2022 8 Hours of Bahrain Review, New Champions!

Review of the Round Six and the final Round of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship was held at Bahrain International Circuit, in Sakhir, Bahrain.

The Toyota Gazoo Racing team won the race overall and the Hypercar class too of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López in their Toyota GR010 Hybrid; Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6. While, second place was the Toyota Gazoo Racing team, with the team of Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryō Hirakawa in their Toyota GR010 Hybrid; Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6; they were fourty-five seconds behind the leaders at the end of the race. Meanwhile, third place was the Alpine Elf Matmut, with the team of Nicolas Lapierre, André Negrão and Matthieu Vaxivière in their Alpine A480, Gibson 4.5 L V8; they were two laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

In LMP2 class (all cars using the Gibson 4.2 L V8 engine), Team WRT of Robin Frijns, Sean Gelael and René Rast in their Oreca 07 won LMP2 class. They finish in fifth place overall and they were eight laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

In LMP2 Pro-Am Cup Class (all cars using the Gibson 4.3 L V8 engine and a team must have a Bronze-rated driver in their line-up) AF Corse team of Nicklas Nielsen, François Perrodo and Alessio Rovera in their Oreca 07 won LMP2 Pro-Am class. They finish in fourteenth place and they were ten laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

While in GTE Pro class, was won by AF Corse Team of Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina won in their Ferrari 488 GTE Evo. They finish in sseventeenth place and they were fourteen laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

While in GTE Am class, was won by Team Project 1 team of Matteo Cairoli, Nicolas Leutwiler and Mikkel O. Pedersen in their Porsche 911 RSR-19. They finish in twenty-third place overall and they were nineteen laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

Highlights of the 8 Hours of Bahrain below, enjoy.



And so this years Champions, in the Drivers Championships, Toyota Gazoo Racing drivers of Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryō Hirakawa won this years Hypercar World Endurance Drivers in in their Toyota GR010 Hybrid.

AF Corse drivers James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi won World Endurance GTE Drivers' Championship in their Ferrari 488 GTE Evo. Jota drivers of António Félix da Costa, Roberto González and Will Stevens won the Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers in their Oreca 07. AF Corse team drivers Nicklas Nielsen, François Perrodo and Alessio Rovera won the Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Pro/Am Drivers in his Oreca 07. TF Sport drivers Ben Keating and Marco Sørensen took the Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers in their Aston Martin Vantage AMR.

World Endurance Cup for GT Manufacturers was won by Ferrari.

While in this seasons Teams Championships, Toyota Gazoo Racing won the Hypercar World Endurance Championship in their Toyota GR010 Hybrid. Jota won the Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Teams in their Oreca 07. AF Corsewon the Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Pro/Am Teams in their Oreca 07. TF Sport won the Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Teams in their Aston Martin Vantage AMR.

Congratulations for the champions of each class in WEC this season.