Buemi takes Lopez for lead before red flag flies at wet Shanghai
The Headlines from Shanghai after two hours...
• Wet weather conditions see race red flagged twice in first 90 minutes at 6 Hours of Shanghai
• First red flag flies after 16 minutes but then race resumes in second hour with first green flag laps
• Sebastien Buemi had taken the lead in No.8 Toyota TS050 HYBRID from pole-sitting No.7 car driven by Jose Maria Lopez after Argentinian runs wide at hairpin
• Entertaining battle for third position saw Stephane Sarrazin’s No.17 SMP Racing BR Engineering BR1-AER overtake Neel Jani’s No.1 Rebellion
• Safety Car again deployed after multiple spins as rain intensified
• Drama in LMGTE Pro as Olivier Pla and Kevin Estre collide at Turn One fighting for lead of class
• Pla spins down to 8th
• LMP2 sees DragonSpeed’s Anthony Davidson wrestle the lead from Jazeman Jaafar’s Jackie Chan DC Racing ORECA-Gibson
• LMGTE Am sees pole sitting No.98 Aston Martin car driven by Paul Dalla Lana initially lead from Spirit of Race Ferrari driven by Francesco Castellacci
• Further updates to be communicated on race status shortly
