Kubica, Shwartzman and Ye seize first win forward of charging Toyota at COTA · RaceFans

The client Ferrari squad of Robert Kubica, Robert Shwartzman and Ye Yifei resisted strain from Toyota to attain their first win within the World Endurance Championship on the Circuit of the Americas.

The quantity 83 Ferrari hit the entrance of the sector in direction of the tip of the primary hour of of the six-hour Lone Star Le Mans race. Robert Kubica, who began second, handed Antonio Giovinazzi, having shared the entrance row of the grid with the works quantity 51 Ferrari 599P.

Giovinazzi was doomed to retire from the race after spinning to a halt when he encountered Stoffel Vandoorne within the quantity 94 Peugeot at flip 12. Though he was in a position to limp his Ferrari again to the pits, it by no means returned to the monitor after it was pushed into the storage with an obvious energy unit drawback. The Peugeot retired on the four-hour mark when Paul di Resta pulled over at flip 11.

Interlagos winners Toyota went into the sixth spherical at an obstacle following the most recent adjustment’s to WEC’s Stability of Efficiency, then their drivers blunted their problem with a collection of errors. Sebastien Buemi incurred a 30 second stop-and-go penalty, plus two penalty factors on his licence, for an outrageous block on Kevin Estre, inflicting contact with the quantity six Porsche and forcing it off-track on the exit of flip 11, and sustaining a left-rear puncture on his personal automotive as he did so.

The quantity seven Porsche misplaced the lead of the race after Kamui Kobayashi needed to serve a drive-through penalty for failing to sluggish sufficiently for yellow flags. He gave chase to Shwartzman’s automotive within the last laps however fell 1.7 seconds wanting catching him after working large at flip 18 and once more at flip one.

The works quantity 50 Ferrari of Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen took the ultimate place on the rostrum, 24 seconds in arrears. 4 different vehicles completed on the lead lap, led by the quantity two Cadillac shared by Earl Bamber and Alex Lynn.

Alpine scored their finest results of the season as far as Paul-Loup Chatin, Ferdinard Habsburg and Charles Milesi took the quantity 35 machine to fifth place. They had been adopted by two Penske-run Porsches: Estre and group mates Andre Lotterer and Laurens Vanthoor noticed their championship lead trimmed to 12 factors after coming sixth, their lowest end thus far this 12 months.

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Race consequence

Pos
No.
Class
Staff
Automobile
Drivers
Laps

1
83
Hypercar
AF Corse
Ferrari 499P
Robert Kubica/Robert Shwartzman/Yifei Ye
Ferrari 499P

2
7
Hypercar
Toyota Gazoo Racing
Toyota GR010
Jose Maria Lopez/Kamui Kobayashi/Nyck de Vries
Toyota GR010 – Hybrid

3
50
Hypercar
Ferrari AF Corse
Ferrari 499P
Antonio Fuoco/Miguel Molina/Nicklas Nielsen
Ferrari 499P

4
2
Hypercar
Cadillac Racing
Cadillac V-Collection.R
Earl Bamber/Alex Lynn/Alex Palou
Cadillac V-Collection.R

5
35
Hypercar
Alpine Endurance Staff
Alpine A424
Paul-Loup Chatin/Ferdinand Habsburg/Charles Milesi
Alpine A424

6
6
Hypercar
Porsche Penske Motorsport
Porsche 963
Kevin Estre/Andre Lotterer/Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 963

7
5
Hypercar
Porsche Penske Motorsport
Porsche 963
Matt Campbell/Michael Christensen/Frederic Makowiecki
Porsche 963

8
15
Hypercar
Bmw M Staff WRT
BMW M Hybrid V8
Dries Vanthoor/Raffaele Marciello/Marco Wittmann
BMW M HYBRID V8

9
36
Hypercar
Alpine Endurance Staff
Alpine A424
Nicolas Lapierre/Mick Schumacher/Matthieu Vaxiviere
Alpine A424

10
38
Hypercar
Staff Jota
Porsche 963
Jenson Button/Philip Hanson/Oliver Rasmussen
Porsche 963

