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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 remaining stint battle between Toyota’s Sebastien Buemi and Penske Porsche Motorsport’s Matt Campbell, by which the Swiss got here out on high, 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 profitable run for Toyota on the Sakhir Worldwide Circuit relationship again to 2016, however this had appeared something however possible at junctures in a race managed for giant elements 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 automotive with 90 minutes remaining.

However Buemi made serene progress, evading mishaps elsewhere, and obtained the essential go full on Campbell earlier than pulling away to win by 27.539s over the manufacturing facility #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 gas pump issues that ended the slender title hopes of Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries.

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

Giovinazzi ended up second after a remaining 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 automotive’s problem for victory was ended by a puncture for Will Stevens, however its personal problem fell away after it wanted extra gas at its remaining cease than those that had topped off beneath a digital security automotive 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 have 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 automotive 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 resulting from issues for its solely remaining rivals. After the #7 Toyota’s demise, the manufacturing facility #50 Ferrari’s hopes of a outstanding turnaround have been lastly ended by a left-rear puncture within the seventh hour when Charles Milesi’s spinning Alpine tagged Nicklas Nielsen.

The Le Mans-winning crew additionally comprising Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina additionally completed outdoors the factors in twelfth.

The lone-remaining BMW M V8 Hybrid of Marco Wittmann, Dries Vanthoor and Raffaele Marciello took sixth after its sister automotive suffered a drivetrain failure, whereas a quiet race for the only real Cadillac V. Sequence-R of Sebastien Bourdais, Earl Bamber and Alex Lynn yielded seventh.

After the puncture denied Stevens, Norman Nato and Callum Ilott, who had led for a lot of the second hour, the sister Jota Porsche of Phil Hanson, Jenson Button and Oliver Rasmussen completed eighth forward of the shopper Ferrari 499P by which Robert Kubica was partnered by Yi Yifei and Robert Shwartzman.

Milesi, sharing with Jules Gounon and Mick Schumacher, withstood contact from Laurens Vanthoor to carry onto the ultimate level in tenth.

#55 Vista AF Corse Ferrari 296 LMGT3: Francois Heriau, Simon Mann, Alessio Rovera

#55 Vista AF Corse Ferrari 296 LMGT3: Francois Heriau, Simon Mann, Alessio Rovera

Picture by: Shameem Fahath

Ferrari wins LMGT3 struggle in opposition to Corvette

Alessio Rovera, Simon Mann and Francois Heriau delivered an exciting victory within the LMGT3 class of their #55 AF Corse-run Ferrari 296 GT3 following an enthralling battle the TF Sport’s Corvette Z06 LMGT3R.

They completed 3.022s away from Charlie Eastwood, Rui Andrade and Tom van Rompuy to narrowly deny the British squad its first win since switching from Aston Martin to Corvette.

The #81 Corvette, joined on the podium by the sister automotive of Daniel Juncadella, Sebastien Baud and Hiroshi Koizumi, had led for a lot of the race after a surging first stint from van Rompuy to get amongst the United Autosport McLarens that had locked out the entrance row.

It remained in victory competition even after a outstanding sequence of occasions within the seventh hour that allowed Rovera into the lead for the primary time, because the Italian capitalised on battling between Alex Riberas and Rahel Frey to vault from third into the lead within the house of some corners.

Eastwood battled previous the sister Ferrari of Davide Rigon, that had benefitted from the identical alternate to briefly maintain second, after which took the lead again from Rovera after an exciting duel that concerned going side-by-side round a lot of the lap.

However Rovera emerged forward after the ultimate stops and Eastwood, racing days after the passing of his father, was unable to shut in earlier than the end.

Juncadella held off the Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracan of Matteo Cairoli to complete third, whereas the title-winning Manthey PureRxcing Porsche 911 GT3 R of Klaus Bachler, Joel Sturm and Alex Malykhin completed ninth after a penalty for an FCY violation.

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