08 May 2017
By Wright Communications
The trio led Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi by less than
two seconds after 173 laps of the Ardennes track in Belgium.
Buemi was humble in victory. "We weren't the fastest Toyota. Car 7
deserved the win more. They lost a lot of time with the full course
yellows while leading."
Conway and Kobayashi led for much of the race, but safety car
periods allowed the other contenders to catch up.
"At the end, I caught up with Sebastien," said Kobayashi. "But in
the last laps it's not fair to attack when we were running
one-two."
Kiwis Earl Bamber, Brendon Hartley and Timo Bernhard finished
third, 35 seconds behind. They are now 17 points behind the Toyota
trio in the driver's championship, while Toyota leads the
Manufacturer's title race by 8.5 points.
The championship now moves to Le Mans in France for the 24 Hours
race on June 17 and 18, the third of nine rounds.
Results:
Spa 6 Hours, Round 3, World Endurance Championship.
1. S Buemi, A Davidson, K Nakajima (Toyota TS050 Hybrid) 173
laps;
2. M Conway, K Kobayashi (Toyota TS050 Hybrid) 1.992 seconds
behind;
3. T Bernhard, E Bamber, B Hartley (Porsche 919 Hybrid) 35.238
seconds behind.
Championship points: Drivers -
1. Buemi, Davidson, Nakajima, 50;
2. Bernhard, Bamber, Hartley, 33;
3. N Jani, A Lotterer, N Tandy (Porsche 919 Hybrid) 28.
Manufacturers -
1. Toyota 69.5;
2. Porsche, 61.
Ends
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