Jack Aitken, Sebastien Bourdais and Earl Bamber took their first win of the season, while Toyota’s Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa clinched the drivers' title in 11th.
Hertz Team JOTA’s Cadillac won the season-ending 6 Hours of Monza with Jack Aitken, Sebastien Bourdais and Earl Bamber, while Toyota’s Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa clinched the drivers' championship by finishing 11th.
The No. 007 Aston Martin of Harry Tincknell and Tom Gamble has provisionally fallen from fourth to tenth in the season-ending 6 Hours of Monza after a second post-race penalty of 145 seconds, pending updated results. Sportscar365 said a Sunday evening stewards bulletin found that the Heart of Racing car had exceeded the energy limit for a stint, the period between stops, breaching technical regulations Articles 5.1.1 and 6.8.
Gamble had crossed the line third, apparently securing Heart of Racing’s first World Endurance Championship podium, but a 20-second penalty for tire pressures below the minimum had already dropped the car to fourth. The energy violation carried a 100-second stop-and-hold penalty, which was converted into the additional post-race time penalty.
Hertz Team JOTA’s Cadillac, driven by Jack Aitken, Sebastien Bourdais and Earl Bamber, won its first FIA World Endurance Championship race of the season. Aitken took the lead early, and the car maintained the net lead for the rest of the race.
Toyota’s Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa won the drivers' championship by finishing 11th. Neither Toyota scored points, leaving the No. 7 crew of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries unable to overtake their teammates in the standings after finishing 12th.
Victor Martins and Jules Gounon finished second for Signatech Alpine, ending Alpine’s championship involvement with a podium. The winning margin was 5.607 seconds after fuel saving by the Cadillac allowed Martins to close the gap.
Ahmed Khaldi set up Zakaria Draoui’s early goal and scored from outside the penalty area as Algeria’s USM Alger beat South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns to win the trophy.
In the LMGT3 class, Manthey Porsche’s Yasser Shahin, Riccardo Pera and Richard Lietz won the race. Jonny Edgar took the class drivers' title by finishing third with Ben Keating and Nicky Catsburg in TF Sport’s No. 33 Chevrolet Corvette.
An earlier race report said Peugeot’s Malthe Jakobsen faced a post-race investigation over contact with Alex Lynn’s Cadillac near the finish that sent Lynn into the barriers. Updated race results remain pending.
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