The #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing crew of Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa have won the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo. The trio claimed their second win of the season and the Japanese manufacturer became the first car manufacturer to win the Interlagos FIA World Endurance Championship twice, having won the inaugural event in 2012.
The crew of the #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid had no issues at the front of the pack after a lengthy pit stop due to a fuel pressure sensor issue on the sister car of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Nick de Vries, who led and took pole position.
Buemi took the chequered flag, while the No. 6 Porsche Penske 963 driven by Laurens Vanthoor, Kévin Estre and André Lotterer took the win, while a second Porsche Penske Motorsport car (the No. 5 driven by Michael Christensen, Matt Campbell and Frederik Makowiecki) completed the podium.
The #51 Ferrari AF Corse driven by James Calado, Antonio Giovinacci and Alessandro Pier Guidi barely managed to finish fourth, while Kamui Kobayashi was clear race leader in the recovering #7 car.
6th place went to the Le Mans 24 Hours winning Ferrari 499P #50 driven by Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Niklas Nielsen.
MANTHEY PURERXCING is back on the winning path.
#92 Manthey PureRxcing Porsche took the LMGT3 class win with Klaus Bachler, Aleksandr Malikin and Joel Stumm claiming their second win of the season and first since the season-opening 1,812km race in Qatar.
With the second Manthey Porsche of Yasser Shahin, Richard Lietz and Morris Schuring struggling in the first hour of the race and finishing outside the points, the #92 crew built up a significant lead in the standings, with the two competitors tied in points before the Brazilian round. Porsche also became the first manufacturer to win the LMGT3 class four times.
Heart of the Racing Aston Martin claimed their best result of the season with a deserved second-place finish, despite Ian James, Daniel Mancinelli and Alex Riveras receiving drive-through penalties for full-course yellow card infringements late in the race.
The final spot on the podium was taken by the #95 United Autosport McLaren trio of Marino Sato, Joshua Cagill and Nico Pino, who took the podium for McLaren for the first time in the FIA WEC.
The Iron Dames Lamborghini crew of Sarah Bobby, Michelle Gatting and Rachel Frey started on pole position but suffered another disappointing result as they retired in second place with mechanical issues.
