TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Reigns in Bahrain丰田Gazoo赛车Reigns在巴林

原标题：TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Reigns in Bahrain丰田Gazoo赛车Reigns在巴林

TOKYO, Dec 16, 2019 - (JCN Newswire) - - TOYOTA GAZOO Racing earned its third win of the 2019-2020 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season with a hard-fought one-two victory in the 8 Hours of Bahrain.

For this race, the World Champions faced a severe success handicap, which reduces hybrid and fuel use per lap, but overcame a strong challenge thanks to strong strategy, fast pit stops and consistent performance, as well as impressive reliability over the 1,390km race.

Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez, in the #7 TS050 HYBRID, won for the second time this season to retake the lead in the drivers' World Championship.

The #8 TS050 HYBRID of Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley, battling a success handicap 0.21secs per lap more than its sister car, finished a lap behind in second to complete a perfect result for the team; the third one-two from four races this season.

A dramatic start saw the #5 Ginetta hit the pole position #1 Rebellion, pushing both cars into a spin which caught up Sebastien in the #8, damaging his front left bodywork. While Sebastien, who had started third, dropped to 10th as a result, Mike avoided the debris from fourth on the grid and took the lead.

Following a safety car, Sebastien got the #8 up to third by the 10th lap, while Mike extended the #7 car's lead as the first fuel stops approached. Mike emerged with a lead of over 30 seconds from the #6 Ginetta but Sebastien, whose #8 required a front bodywork change, came out fourth.

Over the next half an hour, Sebastien pushed to catch the top three and his efforts paid off; after a close fight with the #6 Ginetta, he took third on lap 43. Soon after the 90-minute mark, Mike handed the leading #7 to Kamui while Brendon took over the #8, with both cars on new tires.

With two-and-a-half hours gone, the race took a twist when the #1 Rebellion, which had been pushing hard to close the gap to Kamui in the #7, lost five minutes in the pits due to a technical problem. That lifted Brendon up to second in the #8 car, although more than a minute adrift of Kamui.

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing was in control of the race, with its nearest challenger, the #5 Ginetta, two laps behind following a troubled first part of its race. With three-and-a-half hours remaining, that car's difficulties continued and it stopped at the side of the track, promoting the #1 Rebellion to third, three laps behind.

Long after darkness fell on the Bahrain International Circuit, and with that comfortable cushion, neither TS050 HYBRID took any risks over the remainder of the race, which finished with only three LMP1 cars running following the retirement of both Ginettas.

Jose was at the wheel of the #7 when it took the chequered flag to win after 257 laps, establishing an eight-point lead in the Drivers' World Championship ahead of the #8 crew, for whom Kazuki brought the car home in second. TOYOTA GAZOO Racing holds a 41-point advantage over Rebellion in the teams' standings.

The World Championship battle will resume in the new year, returning to Austin, Texas following a two-year absence for the 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas on 23 February, the first of a double-header in the United States with the 1000 Miles of Sebring following on 20 March.

Hisatake Murata (Team President)

"I am very pleased with this result, particularly because we expected a big challenge to win here in Bahrain. The team worked hard and focused on delivering the maximum performance in every area. The first part of the race was exciting and we were expecting a close fight until the end, so it was a pity that our rivals had trouble. Now we have come to the end of our racing for 2019, a year when we became World Champions, won Le Mans for a second time and are leading the championship. I would like to thank the team for their efforts to achieve this, as well as the fans and the WEC organization for their contribution to this year of endurance racing. Now we look forward to another memorable year in 2020."

Mike Conway (TS050 HYBRID #7)

"It is a fantastic result to get a one-two here. We pushed as hard as we could all day and got a result which we weren't expecting at the start of the week. That is thanks to a great job by everyone; my team-mates and my team. We struggled earlier in the week but together as a team we got the car dialed in. It's brilliant to win and it's nice to lead the World Championship again."

Kamui Kobayashi (TS050 HYBRID #7)

"To finish the year with a win is great; thanks to the team for doing such a good job here. We knew it would be a tough race as we had some strong competition but we managed it really well, made no mistakes and had fast pit stops. Mike and Jose did a really good job too. There is still a long way to go in the season but I am really happy and we will be pushing to keep this form going."

Jose Maria Lopez (TS050 HYBRID #7)

"I am very happy with the win. Everyone in the team, including car #8, did a great job this weekend. Thanks to the team we managed to finish one-two despite very difficult circumstances with the success handicap. Mike and Kamui both performed really well as usual. It is nice to finish the year with a win. This means we go into Christmas and New Year able to celebrate the results we achieved together this year."

