SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2020 12 Toyota Gazoo Racing triumph in Bahrain Japanese manufacturers secure one-two victory in 8 Hours of Bahrain at BIC to claim World Endurance Championship 2019/2020 season-finale Toyota’s Mike Conway, Kamui• Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez win from pole and also secure FIA World Endurance LMP Drivers’ Championship title Jackie Chan DC Racing triumph• in LMP2 class, Porsche GT Team win LMGTE Pro category, and Team Project 1 take victory in LMGTE Am class Other WEC season titles clinched• by drivers of United Autosports, Aston Martin Racing and AF Corse The victorious Toyota Gazoo Racing cars lead the field into the first turn at the start of the race Porsche, Aston Martin and Ferrari cars in action in the LMGTE Pro class during yesterday’s race TDT | Manama manufacturers had their country’s two Elsewhere yesterday, the #92 Porsche Project 1 in the #56 Porsche 911 RSR, other WEC titles yesterday. drivers in Kobayashi and Nakajima at GT Team of Michael Christensen and driven by the trio of Egidio Perfetti, Felipe Albuquerque and Philip Han- the wheel of their cars as the chequered Kevin Estre triumphed in the LMGTE Larry Ten Voorde and Matteo Cairoli, son won the FIA Endurance Trophy for oyota Gazoo Racing clinched an flag was waved. Pro class, 2.886s ahead of teammates claimed a dominant first place amongst LMP2 Drivers. They were driving the overall one-two last night in the The result gave Conway-Kobayas- Gianmaria Bruni and Richard Lietz in the LMGTE Am runners. #22 United Autosports Oreca 07-Gib- TFIA WEC 8 Hours of Bahrain, as hi-Lopez enough points to leapfrog the #91 Porsche 911 RSR-19; and Team Those results helped decide four son along with teammate Paul Di Resta, their #7 crew of Mike Conway, Kamui Buemi-Nakijima-Hartley on the driv- completing the race fourth in class. Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez se- ers’ championship standings to win the Their drivers’ crown adds to United cured the drivers’ world title for the coveted title. 2019/2020 WEC SEASON’S CHAMPIONS (*decided yesterday) Autsports’ FIA Endurance Trophy for 2019/2020 World Endurance Cham- Their FIA World Endurance LMP FIA World Endurance LMP1 Championship: LMP2 Teams for the season. pionship (WEC).. Drivers’ Championship adds to the FIA Toyota Gazoo Racing The GT FIA World Endurance Driv- Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) World Endurance LMP1 Championship FIA World Endurance LMP Drivers’ Championship*: ers’ Championship was clinched by hosted a thrilling race that marked already won by Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez (Toyota Gazoo Racing) the Marco Sorensen and the #95 Aston the final round of the WEC season, and heading into yesterday’s season-finale. Martin Racing pair of Nicki Thiim, de- which began in daylight conditions and Joining the two Toyota crews on the FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Teams: spite finishing fifth last night in their United Autosports ended at night under floodlights. overall podium in third last night were Vantage AMR. Their triumph makes it The Conway-Kobayashi-Lopez trio the #37 Jackie Chan DC Racing crew of FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers*: a double for Aston Martin, having also finished ahead of Toyota teammates Ho-Pin Tung, Gabriel Aubry and Will Felipe Albuquerque and Philip Hanson (United Autosports) won this season’s GT Manufacturers Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakijima and Stevens. GT Manufacturers FIA World Endurance Championship: FIA World Endurance Championship. Brendon Hartley. Each crew steered Finally, the trio of Francois Perrodo, Winners in class Aston Martin their respective TS050 Hybrids to a to- GT FIA World Endurance Drivers’ Championship*: Emmanuel Collard and Nicklas Nielsen tal of 263 laps for the race duration, but Tung-Aubry-Stevens were the win- Marco Sorensen and Nicki Thiim (Aston Martin Racing) of AF Corse secured both the FIA En- Buemi-Nakijima-Hartley were classi- ners in the LMP2 category following a durance Trophy for GTE Am Drivers fied one minute 04.594 seconds behind close finish that saw them beat by just FIA Endurance Trophy for GTE Am Teams*: and the FIA Endurance Trophy for GTE AF Corse the victors. 1.894s the #38 JOTA team of Roberto Am Teams trophy. They steered their Fittingly for Toyota, which was mak- Gonzalez, Antonio Felix Da Costa and FIA Endurance Trophy for GTE Am Drivers*: #83 Ferrari 488 GTE EVO to second ing its final appearance on track in the Anthony Davidson. Both squads were Francois Perrodo, Emmanuel Collard and Nicklas Nielsen (AF Corse) in the LMGTE Am category yesterday, WEC’s LMP1 category, the Japanese racing in Oreca 07-Gibsons. which was enough to secure their titles. WEC’s LMP1 class: the end of an era LMP1 class makes way in 2021 for the new Hypercar category as the top tier of the WEC TDT | Manama include 476,539km in Europe, 142,978km in Asia, 69,933km in he FIA WEC 8 Hours of North America and 18,864km in TBahrain last night was not 708,314 South America, with a total of only the grand finale of the 92,856 laps completed. kilometres have been 2019/2020 World Endurance covered by LMP1 cars - There have been a total of 22 Championship (WEC) season, in the WEC since 2012, different nationalities of driv- but it also marked the end of a which is a staggering 17.5 ers who have competed in LMP1 major era in the history of en- times around the entire since 2012: Argentina, Australia, durance racing. globe Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Can- The race saw the last appear- ada, China, Denmark, France, ance on track of the LMP1 hybrid Germany, Holland, India, Italy, cars, which, since 2012, have Japan, New Zealand, Portugal, been prototypes noted for their and Porsche Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzer- extreme sophistication and ex- - There have also been 12 dif- land, UK, US. ceptional performance. ferent manufacturers of LMP1 - A total of 113 drivers have The LMP1 class makes way cars since 2012: Audi, BR En- completed at least one lap in a in 2021 for the new Hypercar gineering, CLM/Enso, Dome, session over a race weekend. category as the top tier of the Ginetta, Honda, Lola, Nissan, - Winning drivers: 34 dif - WEC, and yesterday’s race in OAK/Pescarolo, Oreca (brand- ferent drivers have won in Bahrain was a true swan song ed as Rebellion), Porsche and LMP1, representing 14 different for the highly competitive Toyota. nationalities. division. - Toyota were the LMP1 team - The top speeds reached in Following are a few highlights with the most WEC races, with a an LMP1 car have been: Hybrid, of the LMP1 class over the years, total of 63. 345.6kph by Lucas di Grassi in according to fiawec.com: - LMP1 cars have raced com- an Audi R18 e-tron Quattro at - There have been nine differ- petitively in the WEC for a total of Le Mans, 2015; Non-Hybrid, ent LMP1 engine manufacturers: 708,314km since 2012, which is a 350.1kph by Stoffel Vandoorne Audi, AER, Gibson, Judd, Nismo, The #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 Hybrid competing in Bahrain over the weekend for one last round in the WEC’s LMP1 staggering 17.5 times around the in a BR Engineering BR1 at Le Mecachrome, Honda, Toyota category entire globe. 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