Toyota crushes Alpine at the 8 Hours of Bahrain to win its fourth consecutive World Endurance Championship

Published by The team in News the 12/11/2022 at 20:25

Toyota has not failed in the decisive appointment. The Japanese brand has won the title of endurance world champions for the fourth consecutive year after unceremoniously crushing Alpine in the 8 Hours of Bahrain, the decisive event in which the two brands arrived tied on points at the top of the classification.

The #8 Toyota already broke the tie this Friday, achieving a pole position that was well kept until the last minute, and at the start it defended that first position as if it were gold cloth against Peugeot's attacks. It was vital to be in front to take a title that they have suffered until the last day.

Ferrari #51 miraculously saves the GT crown

Toyota has authoritatively dominated the 8 Hours of Bahrain, even allowing #7, who could risk the most going full throttle, to take the win . The #8 led for much of the race, but stopped taking risks when they saw that the race was already well on track.

And it is that Alpine has not been able to even come close . The French brand has been able to rescue a third position on the podium, more due to Peugeot's reliability problems than anything else, but doubled twice by the Toyota. Only a serious mechanical failure of the #8 could give them the title, and it has not happened.

Peugeot is becoming more competitive, but still has reliability problems . On Friday they were clearly in contention for pole position, although in the end they were surprised by Toyota. At the exit they attacked the Japanese, without much success. But when they were on the way to the podium the mechanical problems began.

The #93 was left lying in the middle of the track due to gearbox problems, being unable to complete the race, while the #94 also had some problems that caused it to lose the podium against Alpine, although at least it has entered finish in fourth position. But the Peugeot 9x8 says goodbye to 2022 without a single podium .

In the end, Toyota won the drivers' championship by just five points , taking #8 from the #36 Alpine in the final round. Surely the French are regretting how they did the cousin in Le Mans qualifying looking for pole, which caused the BoP to punish them until they lost the podium with Glickenhaus. Six points now gold.

The other three championships were also up for grabs and were resolved without any surprises in Bahrain. Jota has won the LMP2 with António Félix da Costa, the #51 Ferrari has miraculously saved the GT crown , not without suffering as they have fallen to fifth position due to mechanical problems. TF Sport wins in the amateurs.

Results 8 Hours of Bahrain 2022

POSITION	DORSAL	CATEGORY	EQUIPMENT	CAR	LAPS	DIFFERENCE	BEST V	SPEED	STOPS
1	7	Hypercar H	TOYOTA GAZOO RACING	Toyota GR010 HYBRID	245	-	1:50,125	277.85	7
two	8	Hypercar H	TOYOTA GAZOO RACING	Toyota GR010 HYBRID	245	45,471	1:50,846	285.16	7
3	36	hyper car	ALPINE ELF TEAM	Alpine A480-Gibson	242	3 laps	1:50,943	284.41	9
4	94	Hypercar H	PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES	Peugeot 9X8	238	1:07,362	1:50,706	279.28	8
5	31	LM P2	WRT	Oreca 07-Gibson	237	1 lap	1:51,732	277.14	eleven
6	23	LM P2	UNITED AUTOSPORTS USA	Oreca 07-Gibson	236	50,206	1:52,952	270.22	eleven
7	38	LM P2	JOT	Oreca 07-Gibson	236	30,744	1:52,503	280.73	eleven
8	9	LM P2	PREMA ORLEN TEAM	Oreca 07-Gibson	236	5,043	1:52,912	272.26	eleven
9	41	LM P2	REALTEAM BY WRT	Oreca 07-Gibson	236	8,434	1:53,021	275.03	eleven
10	22	LM P2	UNITED AUTOSPORTS USA	Oreca 07-Gibson	236	12.43	1:52,960	277.85	eleven
eleven	28	LM P2	JOT	Oreca 07-Gibson	235	24.07	1:53,676	277.85	12
12	1	LM P2	RICHARD MILLE RACING TEAM	Oreca 07-Gibson	235	1:14,920	1:52,918	269.55	eleven
13	10	LM P2	VECTOR SPORTS	Oreca 07-Gibson	235	6,208	1:53,527	276.43	10
14	83	LM P2 P/A	AF CORSE	Oreca 07-Gibson	2. 3. 4	39,825	1:53,308	266.24	12
fifteen	35	LM P2 P/A	ULTIMATE	Oreca 07-Gibson	2. 3. 4	47,166	1:53,910	271.58	eleven
16	Four. Five	LM P2 P/A	ALGARVE PRO RACING	Oreca 07-Gibson	2. 3. 4	8,298	1:53,751	267.56	12
17	3. 4	LM P2	INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION	Oreca 07-Gibson	231	3 laps	1:53,478	267.56	13
18	52	LM GTE Pro	AF CORSE	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	230	6:45.209	1:58,228	258.62	7
19	64	LM GTE Pro	CORVETTE RACING	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	230	50,826	1:58,691	258.62	7
twenty	92	LM GTE Pro	PORSCHE GT TEAM	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	229	55,903	1:58,478	259.86	7
twenty-one	91	LM GTE Pro	PORSCHE GT TEAM	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	229	14,897	1:58,080	259.23	8
22	51	LM GTE Pro	AF CORSE	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	227	2 laps	1:57,993	253.77	7
23	44	LM P2 P/A	ARC BRATISLAVA	Oreca 07-Gibson	226	1:37.101	1:53,477	273.64	12
24	46	LM GTE Am	TEAM PROJECT 1	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	226	40,327	1:58,873	256.17	8
25	56	LM GTE Am	TEAM PROJECT 1	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	226	15,665	1:59,223	257.39	7
26	85	LM GTE Am	IRON DAMES	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	226	3,174	2:00,434	253.77	7
27	33	LM GTE Am	TF SPORT	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	225	24.41	1:59,622	254.96	7
28	98	LM GTE Am	NORTHWEST AMR	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	225	36,551	1:59,865	255.57	7
29	86	LM GTE Am	GR RACING	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	225	10,459	1:59,941	256.17	9
30	54	LM GTE Am	AF CORSE	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	225	1,155	1:59,284	256.17	9
31	77	LM GTE Am	DEMPSEY - PROTON RACING	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	225	4,521	2:00,532	256.17	7
32	60	LM GTE Am	IRON LYNX	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	225	18,001	2:00,014	253.77	8
33	777	LM GTE Am	D'STATION RACING	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	224	1:05.201	2:00,195	254.37	7
3. 4	twenty-one	LM GTE Am	AF CORSE	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	224	41,322	2:00,170	252.00	8
35	88	LM GTE Am	DEMPSEY - PROTON RACING	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	224	23,345	1:59,949	254.37	8
36	71	LM GTE Am	SPIRIT OF RACE	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	223	1:44,354	2:00.104	255.57	10
37	93	Hypercar H	PEUGEOT TOTALENERGIES	Peugeot 9X8	171	52 laps	1:49,709	286.67	6

WEC Overall Classification

Toyota #8, 149 points
Alpine #36, 144 points
Toyota #7, 133 points
Glickenhaus #708, 70 points
Peugeot #94, 40 points

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