Toyota takes Sebring WEC victory led by Alonso, Buemi and Nakajima

Toyota Gazoo Racing continued its domination of theꦅ FIA World Endurance ꦗChampionship by taking a one-two finish in the 1,000 Miles of Sebring on Friday as Fernando Alonso, Sebastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima recorded their third win of the season.

The pole-sitting #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid car led throughout the eight-hour race at Sebring that saw its only real competition come from across the garage as it ran closely 💛with the sister #7 Toyota for the majority of the contest.

Toyota takes Sebring WEC victory led by #8 car

Toyota Gazoo Racing continued its domination of the FIA World Endurance Championship by taking a one-two finish in the 1,000 Miles of Sebring on Friday as Fernando Alonso, Sebastien Buemi and Kazuki Naka🦋jima recorded their third win of the season.

The pole-sitting #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid car led throughout the eight-hour race at Sebring that saw its only real competition come from across the garage as it ran c🍨lo𒁃sely with the sister #7 Toyota for the majority of the contest.

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A run over the grass for Jose Mar🌄ia Lopez when avoiding a GTE-Am car left the #7 Toyota with floor damage that forced him into a length pit stop, dropping off the lead lap in the process.

This left the #8 car without any challenge at the front of the pack, with the only threat being a late rain shower that was negotiated successfully en route to victory by one lap▨.

The result extends Alonso, Buemi and Nakajima's lead at the top of th🔥e WEC drivers' championship to 15 points, and꧑ marks their first win since the 24 Hours of Le Mans last June.

SMP Racing completed the podium as the #11 BR Engineering BR1 AER car finished 10 laps d🌊own on the Toyotas, comfortably finishing as the leading privateer LMP1 entr🦩y as rival teams Rebellion Racing and DragonSpeed hit trouble.

Jackie Chan DC Racing took victory in LMP2 with the #37 Oreca 07 Gibson shared by David Heinemeier-Hansson, Will Stevens and Jordan King, who finished 27 seconds clear of the #36 Signatech 🌱Alpine Matmut entry.

Porsche won a hotly-contested battle in GTE-Pro with its #91 Porscജhe 911 RSR as Richard Lietz and Gianmaria Bruni overturned a deficit of more than 10 seconds to the #81 BMW M8 GTE in the final rain shower, allowi🦹ng them to take their first win of the year by 0.8 seconds under the Safety Car.

Dempsey-Proton Racing♋ grabbed GTE-Am victory with its #77 Porsche by 12 seconds from the #54 Spirit of Race Fer💃rari 488 GTE, while Team Project 1 managed to recover from a fire that destroyed its car last weekend to take P3 in class.

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