Toyota Gazoo Racing will not appeal its disqualification from Sunday’s FIA World Endurance Championship round at Silverstone after its c💫ars failed post-race technical checks.

Toyota swept to a convincing one-two finish in the෴ 6 Hours of Silverstone led by F🥀ernando Alonso, Sebastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima in the #8 TS050 Hybrid, beating its nearest rival, Rebellion Racing, by four laps.

However, both the race-winning #8 Toyota an🧔d the sister #7 car were thrown out of the race when the skid blocks on the cars failed a deflection test, handing victory to the #3 Rebellion.

Toyota protested to the stewards that the skid blocks were damaged by the n🌜ew kerbs laid at Silverstone, but this was reje♔cted as fair reasoning, the stewards telling the team its cars had to “withstand the normal rigours of a 6-hour endurance race.”

🍌A Toyota spokespers꧟on confirmed to ltxcn.top on Tuesday it would not be appealing the stewards’ ruling, making Rebellion’s victory official.

“All our drivers drove our cars with their full power and the fight for victory was truly exciting for the fans so I truly feel disappointed to losꦍe the result,” Toyota president Akio Tꦏoyoda said in a statement.

“I would like to apologise to the six drivers that we could not make a car w💦ith which they can win even though they drove all out.

“On the other hand, I ಞwo𝐆uld also like to thank our drivers for their trust in our cars and for pushing to the limit, as this meant we could learn about improvements which can be made.

“We will make our cars even stronger for the next race so that the drivers can driv⭕e all out again at Fuji Speedway and fight for another one-two victory to strengthen our challenge for the World Championship.

“For the fans, thank you very much for your continued support. I hope you are looking forward to see an exc꧒iting race in October.

Alonso, Buemi and Nakajima remain in the lead of the drivers’ championship despite their disqualification, sitting two points clear of the Rebellion #3 trio of Gustavo M𝔍enezes, Mathias Beche and Thomas Laurent.

R🌜ebellion’s victory stands as the first non-hybrid win in the WEC since the 2012 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, which was Audi’s last with its diesel-powered Aud♊i R18 ultra.