Weekend conclusion: points for Buemi, bad luck for Müller 🎥
AT A GLANCE Toyota with Sébastien Buemi celebrated a double success at the eagerly awaited WEC season opener at Sebring. Ralph Boschung is the new leader in Formula 2.
The opening race of the eagerly awaited 2023 WEC season at Sebring ended with a Toyota one-two. At the 1000-mile race in Florida, the two Toyota cars proved to be clearly too strong for the competition. In qualifying, the Japanese still had to concede to the new Ferrari, which finished third in the end. At the finish, they were two laps ahead of the competition.
Strong performance at the start of the season
Sébastien Buemi, in second place two seconds behind the sister car in the #8: "I'm obviously very happy for the team. The fact that we started the season with a one-two and such a strong performance is super and makes me proud. Every driver wants to win, but there are two cars in the team and there can only be one winner."
Nico Müller not in the classification
For the second hypercar Swiss Nico Müller the weekend did not go as he had imagined. His Peugeot 9X8 with the #94 was in the pits for almost three hours. With almost a hundred laps behind, Müller saw the chequered flag but was not classified.
Fabio Scherer is best Swiss
Best Swiss in LMP2, the second highest class, was Fabio Scherer. The man from Engelberg narrowly missed the podium in fourth place but beat Louis Delétraz (5th). The best Swiss in LMGTE was Thomas Flohr in fifth place.
Rahel Frey, who had started from the class pole position with her Iron Dames team, had to settle for eighth place. The driver from Solothurn lost the hood after a slip, which resulted in a longer stop.
Louis Delétraz finished in 5th place
Directly after the 1000 miles, the 12-hour race also took place in Sebring. Only one Swiss driver, Acura works driver Louis Delétraz, competed in this IMSA race. He finished 4th in the GTP class.
Ralph Boschung also finished 4th in the second Formula 2 meeting in Saudi Arabia. In the second race, Boschung finished outside the points. Nevertheless, the man from Valais is ahead in the overall standings.
The second race of the WEC takes place on April 16 in Portimao, Portugal.
Source: motorsport.ch
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