11
99
Hypercar
Proton Competitors
Porsche 963
Harry Tincknell/Neel Jani/Julien Andlauer
Porsche 963

12
93
Hypercar
Peugeot
Peugeot 9X8
Mikkel Jensen/Nico Mueller/Jean-Eric Vergne
Peugeot 9X8

13
20
Hypercar
Bmw M Staff WRT
BMW M Hybrid V8
Sheldon Van Der Linde/Robin Frijns/Rene Rast
BMW M HYBRID V8

14
63
Hypercar
Lamborghini Iron Lynx
Lamborghini SC63
Mirko Bortolotti/Edoardo Mortara/Daniil Kvyat
Lamborghini SC63

15
8
Hypercar
Toyota Gazoo Racing
Toyota GR010
Sebastien Buemi/Brendon Hartley/Ryo Hirakawa
Toyota GR010 – Hybrid

16
27
LMGT3
Coronary heart Of Racing Staff
Aston Martin Vantage AMR
Ian James/Daniel Mancinelli/Alex Riberas
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3

17
92
LMGT3
Manthey Purerxcing
Porsche 911 GT3 R
Aliaksandr Malykhin/Joel Sturm/Klaus Bachler
Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3

18
91
LMGT3
Manthey Ema
Porsche 911 GT3 R
Yasser Shahin/Morris Schuring/Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3

19
59
LMGT3
United Autosports
McLaren 720S Evo
James Cottingham/Nicolas Costa/Gregoire Saucy
McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo

20
31
LMGT3
Staff WRT
BMW M4
Darren Leung/Sean Gelael/Augusto Farfus
BMW M4 LMGT3

21
77
LMGT3
Proton Competitors
Ford Mustang
Ryan Hardwick/Zacharie Robichon/Ben Barker
Ford Mustang LMGT3

22
95
LMGT3
United Autosports
McLaren 720S Evo
Joshua Caygill/Nicolas Pino/Marino Sato
McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo

23
82
LMGT3
TF Sport
Corvette Z06.R
Hiroshi Koizumi/Sebastien Baud/Daniel Juncadella
Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R

24
78
LMGT3
Akkodis Asp Staff
Lexus RC F
Arnold Robin/Timur Boguslavskiy/Kelvin Van Der Linde
Lexus RC F LMGT3

25
55
LMGT3
Vista AF Corse
Ferrari 296
Francois Heriau/Simon Mann/Alessio Rovera
Ferrari 296 LMGT3

26
87
LMGT3
Akkodis Asp Staff
Lexus RC F
Takeshi Kimura/Esteban Masson/
Lexus RC F LMGT3

27
60
LMGT3
Iron Lynx
Lamborghini Huracan Evo2
Claudio Schiavoni/Matteo Cressoni/Franck Perera
Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2

28
85
LMGT3
Iron Dames
Lamborghini Huracan Evo2
Sarah Bovy/Doriane Pin/Michelle Gatting
Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2

Not categorised

46
LMGT3
Staff WRT
BMW M4
Ahmad Al Harthy/Valentino Rossi/Maxime Martin
BMW M4 LMGT3

88
LMGT3
Proton Competitors
Ford Mustang
Giorgio Roda/Mikkel Pedersen/Dennis Olsen
Ford Mustang LMGT3

12
Hypercar
Staff Jota
Porsche 963
Will Stevens/Callum Ilott/Norman Nato
Porsche 963

81
LMGT3
TF Sport
Corvette Z06.R
Tom Van Rompuy/Rui Andrade/Charlie Eastwood
Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R

94
Hypercar
Peugeot
Peugeot 9X8
Paul di Resta/Loic Duval/Stoffel Vandoorne
Peugeot 9X8

777
LMGT3
D’Station Racing
Aston Martin Vantage AMR
Clement Mateu/Erwan Bastard/Marco Sorensen
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3

51
Hypercar
Ferrari AF Corse
Ferrari 499P
Alessandro Pier Guidi/James Calado/Antonio Giovinazzi
Ferrari 499P

54
LMGT3
Vista AF Corse
Ferrari 296
Thomas Flohr/Francesco Castellacci/Davide Rigon
Ferrari 296 LMGT3

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