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WEC Spa 6-Hours: Toyota win first race of Hypercar era

Toyota Gazoo Racing’s #8 crew of Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Kazuki Nakajima took the first-ever Hypercar victory at the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps on Saturday. Buemi took the all-new Toyota GR010-Hybrid to the chequered flag after an eventful race which saw the trio fightback from two separate penalties to win an intriguing 2021 FIA WEC season opener. They faced down a race-long challenge from both the sister Toyota of Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Jose-Maria Lopez and the Alpine A480-Gibson. All three Hypercar entries led during the frantic six-hour race but it was the No. 8 that came out on top when several issues were encountered by the No. 7 machine. These...
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