The situation was preceded by a rumble with a lap overtake.
The Toyota race in Sebring had failed. AOP
The WEC season of the World Championships in Endurance Competitions started with Sebring’s 1,000-mile race in the USA.
The Alpine community drove the race to shorten the race Nicolas Lapierre – Matthieu Vaxiviere – Andre Negraobut the most talked about event of the race was the drastic outing of another Toyota factory team.
Last season, he celebrated the World Championship title in endurance racing Jose Maria Lopez led the race until he crashed with those to be overtaken in the round. He then tried to spill his damaged Toyota GR010 HYBRID towards the depot for a repair operation.
To the horror of the Argentine, however, the car did not turn straight into anything, and the car derailed, crashing violently into the tire wall. Toyota was still spinning around, badly destroyed.
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Fortunately, Lopez was okay and was able to get out of his car unharmed. The race was suspended for more than half an hour during the track repairs.
– I am sorry. This was completely my fault. I overestimated the pace in that situation. The bow of the car broke and when I tried to turn the car did not obey, Lopez took charge of the crash.
For Toyota, which dominated the WEC series in recent years, the race was ultimately disappointing. The second car lost the victory at the end of the race to an extra depot stop.
The competition also saw Finnish colors. Toni Vilander participated in the race as a member of the Ferrari factory team in the GTE Am class. Autokunta ranked seventh in its class.