Alonso, Buemi, Nakajima claim WEC world drivers' title at Le Mans

Fernando Alonso, Sebastien Buemi and🍸 Kazuki Nakajima have clinched the FIA World Endurance Championship drivers’ title after finishing winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid crew entered the seas꧋on finale requiring a top-seven finish to wrap up the title ahead of the rival #7 Toyota car shared by Mike Conway, Jose Maria Lopez and Kamui Kobayashi.

Alonso, Buemi, Nakajima claim WEC title at Le Mans

Fernando Alonso, Sebas🍨tien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajܫima have clinched the FIA World Endurance Championship drivers’ title after finishing winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid crew enter🔯ed the season finale requiring a top-seven finish to wrap u♑p the title ahead of the rival #7 Toyota car shared by Mike Conway, Jose Maria Lopez and Kamui Kobayashi.

The trio wrapped up the championship in drama🤪tic fashion after claiming a late victory at Le Mans, passing the #7 Toyota with one hour to go after a sensor failure caused the team to change the wrong tyre on the car following a puncture.

Alonso, Buemi and Nakajima took fღive victories across the course of the WEC super season, including both runnings of Le Mans, and finish the year 41 points clear in the final standings.

It marks Alonso’s first FIA ꦍworld title since he won his most recent Formula 1 championship wit💙h Renault in 2006.

Buemi becomes a two-time WEC drivers’ champion following his success alongsid♑e Anthony Davidson in 2014, while Nakajima clinches h𝓀is maiden crown.

There was world championship success for Porsche drivers Michael Christensen and Kevin Estre in G♌TE-Pro despite their race being hampered by an exhaust change through the night that dropped them down the order.

The #92 Porsche 911 RSR duo could only finish 10th in class, but it was enough to secure the title as the riv𓃲al #91 Porsche pair of Gianmaria Bruni and Richard Lietz couওld only finish second, failing to make up the points gap.

In LMP2, the Signatech ꦕAlpine Matmut trio of Nicolas Lapierre, Andre Negrao and Pierre Thiriet sealed their class title in style by taking victory at Le Mans in the #36 Alpine A470 Gibson.

The trio defended their victory at the Circuit de la Sarthe from 2018 after a fight with G-Drive Racing was ended by an issue for the #26 Aurus 01 Gibson, leaviღng the Signatech crew a lap ahead of the field.

The GTE-Am title was also secured by Team Project 1 as Jorg Bergmeister, Patrick Lindsey and Egidio Perfettꦫi ended the race P2 overall, clinching a sixth podium of the season in the #56 Porsche 911 RSR.

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