Toyotas disqualified at the 6h of Silverstone

While Toyota célébrait son 3e doublé consécutif de la saison avec la victoire de la TS050 Hybrid n°8 de Buemi-Alonso-Nakajima ahead of n°7 Conway-Kobayashi-Lopez, the two hybrid LMP1s were excluded from the 6 Hours of Silverstone, leaving the victory to Rebellion Racing who won a double on the carpet with the No. 13 Rebellion R3 of Beche-Laurent-Menezes victorious with a lap ahead of Jani-Lotterer's n°1.

The commissioners of WEC determined that the wooden pads were not flexible enough according to the technical regulations imposed on the two Toyota TS050 Hybrid. The Japanese manufacturer defended itself by indicating that this result must have been due to a brief off-track which damaged this part of its cars, but the stewards determined that the design must be able to respect the rules in a race of 6 hours.

Discover the analysis of the 6 hours of Silverstone carried out by our special correspondent in issue 2179 of AUTOhebdo, available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from this Wednesday on newsstands.