#8 Toyota took the win in WEC 6 Hours of Sao Paulo ahead of Porsche pair in Hypercar, as #92 Porsche does so in LMGT3.
Hypercar –
- The No.8 Toyota trio take advantage of issues for early leading sister Toyota of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries to take their first win of the season
- Buemi heads home the No.6 Porsche Penske 963 Hypercar of Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre and Andre Lotterer
- Completing the podium is the No.5 Porsche Penske 963 Hypercar of Michael Christensen, Matt Campbell and Frederic Makowiecki on strong day for Porsche
- No.51 Ferrari AF Corse driven by James Calado, Antonio Giovinazzi and Alessandro Pier Guidi just beaten to fourth place with move of the race executed by Kamui Kobayashi in the recovering No.7 Toyota GR010 Hypercar
- Taking sixth is the No.50 Le Mans winning Ferrari 499P Hypercar of Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen
- Completing the top ten is: 7th No.38 Hertz Team Jota Porsche; 8th No.93 Peugeot TotalEnergies; 9th No.15 BMW M Team; 10th No.36 Alpine
LMGT3 –
- No.92 Manthey PureRxcing Porsche dominates the Rolex 6 Hours of Sao Paulo LMGT3 race with Kluas Bachler converts earlier hard work by Aliaksandr Malykhin and Joel Sturm to manage lead and complete cars second victory of the season
- With the sister Manthey Porsche of Yasser Shahin, Richard Lietz and Morris Schuring have a difficult first hour to the race and finishing outside the points, the No.92 crew take significant points lead in the standings now
- Heart of Racing Aston Martin take its best result of the season with second place as Ian James, Daniel Mancinelli and Alex Riberas claim well-earned runners-up position despite serving a late drive-through penalty for a full course yellow infringement
- Rounding out the podium is the No.95 United Autosports McLaren trio of Marino Sato, Joshua Caygill and Nicolas Pino. Result is the first ever podium position for McLaren in the WEC
- Heartbreak again for the Iron Dames Lamborghini crew of Sarah Bovy, Michelle Gatting and Rahel Frey as they retire from second place with a mechanical issue
- Completing the top six at Interlagos in LMGT3 is: 4th No.59 United Autosport McLaren; 5th No.46 Team WRT BMW; 6th No.55 VISTA AF Corse Ferrari
Result: https://x.com/MsportXtra/status/1812586295232766196
[Note: The story is as per press release]
