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Brendon Hartley in No.8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid claims pole position at the Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain to extend points lead over sister Toyota crew to 16 points going in to tomorrow’s crucial final round.
Hartley’s best lap is set at a 1m46.564s and is 0.4s quicker than nearest challenger.
In LMP2, Tom Blomqvist in No.23 United Autosports entry takes an incredible 1m52.290 on second flying lap of his qualifying run. Blomqvist takes his second pole of the season after notching up his first at Sebring in March.
Meanwhile in LMGTE Am, Iron Dames take third pole position of the 2023 FIA WEC season as Sarah Bovy crushes opposition with a best time of 1m58.692s best
Bovy reprises 2022 heroics to get a pole double in pink Porsche 911 RSR-19 as she and team-mates Michelle Gatting and Rahel Frey aim for runners-up place in the final standings.
· Brendon Hartley in No.8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid claims pole position to extend points lead over sister Toyota crew to 16 points going in to tomorrow’s crucial final round.
· Hartley’s best lap is set at a 1m46.564s and is 0.4s quicker than nearest challenger.
· No.7 Toyota Gazoo Racing driven by Kamui Kobayashi makes it an all-Toyota front-row ahead of tense intra-Toyota title battle.
· No.2 Cadillac Racing V-Series.R Hypercar of Alex Lynn places third after lapping in 1m47.265s.
· Fourth is the No.6 Porsche Penske 963 Hypercar qualified by Kevin Estre.
· Ferrari AF Corse take fifth and sixth as the No. 50 (Antonio Fuoco) 499P heads the No.51 (Alessandro Pier Guidi) at the wheel of the Ferrari 499P Hypercar.
· Rest of Hypercar grid is completed by: No.5 Porsche Penske, Proton Competition Porsche, Hertz Team Jota, No.93 Peugeot TotalEnergies, No.94 Peugeot TotalEnergies and Floyd Vanwall Hypercar.
· Brendon Hartley in No.8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid claims pole position to extend points lead over sister Toyota crew to 16 points going in to tomorrow’s crucial final round.
· Hartley’s best lap is set at a 1m46.564s and is 0.4s quicker than nearest challenger.
· No.7 Toyota Gazoo Racing driven by Kamui Kobayashi makes it an all-Toyota front-row ahead of tense intra-Toyota title battle.
· No.2 Cadillac Racing V-Series.R Hypercar of Alex Lynn places third after lapping in 1m47.265s.
· Fourth is the No.6 Porsche Penske 963 Hypercar qualified by Kevin Estre.
· Ferrari AF Corse take fifth and sixth as the No. 50 (Antonio Fuoco) 499P heads the No.51 (Alessandro Pier Guidi) at the wheel of the Ferrari 499P Hypercar.
· Rest of Hypercar grid is completed by: No.5 Porsche Penske, Proton Competition Porsche, Hertz Team Jota, No.93 Peugeot TotalEnergies, No.94 Peugeot TotalEnergies and Floyd Vanwall Hypercar.
LMGTE Am: Pole – No.85 Iron Dames Porsche
· Iron Dames take third pole position of the 2023 WEC season as Sarah Bovy crushes opposition with a best time of 1m58.692s best
· Bovy reprises 2022 heroics to get a pole double in pink Porsche 911 RSR-19 as she and team mates Michelle Gatting and Rahel Frey aim for runners-up place in the final standings.
· Bovy goes for an even quicker time on next lap but suffers spin without damage.
· D’Station Aston Martin places second in thrilling end to session as WEC newcomer Liam Talbot, who is replacing Satoshi Hoshino for this race, gets to within 0.2s of Bovy’s best.
· Ahmed Al Harthy makes it two Aston Martins in the top three as he takes the ORT by TF Sport machine to a peak of 1m59.161s.
· The top six in LMGTE Am is completed by No.57 Kessel Racing (Takeshi Kimura), No.33 Corvette Racing (Ben Keating) and No.98 Northwest AMR/Heart of Racing (Ian James) entries.
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It was a dream result for Toyota Gazoo Racing at its home race, the WEC 6 Hours of Fuji, as the Japanese manufacturer secured a one-two result. In the doing so, Toyota also sealed the Hypercar manufacturers’ championship.
A total of 54,700 fans attended 6 Hours of Fuji over the weekend – a record crowd number for the Japanese round of the FIA WEC. The No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing run GR010 Hybrid Hypercar trio of Kamui Kobayashi, Jose Maria Lopez and Mike Conway sealed their fourth win of the 2023 season. They headed home the No. 8 sister car of Brendon Hartley, Sebastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa by 39,119 seconds.
Podium – FIA WEC 6h of Fuji – Fuji International Speedway – Gotemba – Japan –The No.41 Team WRT squad took their second win of the season in LMP2 and extended its championship points lead. Robert Kubica, Louis Deletraz and Rui Andrade overhauled pole sitters and early leaders Filipe Albuquerque, Phil Hanson and Frederick Lubin in the No.22 United Autosports car to win comfortably. In doing so, WRT scored a second consecutive Fuji win and sealed its eighth WEC success to become the second most successful LMP2 team in WEC history.
In LMGTE Am, Davide Rigon, Thomas Flohr and Francesco Castellacci celebrated a conclusive win at Fuji Speedway. The No.54 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo claimed its first win of the 2023 season as it surged to the front in the second half of the race.
Thomas Flohr survived an early contact with the No.33 Corvette Racing Chevrolet C8.R of polesitter Ben Keating to hand over to teammate Francesco Castellacci in the second hour. Castellacci was able to hunt down the Iron Dames Porsche 911 RSR 19 and establish the lead before handing over to Davide Rigon who took the checkered flag. It was the No.54 AF Corse’s second victory at Fuji after its 2017 success, and Rigon’s first LMGTE Am category win since 2013.
The final round of the 2023 FIA WEC season will take place in the Middle East at the start of November for the 8 Hours of Bahrain.
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Matt Campbell and the whole Dempsey-Proton Porsche team had a tough day in the office after car issues put them on the back foot – although Campbell was able to set the fastest time in the race for the GTE-AM…
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Australian Porsche Young Professional driver Matt Campbell joins up once again with the Dempsey-Proton Porsche 911 RSR team along with Julien Andlauer and Christian Ried for the WEC World Endurance Championships 6 hours of Japan at Mt Fuji. The three free…
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Last night Matt Campbell along with team mates Christian Ried and Julien Andlauer took their Dempsey-Proton Porsche 911 RSR to top of the podium for the GTE-AM class at the WEC (World Endurance Championship) Silverstone 6 hour race. Matt has sent us…
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Matt Campbell has sent through his latest update to us after free practice 3 at Silverstone as part of the WEC Super Season. The #77 Dempsey-Proton Porsche 911 RSR team sit third fastest in their GTEAm category after Free Practice…
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