The FIAWEC is poised for a head-to-head showdown between TGR_WEC and Alpine in Bahrain after the Japanese manufacturer's 8 led home a 1-2 at Fuji. Meanwhile the 31 followWRT ORECA snared LMP2 honours, while 51 FerrariRaces took GTE Pro spoils ⬇️
The two Toyota GR010 HYBRIDs were in a class of their own on the Japanese marque’s home turf, and it was the #8 crew of Buemi, Hirakawa and Hartley that held a decisive edge in race trim over the #7 car of Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Jose Maria Lopez to set up a final round showdown with Alpine.
Hirakawa finally took the chequered flag 1m08s clear for he and his team-mates’ second win of the year following their success in the Le Mans 24 Hours in June. That promoted the #93 car, which had struggled for pace early on in Jean-Eric Vergne’s hands, to a fourth place it held to the flag. Vergne, Paul di Resta and Mikkel Jensen finished seven laps down following a seven-minute garage trip in the fourth hour.
Frijns led the #38 Jota car of Will Stevens by around 16 seconds heading into the closing stages, making his final splash-and-dash with 15 minutes to go. LMP2 Pro/Am honours went to AF Corse trio Francois Perrodo, Nicklas Nielsen and Alessio Rovera for the third time this season.Ferrari put on a clinic in the GTE Pro class as Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado extended their points advantage with their second win of 2022.
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