The Toyota GR010 Hybrid Hypercar # 7 piloted by the Argentine José María ‘Pechito’ López, the Japanese Kamui Kobayashi and the British Mike Conway is getting closer to revalidate the title of World Endurance Champion (WEC) after winning the 6 Hours of Bahrain this Saturday, penultimate test of the contest.
The No. 7 Toyota achieved its third consecutive victory in the contest at Sakhir. Kobayashi led the car to the checkered flag 51 seconds ahead of the No. 8 Toyota driven by Swiss Sebastien Buemi, Japanese Kazuki Nakajima and New Zealander Brendon Hartley.
‘Pechito’ López, Kobayashi and Mike Conway toThey expanded their lead in the World Championship over the No. 8 Toyota by 15 points in the absence of the closing race, the 8 Hours of Bahrain. next week.
The Alpine A480 Gibson, shared by André Negrao, Nicolas Lapierre and Matthieu Vaxiviere, completed the podium within one lap of the two Toyota.
In LMPS, the Belgian team WRT won with Robin Frijns, Ferdinand Habsburg and Charles Milesi at the wheel of an Oreca 07 Gibson. It is his second win in a row after triumphing at Le Mans in August.
The ‘DragonSpeed USA’ finished last in LMP2 after the team was knocked out when Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya lost a wheel coming out of the pits.
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