WEC 6 hrs of Spa Francorchamps 2017
Toyota secured a one-two finish in the WEC 6 Hours of Spa, taking the win by less than two seconds over the #7 car. It was the Toyota TS050 Hybrid of Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi that led for much of the distance at the Belgian track, but two Full Course Yellows played into the hands of the sister car. Kobayashi had brought down the gap to Buemi in the lead Toyota to just two seconds at the start of the final lap, but was baulked by traffic as he strove to close down the Swiss driver. Buemi held on to win by just 1.992s over Kobayashi at the finish. Porsche took third and fourth places with its pair of low-downforce configuration 919 Hybrid
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The contest for LMP2 class honours had developed into a two-horse race between the TDS-run G-Drive Oreca and the #31 Rebellion car of Bruno Senna, Julien Canal and Nicolas Prost. The #26 G-Drive followed up on their pole position by taking a first victory of the season.
Ferrari dominated the GTE Pro ranks with its pair of AF Corse-run 488 GTEs, which were locked in a fierce scrap for the win virtually throughout the entire race. In GTE Am, the #98 Aston Martin of Pedro Lamy, Mathias Lauda and Paul Dalla Lana cruised to a dominant victory.
