And two for Alpine! The French team has won its second Hypercar victory in the 2022 WEC at the end of the 6 Hours of Monza. In LMGTE Pro, Corvette had the last word, Realteam by WRT opened its counter in LMP2 and Dempsey-Proton narrowly beat the “Iron Dames” in LMGTE Am.
The fourth test of 2022 World Endurance Championship smiled at theAlpine ELF-Team. In hot and sunny conditions, Andre Negrao, Matthieu Vaxiviere and Nicolas Lapierre emerged victorious in their Hypercar battle against the Toyota Gazoo Racingbeaten for only 2.782 seconds at the arrival !
Hypercar: Glickenhaus badly paid, Peugeot on arrival
The ordeal changed during its fifth hour when Vaxiviere and Kamui Kobayashi (Toyota n°8), in a fight for the lead,clung in a straight line. The contact caused a puncture and damage to the bodywork of the Toyota #8 of the Japanese who had to return to the pits. Penalized by 90 seconds, the crew was downgraded to third place.
Author of an impressive pole position, Glickenhaus Racing led the discussions during the first half of the race. Alas, the American formation, on the podium at the last 24 Hours of Le Manslost all hope turbo problem at the fourth hour.
For his return in the World Endurance arena, Peugeot has fulfilled its initial mission: see arrival. The new 9X8aerodynamics so special, took fourth place with Loic Duval, James Rossiter and Gustavo Menezes. The sister car n°93, led by Jean-Eric Vergne, Mikkel Jensen and Paul di Resta, was less successful in giving up.
Alpine Wins Epic Monza Battle.@Nico_Lapierre @NegraoAndre @Matt_vaxiviere #WEC #6HMonza @SignatechAlpine pic.twitter.com/oFPPiH5XiS
— FIA World Endurance Championship (@FIAWEC) July 10, 2022
LMP2: Realteam by WRT first!
In the second class of prototypes, Realteam by WRT was celebrating his first victory with his trio Ferdinand Habsburg, Rui Andrade and Norman Nato, past the JOTA No. 38 of Will Stevens, Antonio Felix da Costa and Roberto Gonzalez thanks to the last supplies. Vector Sports took the last step of the podium.
LMGTE Pro: Corvette beats Ferrari to the wire!
On the GT side, class victory seemed to go to Ferrari on his land, AF Corse 488 GTE Evo controlling the debates with authority. But everything changed in… the penultimate round when the leading n°52 of Miguel Molina and Antonio Fuoco stopped for his final pitstop.
It was the moment chosen by her pursuer, the Chevrolet Corvette C8.R duo Nick Tandy and Tommy Milner, to slip ahead thanks to a better economy fuel. A bold strategic bet which allowed Corvette to win its first victory in WEC outside Le Mans, the first for the C8.R outside the United States.
AF Corsica contented itself with the podium with the n°52 ahead of the n°51 of James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi, victorious in a tight battle against the #92 Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Kevin Estre.
A milestone moment 💫
The first ever all female line up on the @FIAWEC podium…this moment means everything to us ❤️
⁰#RaceToInspire #Motorsport #WEC pic.twitter.com/Izc7ALYoxp— Iron Dames (@IronDames_) July 10, 2022
LMGTE Am: historic podium for the “Iron Dames”!
If the final victory in Am went to the Porsche Dempsey Protonthanks to Harry Tincknell, the spotlight at Monza was on the Ferrari of Iron Ladies. Pole position winners Sarah Bovy, Michelle Gatting and Rahel Frey led the category for much of the race before having to settle for the second place. It is however their best result in WECand the first time an all-female crew has ridden a WEC podium !
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Next stage of the 2022 World Endurance Championship at Fuji SpeedwaySunday, September 11.
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