The No.8 Toyota TS050 HYBRID has taken the first WEC Super Season win, the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. No.66 Ford GT takes first WEC win in LMGTE Pro.
Fernando Alonso celebrated a winning start to his FIA World Endurance Championship career as he and teammates Sébastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima took a conclusive victory in today’s TOTAL 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
In the first race of the 2018-19 WEC Super Season the No.7 Toyota Gazoo Racing car led the vast majority of the race to head home the sister Toyota TS050 HYBRID of Mike Conway, José Maria Lopez and Kamui Kobayashi.
In LMGTE Pro Olivier Pla, Stefan Mücke and Billy Johnson claimed their first WEC victory after a race long battle with the No.91 Porsche 911 RSR of Michael Christensen and Kevin Estre. The race came down to the final 45-minutes after a Safety Car gave Pla an opportunity to overtake the No.91 Porsche of Richard Lietz which eventually came third in class.
The sister Ford GT, No.67, driven by Harry Tincknell, crashed spectacularly in the second hour. The British driver thankfully emerged from the Ford GT uninjured.
LMP2 fell to G-Drive Racing with Jean-Eric Vergne, Andrea Pizzitola and Roman Rusinov. It was the team’s second success in as many years at Spa and its third in the last five events held at the Belgian venue.
Reigning LMGTE Am champions Aston Martin Racing took a fourth consecutive Spa win with Pedro Lamy, Paul Dalla and Mathias Lauda.
Full report to follow....
#8 @Toyota_Hybrid take the #6hSpa Chequered Flagand win the sensational Super Season Opener, @alo_oficial has his maiden victory at his #WEC debut
— WEC (@FIAWEC) May 5, 2018
Congratulations to the whole crew! #WEC pic.twitter.com/3BdtjYaFLp
