Tazio
6th May 2018, 17:54
Congrats to Fred for taking the checkered flag. It is a rather hollow victory IMO!
Toyota confirms it called off the fight for victory between Fernando Alonso (https://www.racefans.net/fernando-alonso/) and Mike Conway in the closing stages of yesterday’s Spa Six Hours.The number eight car of Alonso, Sebastien Buemi (https://www.racefans.net/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-b/sebastien-buemi/) and Kazuki Nakajima led the team’s one-two finish in the first round of the World Endurance Championship yesterday. The result gave Alonso his first sportscar victory.However a pre-race arrangement meant the number seven car of Conway, Kamui Kobayashi (https://www.racefans.net/kamui-kobayashi/) and Jose Maria Lopez was not to challenge for the lead in the latter stages of the race.
“We told the drivers they could race until the last pit stop,” a Toyota spokesperson confirmed to RaceFans. “After that they were told to hold positions and Mike was instructed to leave a safety gap to Fernando.
“It’s worth adding that we would have issued exactly the same instruction if car seven had been leading after the final stops,” the spokesperson added.
https://www.racefans.net/2018/05/06/toyota-confirms-drivers-were-told-to-hold-position-at-spa/
Toyota confirms it called off the fight for victory between Fernando Alonso (https://www.racefans.net/fernando-alonso/) and Mike Conway in the closing stages of yesterday’s Spa Six Hours.The number eight car of Alonso, Sebastien Buemi (https://www.racefans.net/f1-information/whos-who/whos-who-b/sebastien-buemi/) and Kazuki Nakajima led the team’s one-two finish in the first round of the World Endurance Championship yesterday. The result gave Alonso his first sportscar victory.However a pre-race arrangement meant the number seven car of Conway, Kamui Kobayashi (https://www.racefans.net/kamui-kobayashi/) and Jose Maria Lopez was not to challenge for the lead in the latter stages of the race.
“We told the drivers they could race until the last pit stop,” a Toyota spokesperson confirmed to RaceFans. “After that they were told to hold positions and Mike was instructed to leave a safety gap to Fernando.
“It’s worth adding that we would have issued exactly the same instruction if car seven had been leading after the final stops,” the spokesperson added.
https://www.racefans.net/2018/05/06/toyota-confirms-drivers-were-told-to-hold-position-at-spa/