Mike Conway netted his third victory of the season in the World Endurance Championship in Shanghai at the weekend.
Conway and his teammates John Martin and Rusinov took victory for the G-Drive team in China in the LMP2 category in the penultimate round of the season.
The team picked up their third pole position in the last four rounds leading up to the race ensuring that they had the best possible chance of victory.
Lining up on the front row of the LMP2 class, the G-Drive/Delta-ADR team continued to dominate their class when the green flag was shown. Halfway through the race Conway was hit from behind, causing a lot of damage to the left rear bumper. During each pit stop after that, the bumper was then taped back up which caused some delay, however despite all this the team were able to bring the car home and claim their third victory of the season.
Speaking at the end of the race a delighted Conway said: “It’s great to be able to pick-up a third win. The whole team did a great job this weekend, but it was shame that we got hit halfway through the race.
“The impact caused a lot of damage to the rear and then every stop after that we had to tape it back up so lost a lot of time. I am really happy though with how this weekend went and look forward to having another good race in Bahrain at the end of this month.”
Conway and his team picked up 26 points, which places them fourth in the championship standings, just 22.5 points away from first with one race remaining.
Next up for Conway will be the 60th Anniversary of the Macau Grand Prix, where he will race in the Scirocco R China Masters Challenge with past Macau GP champions, November 16-17.
The final round of the FIA World Endurance Championship will be the 6 Hours of Bahrain, which will take place 28-30 November.