DESPITE a significant aerodynamic disadvantage, the Porsche 919 hybrid tandem of Earl Bamber/Timo Bernhard/Brendon Hartley and reigning world champion Neel Jani/André Lotterer/Nick Tandy finished the first race of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship at Silverstone on April 16 with a better than expected second and third place finish.
The number two car with Hartley behind the wheel finished just 6.173 seconds behind the winning Toyota of Sébastien Buemi/Anthony Davidson/Kazuki Nakajima, after Buemi reeled in Hartley in a thrilling fight just seven laps before the checkered flag.
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