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WEC Bahrain: Toyota wins thriller to safe producers’ crown, Porsche seals drivers’
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WEC Bahrain: Toyota wins thriller to safe producers’ crown, Porsche seals drivers’

By Miles Cooper November 2, 2024
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Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre and Andre Lotterer wrapped up the World Endurance Championship Hypercar drivers’ title within the eight-hour Bahrain season finale, however Toyota snatched the producers’ crown from Porsche.

A scintillating closing stint battle between Toyota’s Sebastien Buemi and Penske Porsche Motorsport’s Matt Campbell, through which the Swiss got here out on prime, decided the race and the producers’ title.

A bodily go from Buemi at Flip 10, which he later redressed earlier than taking again the place, secured victory within the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID LMH he shared with Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa.

The polesitting crew continued a successful run for Toyota on the Sakhir Worldwide Circuit courting again to 2016, however this had appeared something however possible at junctures in a race managed for giant components by Ferrari.

Buemi was rotated after 20 minutes by an errant Corvette whereas main, and with Buemi on board was tenth when racing resumed after a security automobile with 90 minutes remaining.

However Buemi made serene progress, evading mishaps elsewhere, and bought the essential go full on Campbell earlier than pulling away to win by 27.539s over the manufacturing unit #51 Ferrari 499P LMH of Antonio Giovinazzi, James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi.

WEC Bahrain: Toyota wins thriller to safe producers’ crown, Porsche seals drivers’

#8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 – Hybrid: Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley, Ryo Hirakawa

Picture by: Andreas Beil

It made up for disappointment for the sister #7 Toyota crew, which retired with gasoline pump issues that ended the slender title hopes of Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries.

The automobile they shared with Mike Conway had briefly taken the lead in de Vries’s palms throughout hour 5, earlier than the problem that had reared its head within the third hour with Kobayashi on the wheel despatched the automobile tumbling down the order.

Giovinazzi ended up second after a closing lap transfer on Campbell, who shared the #5 PPM 963 with Michael Christensen and Fred Makowiecki, after Ferrari had gave the impression to be within the field seat for a lot of the race.

Giovinazzi twice handed the #12 Jota Porsche 963 for the lead, earlier than the privateer automobile’s problem for victory was ended by a puncture for Will Stevens, however its personal problem fell away after it wanted extra gasoline at its closing cease than those that had topped off beneath a digital security automobile triggered by a failure in Paul di Resta’s Peugeot 9X8 LMH.

Mikkel Jensen upheld honour for the French producer by holding off the attentions of Paul-Loup Chatin’s Alpine A424 LMDh to equal Peugeot’s finest end of the season in fourth alongside Nico Muller and Jean-Eric Vergne,

A 35-point benefit heading into the race, with 38 on the desk, meant the title-winning PPM drivers had been in a cushty place and will seal the title regardless of an eventful race to eleventh.

After Vanthoor’s 963 LMDh was elbowed off the highway on the opening lap, dropping to fifteenth, the automobile had briefly run second however a drive-through penalty for a full course yellow infringement and a further five-second penalty for overtaking outdoors the circuit limits consigned them to ending outdoors the factors.

#50 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P pit stop action

#50 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P pit cease motion

Picture by: Ferrari

Nonetheless, that mattered little as a result of issues for its solely remaining rivals. After the #7 Toyota’s demise, the manufacturing unit #50 Ferrari’s hopes of a outstanding turnaround had been lastly ended by a left-rear puncture within the seventh hour when Charles Milesi’s spinning Alpine tagged Nicklas Nielsen.

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