2 May, 2021
Toyota Gazoo Racing’s #8 crew of Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Kazuki Nakajima took the first-ever Hypercar victory at the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps on Saturday.
Buemi took the all-new Toyota GR010-Hybrid to the chequered flag after an eventful race which saw the trio fightback from two separate penalties to win an intriguing 2021 FIAWEC season opener.
They faced down a race-long challenge from both the sister Toyota of Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Jose-Maria Lopez and the Alpine A480-Gibson.
All three Hypercar entries led during the frantic six-hour race but it was the No. 8 that came out on top when several issues were encountered by the No. 7 machine.