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From press release
Toyota Racing continued its winning start to the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season with victory in a tense second race of 2014, the Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
Anthony Davidson, Nicolas Lapierre and Sébastien Buemi won the race to extend their lead in the Drivers' World Championship and record a third consecutive win for the #8.
"It was a great result for the whole team," noted Lapierre.
"Since the beginning of the weekend we did everything well; in qualifying we extracted everything we could and during the race we stayed calm. It was a very tough race with Porsche.
"We took the lead on the pit stop so I want to say thank you to the mechanics. Sébastien and Anthony drove very well so we could extend the gap. At the end it was more under control so we just had to get to the flag safely."
The next race will be the 24 Hours of Le Mans, June 14-15. Coming off two wins already this season, Toyota is confident it can do well at the biggest endurance race in the world.
"We have seen here that our Le Mans package is working well and the hybrid system was wonderful," added Lapierre.
"We are very happy with this result; it is the best way to get ready for Le Mans."
Race results* - Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium)
1 - Davidson-Lapierre-Buemi (Toyota TS040 Hybrid) - Toyota - 171 laps 6.01'31"675
2 - Di Grassi-Duval-Kristensen (Audi R18 e-tron) - Audi - 1'13"926
3 - Wurz-Sarrazin-Nakajima (Toyota TS040 Hybrid) - Toyota - 1'20"861
4 - Dumas-Jani-Lieb (Porsche 919 Hybrid) - Porsche - 1 lap
5 - Fassler-Lotterer-Treluyer (Audi R18 e-tron) - Audi - 1 lap
6 - Albuquerque-Bonanomi (Audi R18 e-tron) - Audi - 2 laps
7 - Prost-Heidfeld-Beche (Rebellion R One-Toyota) - Rebellion - 10 laps
8 - Rusinov-Pla-Canal (Morgan-Nissan) - G Drive - 11 laps - 1st in LMP2
9 - Dolan-Tincknell-Gené (Zytek Z11SN-Nissan) - Jota - 11 laps
10 - Howson-Bradley-Imperatori (Oreca-Nissan) - KCMG - 12 laps
(...)
*Unofficial results
Toyota Racing continued its winning start to the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season with victory in a tense second race of 2014, the Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
Anthony Davidson, Nicolas Lapierre and Sébastien Buemi won the race to extend their lead in the Drivers' World Championship and record a third consecutive win for the #8.
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| Photo: Toyota |
"It was a great result for the whole team," noted Lapierre.
"Since the beginning of the weekend we did everything well; in qualifying we extracted everything we could and during the race we stayed calm. It was a very tough race with Porsche.
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| Photo: Toyota |
"We took the lead on the pit stop so I want to say thank you to the mechanics. Sébastien and Anthony drove very well so we could extend the gap. At the end it was more under control so we just had to get to the flag safely."
The next race will be the 24 Hours of Le Mans, June 14-15. Coming off two wins already this season, Toyota is confident it can do well at the biggest endurance race in the world.
 |
| Photo: Toyota |
"We have seen here that our Le Mans package is working well and the hybrid system was wonderful," added Lapierre.
"We are very happy with this result; it is the best way to get ready for Le Mans."
 |
| Photo: Toyota |
Race results* - Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium)
1 - Davidson-Lapierre-Buemi (Toyota TS040 Hybrid) - Toyota - 171 laps 6.01'31"675
2 - Di Grassi-Duval-Kristensen (Audi R18 e-tron) - Audi - 1'13"926
3 - Wurz-Sarrazin-Nakajima (Toyota TS040 Hybrid) - Toyota - 1'20"861
4 - Dumas-Jani-Lieb (Porsche 919 Hybrid) - Porsche - 1 lap
5 - Fassler-Lotterer-Treluyer (Audi R18 e-tron) - Audi - 1 lap
6 - Albuquerque-Bonanomi (Audi R18 e-tron) - Audi - 2 laps
7 - Prost-Heidfeld-Beche (Rebellion R One-Toyota) - Rebellion - 10 laps
8 - Rusinov-Pla-Canal (Morgan-Nissan) - G Drive - 11 laps - 1st in LMP2
9 - Dolan-Tincknell-Gené (Zytek Z11SN-Nissan) - Jota - 11 laps
10 - Howson-Bradley-Imperatori (Oreca-Nissan) - KCMG - 12 laps
(...)
*Unofficial results
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| Photo: Toyota |