here are the points standings after the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix:

Top 10 in points: Palou 273, Ericsson 222, Newgarden 203, Dixon 194, O’Ward 191, Rossi 176, McLaughlin 175, Power 172, Herta 149, Rosenqvist 148.

Rest of the standings: Grosjean 145, Kirkwood 142, Lundgaard 136, Ilott 116, VeeKay 108, Ferrucci 105, Armstrong 101, Rahal 99, Malukas 91, Daly 88, DeFrancesco 81, Castroneves 80, Harvey 78, Canapino 77, Pagenaud 72, Pedersen 61, Robb 55, Takuma Sato 37, Ed Carpenter 27, Ryan Hunter-Reay 20, Tony Kanaan 18, Marco Andretti 13, RC Enerson 5, Katherine Legge 5.

Next race: IndyCar will head to Road America for the Sonsio Grand Prix, which will take place June 18 with coverage starting at 1 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.