The Toyota of Mike Conway, Kamuy Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez won the Six Hours of Spa on Saturday, the third round of the WEC World Endurance Championship, ahead of another Toyota, driven by Brendon Hartley, Rio Hirakawa and Sebastien Buemi.
A few weeks before the 24 Hours of Le Mans (June 10 and 11), the battle for third place on the podium was tough between Ferrari and Porsche.
The Porsche of Dane Cameron, Michael Christensen and Frédéric Makowiecki was overtaken on the last lap and lost third place to the Ferrari N.51 of Alessandro Pier Guidi, Antonio Giovinazzi and James Calado.
The Toyota N.7 of Conway, Kobayashi and Lopez, which had started from pole position on “slick” tires, had a complicated start to the race, temporarily suffering the domination of Ferraris equipped with “rain” tires while the conditions Changing weather conditions made tire choices difficult.
The sometimes wet track posed difficulties for several drivers, sometimes forcing the safety car to intervene before the end of the race on a dry track.
“It’s a great result in view of Le Mans,” rejoiced Briton Mike Conway, already winner of the first round of the WEC at Sebring (Germany) on March 18. “It was a wild ride. And despite a complicated start because of the rain, everything went really well.
