Race update after 4 Hours: Drama as leading Toyota hits trouble while Aston Martin takes lead in LMGTE Pro
The on-track drama continues at the TOTAL 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Headlines from the past two hours of racing at round 7 of the WEC Super Season can be found below.
• Race lead turns on its head at end of third hour as Kamui Kobayashi pits from lead with Hybrid sensor problem and No.7 Toyota TS 050 HYBRID loses 11 minutes in the pits
• No.8 Toyota takes over in lead as Kazuki Nakajima enjoys a one lap lead over second placed No.11 SMP Racing car driven by Vitaly Petrov
• No.7 car starts recovery drive but places tenth as Jose-Maria Lopez fights back to try and take championships to final round at Le Mans
• Rebellion Racing third and fourth with No.3 R13-Gibson of Nathanael Berthon heading No.1 car driven by Bruno Senna
• Earlier, Andre Lotterer spun No.1 car under Full Course Yellow losing time to competitors
• LMGTE Pro witnesses No.97 Aston Martin Racing forge to the front in third hour as Alex Lynn makes brave move on Richard Lietz at Blanchimont before pulling impressive gap
• Out of sequence No.51 Ferrari 488 GTE driven by Alessandro Pier Guidi takes over temporary lead before Lynn regains top spot prior to fourth hour rain shower
• Lynn enjoys 14-second gap over resurgent No.92 Porsche of Kevin Estre
• No.67 Ford GT driven by Harry Tincknell is earlier powerless to resist Estre who grabs second in class just before fifth hour arrives
• Tincknell pits for slick tyres as track dries after rain shower; BMW follow suit which promotes AF Corse Ferraris up to third and fourth with No.51 488 GTE Evo heading No.71 car
• Just 18 seconds covers top four in LMGTE Pro
• LMP2: Signatech Alpine Matmut and No.38 Jackie Chan DC Racing cars swap leads in LMP2 as they alternate different strategies.
• Nicolas Lapierre and Ho-Pin Tung battle it out for lead and are nose-to-tail as fifth hour approaches
• Title rivals scrap over the lead with Tung winning out and heading the class to resist Lapierre’s pressure
• G-Drive Racing place third after Jean-Eric Vergne hands over to Job van Uitert
• Major battles rage at front of the LMGTE Am class as Clearwater Racing enjoy lead after epic double stint from Matteo Cressoni
• Matt Griffin takes over just prior to return of rain to head Jorg Bergmeister’s Team Project 1 Porsche 911 RSR
• Pole sitting TF Sport Aston Martin places third with Charlie Eastwood at wheel
• No.98 Aston Martin drops to fourth as Mathias Lauda takes wheel for second time in race from Paul Dalla Lana
Keep up to date with the final two hours of WEC action by following the latest times and results HERE.
