10 things we learned from the 2023 WEC 8 Hours of Bahrain

Toyota ended the 2023 World Endurance Championship season the way it started, as its two GR010 Hybrid LMH cars locked out the top two spots on the podium. Here’s what we learned in Bahrain, where champions across all three classes were crowned

The Bahrain 8 Hours saw Brendon Hartley, Sebastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa enjoy an easy run from pole position to win the 2023 Hypercar title in the #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid. The sister #7 car shared by Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez, which came to the weekend with four wins out of the first six races, was never in the fight for victory after Cadillac driver Earl Bamber spun Conway at the start.

In the LMP2 class's final WEC appearance outside of Le Mans 24 Hours, WRT underlined its credentials once again with Robert Kubica, Rui Andrade and Louis Deletraz winning the race from 10th on the grid in the #41 ORECA 07. Meanwhile GTE cars received a proper send-off, as the Iron Dames trio of Michelle Gatting, Sarah Bovy and Rahel Frey took a historic GTE Am victory in their Porsche 911 RSR-19.

Here are 10 things we learned from WEC 8 Hours of Bahrain.

1. The Ferrari 499P can be easy on its tyres (Gary Watkins)

Source: Autosport