With the LMP1 L titles wrapped up at Fuji and the LMP1 Manufacturers World Championship and LMP2 titles decided at the weekend in Shanghai, there’s now six WEC championship races going down the wire at the 6 Hours of Bahrain later this month. It has the potential to be a title finale for the ages.

Here’s a rundown of how things stand in points tallies with six hours of World Endurance Championship racing left in 2016:

Dumas, Jani & Lieb on the precipice

A win for Mark Webber, Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley and a miserable day for Audi at Shanghai means Porsche Team is halfway home in terms of its title hopes, scoring its second consecutive Manufacturers World Championship.

Heading into the final round of the season, the Drivers World Championship is still up for grabs, though the #2 crew of Neel Jani, Marc Lieb and Romain Dumas have a healthy lead over Stephane Sarrazin, Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi in the #6 Toyota to work with for the final trip of the season. A better performance from the #2, and a tough day for both Audis saw it narrowly miss out on a podium after battling the pair of Toyotas for almost the entire race.

The gap between the two contenders is now 17 points, which means that in order for the #6 Toyota drivers to win the championship, they have to either win or finish second, and hope that the #2 Porsche either retires or limps home without scoring more than a few points. It’s going to be a tough ask for Toyota’s challengers, but as we saw last year at Bahrain, and more recently at Estoril in the ELMS finale, no lead is safe until the flag falls.

The #8 Audi crew, which was in contention heading into last weekend’s race, is now mathematically out of the running for the title but could snatch the runner up position as Loic Duval, Oliver Jarvis and Lucas Di Grassi are just 13.5 points off the #6 Toyota drivers. A win in its final race is Audi’s only chance of ending its LMP1 programme on a high.

All to play for in GTE Pro

GTE Pro has the potential to be an extraordinary finale to decide the three titles that are up for grabs.

In the World Endurance Cup For GT Drivers standings, the Danish Aston Martin duo of Nicki Thiim and Marco Sorensen hold a 12-point lead over Davide Rigon and Sam Bird in the #71 AF Corse Ferrari, with the Olivier Pla and Stefan Mucke #66 Ford GT a further nine points back.

As it stands, the Ford GT has hit form with the recent wave of BoP changes, and is the car to beat. But the #66, which is yet to win a race this season, would have to win and hope for bad luck to hit the #95 and #71 crews. Realistically, the fight is between the Aston Martin and Ferrari.

Eliminated from contention at Shanghai was Darren Turner in the #97 Aston Martin Vantage, who retired from the race from the damage sustained from the collision at the start between the #45 Manor Oreca and teammate Richie Stanaway.

As a result of the #97 failing to finish, it’s advantage Ferrari in the World Endurance Cup For GT Manufacturers race, with the Italian brand extending its lead to 10 points over Aston Martin. Ford is still just about in the running, but a 39.5-point deficit will likely be too much to overcome.

Ford does have a shot at the GTE Pro Teams Title though, with the #67 and #66 Ford just two and 10 points back respectively from the #95 Aston Martin. Both AF Corse Ferraris also have a chance too, with the #71 and #51 cars further back, 12 and 21 points off the lead.

All but over in GTE Am

Both GTE Am titles are yet to be decided, but after a second place finish following KCMG’s post-race penalty after the 6 Hours of Shanghai, the #83 AF Corse Ferrari holds a 25 point lead over the #98 Aston Martin. To win the titles, all Manu Collard, Rui Aguas and Francois Perrodo have to do is either set pole, or finish the race at Bahrain.

Credit to Paul Dalla Lana, Pedro Lamy and Mathias Lauda for doing what they needed to do at Shanghai, which was win at all costs, but unless the 458 fails to finish the final race of the year, it can’t win.

Even if the AF Corse trio do retire, the #98 team needs to win the race, and therefore win title based on number of wins. A pole position converted into a win in that situation would however win them the Teams and Drivers Championships by a single point. It’s all unlikely but still possible!

The 2016 World Endurance Championship season concludes at the Sakhir Circuit in Bahrain on the 19th of November.