Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley have won the Eight Hours of Bahrain for Toyota, while team-mates Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez won the World Championship.
The #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid started the race from pole with Conway at the wheel, but was surprised at the start by the #36 Alpine A480-Gibson of Nicolas Lapierre, which took the lead. The Frenchman was caught and passed by both Conway and Buemi shortly thereafter, after which the Alpine fell out of contention with a gearbox issue.
In the second hour, a faster Buemi was then ordered ahead of Conway and opened up a gap, which it maintained for the remainder of the race.
Buemi, Nakajima and Hartley scored a dominant win, with Nakajima bowing out of a near decade-long WEC career with Toyota.
Meanwhile, Conway, Kobayashi and Lopez secured back-to-back world championships with Toyota with their second-placed finish.
Lapierre, alongside Andre Negrao and Matthieu Vaxiviere, finished a distant third.
Team WRT wins LMP2, clinches world title
Team WRT have rounded out a phenomenal debut year in LMP2 racing with a race win, securing the LMP2 world title in the process.
The Belgian squad secured the lead of the race in the third hour, thanks in no small part to a charging opening stint from Ferdinand Habsburg and never looked back.
Robin Frjns, Habsburg and Charles Milesi went on to win in the #31 ORECA 07-Gibson, with the team sweeping the European Le Mans Series, 24 Hours of Le Mans and the FIA WEC in their first full season of prototype competition.
Roberto Gonzalez, Antonio Felix da Costa and Anthony Davidson finished second in the #38 JOTA ORECA finished second with Davidson also stepping away from professional racing.
Roberto Gonzalez, Antonio Felix da Costa and Anthony Davidson finished third in the #38 JOTA ORECA.
The #22 United Autosports ORECA ended its title defence with a fourth-place finish for Phil Hanson, Fabio Scherer and Filipe Albuquerque.
Ferrari provisionally wins GTE Pro title in nailbiting and controversial finale
James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi have won the GTE Pro world title in a heartstopping finae
Porsche began the race from pole, but the two title contenders engaged in a physical fight almost immediately.
After trading the lead back and forth a couple of times, momentum swung in Ferrari’s favour just before halfway when the Ferrari beat out the Porsche in the pitlane under a full course yellow.
Porsche then attempted a strategic gamble with a shorter stop for Christensen, taking the lead in class. Under another full course yellow, Estre then took the car over on fresh tyres while the Ferrari remained out. Estre made use of the fresh rubber to catch and pass Calado before opening up a gap.
In the latter hours of the race, Ferrari then regained the advantage with a better tyre strategy, allowing Pier Guidi to close the gap back up on the Porsche, now in the hands of Michael Christensen.
The pair spent multiple laps bumper-to-bumper until Pier Guidi rear-ended Christensen and sent him into a spin. Race control ordered the Italian to give the position back, but that did not occur after both cars had made a late splash for fuel.
Calado and Pier Guidi went on to win, with the #92 Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Kevin Estre, Neel Jani and Michael Christensen second.
Daniel Serra and Miguel Molina went on to finish third in the #52 Ferrari, with the #91 Porsche of Gianmaria Bruni, Richard Lietz and Fred Makowiecki fourth.
AF Corse successfully defend GTE Am title with victory
AF Corse has secured the GTE Am title for the second year in a row thanks to a victory for the #83 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo of Francois Perrodo, Nicklas Nielsen and Alessio Rovera.
For Perrodo, it is his third GTE Am title in WEC, while Nielsen secures a second title and Rovera scored his maiden title in his first season in the championship.
The Italian squad only had the #33 TF Sport Aston Martin to contend with in the title fight, but the battle was effectively decided on the very first lap when contact for Ben Keating on the opening lap left the team on the back foot.
A second incident amidst a comeback attempt left the car in the garage with broken steering, bringing its title tilt to an end.
The #56 Team Project 1 Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Egidio Perfetti, Matteo Cairoli and Riccardo Pera. finished the race in second place, with the podium rounded out by the #77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Christian Ried, Jaxon Evans and Matt Campbell
| # | Drivers | Car | Class | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley | Toyota GR010 – Hybrid | HYPERCAR | |
| 2 | Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Jose Maria Lopez | Toyota GR010 – Hybrid | HYPERCAR | 7.351 |
| 3 | Andre Negrao Nicolas Lapierre Matthieu Vaxiviere | Alpine A480 | HYPERCAR | 6 Laps |
| 4 | Robin Frijns Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 7 Laps |
| 5 | Roberto Gonzalez Antonio Felix da Costa Anthony Davidson | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 7 Laps |
| 6 | Sean Gelael Stoffel Vandoorne Tom Blomqvist | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 7 Laps |
| 7 | Philip Hanson Fabio Scherer Filipe Albuquerque | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 7 Laps |
| 8 | Jakub Smiechowski Renger van der Zande Alex Brundle | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 9 Laps |
| 9 | Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Job Van Uitert | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 9 Laps |
| 10 | Esteban Garcia Loic Duval Norman Nato | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 9 Laps |
| 11 | Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach Robert Kubica | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 10 Laps |
| 12 | Tatiana Calderon Sophia Flörsch Beitske Visser | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 10 Laps |
| 13 | Henrik Hedman Juan Pablo Montoya Ben Hanley | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 11 Laps |
| 14 | Miro Konopka Olli Caldwell Nelson Panciatici | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 12 Laps |
| 15 | Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 14 Laps |
| 16 | Kevin Estre Neel Jani Michael Christensen | Porsche 911 RSR – 19 | LMGTE PRO | 14 Laps |
| 17 | Daniel Serra Miguel Molina | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 14 Laps |
| 18 | Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki | Porsche 911 RSR – 19 | LMGTE PRO | 16 Laps |
| 19 | François Perrodo Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 17 Laps |
| 20 | Christian Ried Jaxon Evans Matt Campbell | Porsche 911 RSR – 19 | LMGTE AM | 18 Laps |
| 21 | Egidio Perfetti Matteo Cairoli Riccardo Pera | Porsche 911 RSR – 19 | LMGTE AM | 18 Laps |
| 22 | Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 18 Laps |
| 23 | Takeshi Kimura Mikkel Jensen Scott Andrews | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 19 Laps |
| 24 | Claudio Schiavoni Andrea Piccini Matteo Cressoni | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 19 Laps |
| 25 | Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 20 Laps |
| 26 | Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Andrew Watson | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 20 Laps |
| 27 | Rahel Frey Sarah Bovy Katherine Legge | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 22 Laps |
| 28 | Michael Wainwright Benjamin Barker Tom Gamble | Porsche 911 RSR – 19 | LMGTE AM | 23 Laps |
| 29 | Paul Dalla Lana Augusto Farfus Marcos Gomes | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 24 Laps |
| 30 | Ben Keating Dylan Pereira Felipe Fraga | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 119 Laps |
| 31 | Khaled Al Qubaisi Axcil Jefferies Julien Andlauer | Porsche 911 RSR – 19 | LMGTE AM | 157 Laps |
