We thought the Toyota was going to run out of gas
In front, finishing slowly to avoid running out of fuel, Kamui Kobayashi nevertheless resisted to the end the Porsche of Kevin Estre, André Lotterer and our Laurens Vanthoor, author of a very good first double stint.
“We would have signed straight away for this result two weeks agorejoiced the Zolder driver, consolidating his leadership in the world championship three weeks before the 6 Hours of Spa. We had an intelligent and faultless race. We thought the Toy was going to run out of gas, but that wasn't the case.”
After a difficult start in Qatar, the Japanese world champions are back at the top thanks to the Kobayashi-Conway-de Vries trio, while the 2nd factory 963 of Makowiecki-Christensen-Campbell completes the podium.
A fine sixth place for the BMW M V8 Hybrid WRT of Frijns-Rast-Van der Linde who could have even hoped for better without a small error from the South African and a penalty.
Magnificent double for the M4 WRT in GT
The GT race was also decided on a tire bet lost by the Porsche Manthey of the first leaders Malykhin-Sturm-Lietz and above all won by the professional drivers of the Belgian team. Augusto Farfus (supported by Sean Gelael and Darren Leung) and Maxime Martin signed a festival by being almost the only ones to dare to stay on slicks in the rain where they overtook drifting Hypercars. A little faster in the wet, the Brazilian saw the Brussels native return in the dry, before a penalty for an infraction under neutralization of the yellow flags forced the teammate of star Valentino Rossi to settle for first place. “A great result for the whole team, welcomed the Brussels resident after the Brabançonne deserved by WRT. Seventh place for Tom Van Rompuy’s Corvette a little too much “energy consuming” and early retirement for Sarah Bovy hit by a Porsche even before the lights went out.
