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Good morning and welcome to Autosport's live coverage of the Macau Grand Prix. It's just over 10 minutes until the race gets underway.
We'll be back bright and early tomorrow morning, with the Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix from 7:30am UK time, then 12 hours later - from 7:30pm UK time - we'll bring you the Homestead NASCAR Sprint Cup finale.
Thanks for tuning in, not just today, but during the whole World Endurance Championship season on Autosport Race Centre Live.
Here's GARY WATKINS' full report on today’s race:

WEC news: Porsche's Webber, Hartley and Bernhard secure WEC drivers' title

Porsche drivers Mark Webber, Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley sealed the 2015 World Endurance Championship at the end of an incident-packed series finale in Bahrain

WEC news: Porsche's Webber, Hartley and Bernhard secure WEC drivers' title
With this WEC season completed, it's now just 147 days until the next one gets underway at Silverstone in 2016...
After the overall and GTE podiums, champions Webber, Bernhard and Hartley now celebrate on the podium.
And in GTE Am:
1 #98 Lauda/Lamy/Dalla Lana Aston Martin
2 #88 Bachler/Mapelli/Al Qubaisi Porsche
3 #77 Seefried/Long/Ried Porsche
In GTE Pro:
1 #92 Makowiecki/Pilet Porsche
2 #51 Vilander/Bruni Ferrari
3 #97 Turner/Adam Aston Martin
In LMP2:
1 #26 Bird/Canal/Rusinov (G-Drive Ligier)
2 #47 Tandy/Howson/Bradley (KCMG ORECA)
3 #28 Derani/Yacaman/Gonzales (G-Drive Ligier)
Elsewhere, it's a fairytale finish to his career for Alexander Wurz as he takes his first podium of the year with third alongside Conway and Sarrazin in the #2 Toyota.
So, #18 takes its first win this season, Lieb/Dumas/Jani winning by 1m25s from the #8 Audi of Lotterer/Treluyer/Fassler - who have to settle for second in the drivers' title too.
And Bertolini/Basov/Shaytar take GTE Am honours, also finishing fifth in Bahrain.
Richard Lietz secures the GT crown despite only finishing fifth in class.
The #26 G-Drive Ligier secures the LMP2 title with Bird/Rusinov/Canal also winning the class.
Porsche also pick up the GT manufacturers' title.
Checkered flag
#18 wins the race, but #17 wins the title!
Webber is told to cancel all boosts under the end of the lap...
Webber starts the final lap.
Porsche is on course for the race win and the LMP1 drivers' title...
Just two laps to go, and smiles are starting to break out in the Porsche pit.
Apparently the team put on the wrong set of tyres in a previous stop, tyres that weren't part of the #8's allocated sets.
Di Grassi serves a stop/go penalty. It's still not clear exactly what the penalty is for.
It has been a shocking race for the #8 crew, is it about to get even worse?
Crash
Possible tyre infringement for the #8 Audi.
The #8 Audi is also in the pits now for a brief splash of fuel.
The engine takes a while to start, but Webber eventually leaves the pits.
Webber pits the #17 Porsche for the final time. Will the stop go OK?
And the better grip is telling, Bird takes the lead. It looks like the #26 car will seal the LMP2 title in style.
Bird is now right with Tandy in LMP2. The leading KCMG ORECA is on older tyres than Bird's G-Drive Ligier and may struggle to hold on.
Crash
Webber suffers another temporary engine cut-out but soon gets going again.
Bird is taking chunks of time out of Tandy for the LMP2 lead. Tandy's advantage is just 1.9s now.
Makowiecki pits from the GTE Pro lead. He still gets back out ahead of Vilander's Ferrari.

By: Matt Beer

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