Sebastien Buemi (TS050 HYBRID #8)

"It was a tough race for our car. At the start, I couldn't avoid getting caught up in the incident between the Ginetta and the Rebellion, and I had contact when I rejoined; there was nothing I could do. From there it was difficult to challenge the sister car. But it's a one-two for the team which was the target so I am pleased for that and now I look forward to Austin."

Kazuki Nakajima (TS050 HYBRID #8)

"In the end it was just not our day today and that was clear from the start of the race onwards. We knew it was going to be difficult and at one moment we were quite a few places down, so at that point our target was to finish second. We managed it and a one-two for the team is good; not ideal for our car but for the team it was the best result we could achieve here."

Brendon Hartley (TS050 HYBRID #8)

"Today simply didn't go our way. Seb was unlucky at the start; he got caught up in an incident that had nothing to do with him so we had to battle with damage through the whole race. We knew it would be hard to beat the sister car but we were motivated to keep them under pressure. They drove a very good race, with no mistakes and clean pit stops. In the end a one-two for TOYOTA is a great result."

8 Hours of Bahrain results:

1st - #7 TOYOTA GAZOO Racing - 257 laps

2nd - #8 TOYOTA GAZOO Racing - +1 lap

3rd - #1 Rebellion (Senna / Menezes / Nato) - +3 laps

4th - #22 United Autosports (Hanson / Albuquerque / di Resta) - +8 laps

5th - #38 JOTA (Gonzalez / Da Costa / Davidson) - +8 laps

6th - #37 Jackie Chan (Tung / Aubry / Stevens) - +9 laps

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东京，2019年12月16日(JCN Newswire)--丰田Gazoo赛车赢得了2019年至2020年国际汽联世界耐力锦标赛(WEC)赛季的第三场胜利。

在这场比赛中，世界冠军面临着严重的成功障碍，这减少了每圈混合动力和燃料的使用，但由于强大的战略、快速的停站和持续的表现，以及在1390公里的比赛中令人印象深刻的可靠性，世界冠军克服了强大的挑战。

在#7 TS 050混合动力车中，MikeConway，KamuiKobayashi和JoseMariaLopez第二次赢得了本赛季在世界车手锦标赛中的领先地位。

塞巴斯蒂安·布伊米、中岛和布兰顿·哈特利的第8辆TS 050混合动力车，每圈比其姊妹车多出0.21秒，每圈就成功了0.21秒，在第二圈落后了一圈，为球队取得了完美的成绩；第三名--本赛季四场比赛中的两次。

一个戏剧性的开始看到5号吉内塔击中杆位#1起义军，推动两辆车进入旋转，赶上塞巴斯蒂安在8号，损坏了他的前左车身。而赛巴斯蒂安，谁已经开始了第三，下降到第十，结果，迈克避免了碎片从第四次发车，并取得了领先。

在一辆安全车之后，塞巴斯蒂安在第10圈时获得了第8名，而麦克在第一次燃油停止接近时延长了7号赛车的领先位置。迈克以超过30秒的领先优势从6号吉内塔，但塞巴斯蒂安，他的8号需要一个前车身换装，第四名。

在接下来的半个小时里，塞巴斯蒂安努力追赶前三名，他的努力得到了回报；在与第六名吉内塔的比赛中，塞巴斯蒂安在第43圈获得了第三名。在90分钟之后不久，迈克把领先的第7名交给了Kamui，而Brendon接手了8号，两辆车都换上了新轮胎。

两个半小时后，由于技术问题，第一反叛者因技术问题在比赛中以5分钟的成绩落后于卡穆伊，这场比赛发生了转折。第一反叛者一直在努力缩小与卡穆伊的差距。这提高了布兰登在8号赛车中的第二名，尽管他在卡穆伊漂流了一分钟多。

丰田Gazoo赛车控制了比赛，与其最近的挑战者，#5吉内塔，落后两圈后，陷入困境的第一阶段的比赛。还有三个半小时，那辆车的困难还在继续，它停在赛道的一侧，把第一次起义推到了第三次，落后了三圈。

在巴林国际赛车场夜幕降临很久之后，在舒适的垫子下，TS 050混合动力车在比赛的剩余时间里都没有承担任何风险，赛后两辆吉纳塔退役后，只有3辆LMP 1赛车跑完比赛。

乔斯当时在7号车的方向盘上，在257圈之后，旗旗赢了，在世界车手锦标赛中领先8点，排在第8名，而卡祖基把车带回家排在第二位。丰田Gazoo赛车在车队的排名中比叛军拥有41分的优势。

