WEC, in the 6 Hours of Imola Toyota wins between Hypercars and BMW in LMGT3. Valentino Rossi second

For 6 hours of Imola of Toyota #7 of Kamui Kobayashi, Nick De Vries and Mike Conway is the first car to cross the finish line among Hypercars. Behind him two Porsche: #6 by Estre, Vanthoor and Lotterer and #5 by Campbell, Christensen and Makowiecki. In the category LMGT3 He sees the podium due to BMW in front of Porsche. First crew Farfus, Leung and Gelael and #31, second Valentino Rossi with Al Harthy and Martin in the #46, #92 Porsche third. Ferrari betrayed by rain, 12th Lamborghini, 17th Isotta Fraschini.

In front of 73,600 spectators who attended the Italian event over three days, two official Hypercars of The Ferrari team – AF Corse, the protagonists in the first half of the race, finished fourth and seventh: at the bottom of the podium were Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen, with the 499P number 50, in front of Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado. and Antonio Giovinazzi, in sister car number 51. The third 499P, number 83 of AF Corse, ranks first among the independent FIA World Cup for Hypercar Teams.

The battle for first place heats up in the last quarter of an hour between the leader Kobayashi, in Toyota, and Estre in Porsche. To win, Estre must defeat the bishop of the Council of Three Spells and move him by at least 5″ to reduce the previously received penalty and still be used. The Japanese driver refuses and the Stuttgart company has to settle for two places of honor. After getting the first places at Hyperpole, Ferrari left Imola with the best lap time recorded in the race by Antonio Fuoco, who set a 1:31.794 on lap 203, even less than that achieved in the standings at Hyperpole.

Valentino Rossiclimbing to the second step of the podium, something he narrowly missed on his first appearance in Qatar, he sets a new record by becoming the first MotoGP world champion to contest a full season in the WEC.