Porsche has concluded the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Bahrain by taking the sixth consecutive race win and the second title this year. A fifth place finish for Mark Webber, Brendon Hartley and Timo Bernhard in the number 17 car was enough to win the Drivers' World Championship. Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb took their long-awaited first race win this season with the second Porsche 919 Hybrid.

The eighth and final WEC round was a thriller, and this also applied to the Drivers' Championship battle. Bernhard/Hartley/Webber had started with a 13 point lead ahead of the best placed Audi trio. But half an hour into the race, the number 17 car had to come into the pits for a long repair stop. After that, the trio had to go flat out to catch up from the very back of the pack, and eventually they finished fifth. It was the sister car that took the lead and the crucial points away from the Audi.

In the GT Championships, Porsche also scored key victories, as the Porsche 911 RSR driven by Frenchmen Frederic Makowiecki and Patrick Pilet scored its fourth GTE-Pro class win of the season. Porsche also netted three championship titles: with this victory at the Bahrain International Circuit, Porsche overtook Ferarri in the Manufacturers' classification, the Porsche Manthey squad secured the Team Championship, and Porsche works driver Richard Lietz convincingly defended his title in the FIA World Endurance Cup for Drivers.