世界锦标赛的比赛将在新的一年恢复，在2月23日美洲巡回赛6小时缺勤两年之后，回到得克萨斯州的奥斯汀，这是美国首个双头球赛，3月20日有1000英里的赛布莱。

Hisatake Murata(团队主席)

“我对这一结果感到非常高兴，尤其是因为我们期待着在巴林取得胜利的巨大挑战。”该团队努力工作，集中精力在每个领域实现最大的绩效。比赛的第一部分令人兴奋，我们一直期待着一场势均力敌的比赛，所以很遗憾我们的对手遇到了麻烦。现在我们已经结束了2019年的比赛，这一年我们成为了世界冠军，第二次获得勒芒冠军，并且正在领跑冠军。我要感谢车队为实现这一目标所做的努力，并感谢球迷和WEC组织对今年的耐力比赛所作的贡献。现在，我们期待着2020年又是值得纪念的一年。“

迈克·康威(TS 050杂交#7)

“在这里取得1比2的成绩是一个很棒的结果。我们一天都在努力努力，取得了一个我们在本周初没有预料到的结果。这要归功于每个人的出色工作；我的队友和我的团队。我们在一周早些时候努力奋斗，但作为一个团队，我们得到了这辆车。赢得冠军是很棒的，再次带领世锦赛也是一件好事。”

Kobayashi(TS 050杂交#7)

“以一场胜利结束这一年是很棒的，感谢球队在这里做的这么好。我们知道这将是一场艰难的比赛，因为我们有一些激烈的竞争，但我们真的很好地完成了比赛，没有犯错误，也有快速进站。迈克和何塞也做得很好。本赛季还有很长的路要走，但我真的很高兴，我们会努力保持这种状态。”

Jose Maria Lopez(TS 050混合动力车#7)

“我对这场胜利感到非常高兴。球队中的每个人，包括8号赛车，这个周末都表现得非常出色。多亏了这支球队，我们成功地完成了一场比赛--尽管在非常困难的情况下我们都取得了成功。迈克和卡穆伊都表现得很好。以胜利结束这一年是件好事。这意味着我们进入了圣诞节和新年，我们能够一起庆祝今年所取得的成绩。”

塞巴斯蒂安·布米(TS 050杂交#8)

“对我们的车来说，这是一场艰难的比赛。一开始，我不可避免地卷入了吉内塔和叛军之间的事件，当我重新加入的时候，我就有了联系；我无能为力。从那里开始，很难挑战姐妹车。但对车队来说，这是一个1-2的目标，所以我对此很高兴，现在我很期待奥斯汀。”

中岛和木(TS 050杂交8号)

“最后，今天不是我们的一天，从比赛一开始就清楚了。我们知道比赛会很艰难，在某一时刻，我们落后了相当多的位置，所以我们的目标是获得第二名。我们做到了，一比二好；对我们的赛车来说不是理想的，但对于车队来说，这是我们能取得的最好的结果。”

Brendon Hartley(TS 050杂交#8)

“今天根本没走我们的路。塞布一开始就不走运；他卷入了一场与他无关的事件，所以我们不得不在整个比赛中与损害作斗争。我们知道很难击败姐妹车，但我们有动力让他们承受压力。他们开了一场非常好的比赛，没有失误，也没有停摆。最后，丰田的1胜2负是一个很好的结果。”

8小时巴林会议结果：

1-#7丰田Gazoo赛车-257圈

第二-#8丰田Gazoo赛车-+1圈

3-#1叛乱(森纳/梅内泽斯/北约)-+3圈

第4-#22联合自行车赛(汉森/阿尔伯克基/迪雷斯塔)-+8圈

5-#38 Jota(Gonzalez/Da Costa/Davidson)-+8圈

成龙(董建华/奥布里/史蒂文斯)-+9圈

丰田汽车公司简介

丰田汽车公司(Tmc)是一家全球移动公司，在1997年推出了普锐斯混合动力汽车，并于2014年推出了第一辆大规模生产的燃料电池轿车mirai。丰田公司总部设在日本丰田市，自1937年以来一直在生产汽车。如今，丰田自豪地在世界各地的社区中雇佣了37万名员工。他们每年在29个国家生产大约1000万辆汽车，从主流汽车和高档汽车到微型汽车和商用卡车，并以丰田、雷克萨斯、大发和日野的品牌在170多个国家销售。欲了解更多信息，请访问www.toyota-global.com。

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