Toyota Gazoo Racing earned a one-two finish at its home race following an eventful and rain-affected 6Hours of Fuji, the seventh round of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship. Sébastien Buemi, Anthony Davidson and Kazuki Nakajima won their third race of the season, which marked Toyota’s fifth victory in six events at the Fuji Speedway. The team of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López clinched second place on a day when their TS050 Hybrid showed its strong performance in wet conditions, thereby giving Toyota a one-two finish. Persistent rain throughout the morning meant the race began behind the safety car, which lasted all of 12 minutes before the green flag was waved to start the race. Unfortunately for the Porsche 919 Hybrid of Neel Jani, Andre Lottere and Nick Tandy, third place was what they could best muster under the inclement conditions. The car’s tyres struggled with grip due to the stoppages, thus optimal operating temperature was never quite achieved. In ...
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