Sunday, November 7, 2021

FIA WEC S9 - BAPCO 8 Hours of Bahrain

The FIA World Endurance Championship concludes with the final part of the Bahrain two-parter. 

Although Toyota Gazoo Racing won the championship title, a first in the Hypercar class, their victory party didn't stop here as the final part of the Season 9 finale, known as the BAPCO 8 Hours of Bahrain, shows that this season's champions want to party some more while others in different classes are settling the scores against each other, deciding who will be this season's champs.

Screengrab from WEC

This season's champions, Toyota Gazoo Racing, continued their victory dance in the season finale as the #8 won the BAPCO 8 Hours of Bahrain while AF CORSE scored big with the #51 at the PRO class and the #83 at the AM class, #131 TEAM WRT for the P2 class, and #29 RACING TEAM NEDERLAND for the P2 PRO-AM class.

With the season over, drivers Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi, and Jose-Maria Lopez of the #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing hypercar are named 2021 world champions. Drivers C. Milesi, F. Habsburg, and Robin Frijns are named LMP2 world champions, A. Pier Guidi and J. Calado as LMGTE PRO champs, and A. Rovera, F. Peddodo, and N. Nielsen as LMGTE AM champs.

Toyota Gazoo Racing and Ferrari won the manufacturers championship in Hypercar and GT classes. As for teams, Team WRT, Racing Team Nederland, and AF Corse are champions in LMP2, LMP2 PRO/AM, and LMGTE AM classes.

And that is the end of the FIA WEC Season 9. See you next season!

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