Post by mesi10 on Jan 11, 2024 7:55:57 GMT 3
The official Toyota team has broken with a career full of misfortunes in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and on this Sunday afternoon, in the 86th edition, it achieved victory for the first time, which came from the hand of a Toyota TS050 Hybrid piloted by the Spanish Fernando Alonso, the Swiss Sébastien Buemi and the Japanese Kazuki Nakajima, who made the last relay.
In addition to winning with car number 8 (388 laps), in which Alonso is lined up, Toyota has also done a double, since the #7, made up of the British Mike Conway, the Japanese Kamui Kobayashi and the Argentine José María Pechito López , has entered second position, two laps behind the winner.
However, before he crossed the finish line, and on lap 359 (when Kobayashi was driving), the car lost power, reproducing the moments of panic of 2016 when with one lap remaining Toyota lost the victory. In the end, it all came down to a mistake by the team for miscalculating gasoline consumption, which made them do one more lap than they should have and at a very slow pace.
TOYOTA DOMAIN. Just as Toyota did last Thursday, on the third and final day of official training, in which it achieved pole position, the Japanese team Binance App Users Data has achieved another double, with which it breaks the losing trajectory at the La Sarthe circuit and rises by first time with the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans, which this year celebrated its 86th edition.
This is the second victory for Alonso's car in the current World Endurance Championship (WEC), which also awards double points to the winner in the Le Mans race. In this super championship, which encompasses 2018 and part of 2019, the event in Le Mans will be experienced twice, the second time as the final point of the contest.
The dominance of the Toyotas in Le Mans has been absolute, which has led the Japanese team to break the curse of the 24 Hours, since in other editions they had everything to achieve victory, which finally escaped them. hands in each bet.
The LPM1 category, where the two Toyota hybrids participated, has reached the finish line with few successes, since only the two Swiss Rebellions have remained standing, both at eleven (#3) and twelve laps (#1). Rebellion #3, with the Swiss Mathias Beche, the Frenchman Thomas Laurent and the American Gustavo Menezes, finished third.
In addition to winning with car number 8 (388 laps), in which Alonso is lined up, Toyota has also done a double, since the #7, made up of the British Mike Conway, the Japanese Kamui Kobayashi and the Argentine José María Pechito López , has entered second position, two laps behind the winner.
However, before he crossed the finish line, and on lap 359 (when Kobayashi was driving), the car lost power, reproducing the moments of panic of 2016 when with one lap remaining Toyota lost the victory. In the end, it all came down to a mistake by the team for miscalculating gasoline consumption, which made them do one more lap than they should have and at a very slow pace.
TOYOTA DOMAIN. Just as Toyota did last Thursday, on the third and final day of official training, in which it achieved pole position, the Japanese team Binance App Users Data has achieved another double, with which it breaks the losing trajectory at the La Sarthe circuit and rises by first time with the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans, which this year celebrated its 86th edition.
This is the second victory for Alonso's car in the current World Endurance Championship (WEC), which also awards double points to the winner in the Le Mans race. In this super championship, which encompasses 2018 and part of 2019, the event in Le Mans will be experienced twice, the second time as the final point of the contest.
The dominance of the Toyotas in Le Mans has been absolute, which has led the Japanese team to break the curse of the 24 Hours, since in other editions they had everything to achieve victory, which finally escaped them. hands in each bet.
The LPM1 category, where the two Toyota hybrids participated, has reached the finish line with few successes, since only the two Swiss Rebellions have remained standing, both at eleven (#3) and twelve laps (#1). Rebellion #3, with the Swiss Mathias Beche, the Frenchman Thomas Laurent and the American Gustavo Menezes, finished third.