Hamza, Murtaza Ali P22 make Bahrain proud SPORTS 2424 Sunday, November 19, 2017

Manama World champions Toyotahe stars were out followed in second and third triumph yesterday at Bahrain place, respectively. The InternationalT Circuit (BIC) double podium was a fitting in Sakhir, but none shone farewell to the team in what brighter than Toyota Gazoo was their final race in the Racing in winning this year’s WEC’s Le Mans Prototype hugely exciting FIA WEC (LMP) category. The German Bapco 6 Hours of Bahrain. manufacturers announced Sebastien Buemi was previously that they would be behind the wheel of Toyota’s withdrawing from the series’ no. 8 TS050 Hybrid as it premier class at the season’s crossed the finish line for the end. final chequered flag of the Their no. 2 drivers’ title- 2017 FIA World Endurance winning 919 Hybrid of Timo Championship (WEC). Bernhard, and Buemi shared duties were the in the car with teammates overall runners-up. They and were one lap behind the , and they winning Toyota but were completed the endurance also 46.641 seconds ahead of Winners celebrate on the podium challenge with a total of Porsche teammates and pole- the LMP1 class. Oliver Jarvis and Thomas with a total 175 laps. They overall winners’ trophy. FIA 199 laps around BIC’s sitters , Nick Tandy Meanwhile, Bruno Senna Laurent who were second in were followed by AF Corse World Motorsport Council 5.412-kilometre track. They and Andre Lotterer, who had led Vaillant Rebellion to their -Gibson, and teammates James Calado and Member, Commission enjoyed an incident-free to settle for third. first place in the LMP2 class. third-placers , . Internationale de Karting race, allowing them to take Toyota’s no. 7 challenger Sharing the duties with Julien David Heinemeier Hansson The Racing President and Bahrain over as leaders in the first driven by , Canal and Nicolas Prost in and Nelson Piquet Jr in the trio of Pedro Lamy, Mathias Motor Federation President hour and never looking back. and Jose their Oreca 07-Gibson, other Vaillante Rebellion Lauda and Paul Dalla Lana Shaikh Abdulla bin Isa Al It was the third successive Maria Lopez was classified Senna helped his team finish challenger. triumphed in the LMGTE Khalifa, BIC Chairman of the victory for the in-form trio fourth overall, three laps with a total of 186 laps. They In the LMGTE Pro Am category. Board Arif Rahimi, and FIA as they end this year’s WEC behind their top-ranked were joined on the podium category, and Bapco Deputy CEO President of the Endurance campaign with five wins in teammates. They completed by the Jackie Chan DC steered their Ebrahim Taleb presented Commission Sir Lindsay all. the overall classification in Racing trio of Ho-Pin Tung, 488 GTE to a fine win Toyota Gazoo Racing for the Owen Jones were present.

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