#8 Toyota wins Bahrain 8H – Conway, Kobayashi & Lopez crowned champions

Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley have won the Eight Hours of Bahrain for Toyota, while team-mates Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez won the World Championship.

The #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid started the race from pole with Conway at the wheel, but was surprised at the start by the #36 Alpine A480-Gibson of Nicolas Lapierre, which took the lead. The Frenchman was caught and passed by both Conway and Buemi shortly thereafter, after which the Alpine fell out of contention with a gearbox issue.

In the second hour, a faster Buemi was then ordered ahead of Conway and opened up a gap, which it maintained for the remainder of the race.

Buemi, Nakajima and Hartley scored a dominant win, with Nakajima bowing out of a near decade-long WEC career with Toyota.

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Meanwhile, Conway, Kobayashi and Lopez secured back-to-back world championships with Toyota with their second-placed finish.

Lapierre, alongside Andre Negrao and Matthieu Vaxiviere, finished a distant third.

Team WRT wins LMP2, clinches world title

Team WRT have rounded out a phenomenal debut year in LMP2 racing with a race win, securing the LMP2 world title in the process.

The Belgian squad secured the lead of the race in the third hour, thanks in no small part to a charging opening stint from Ferdinand Habsburg and never looked back.

Robin Frjns, Habsburg and Charles Milesi went on to win in the #31 ORECA 07-Gibson, with the team sweeping the European Le Mans Series, 24 Hours of Le Mans and the FIA WEC in their first full season of prototype competition.

Roberto Gonzalez, Antonio Felix da Costa and Anthony Davidson finished second in the #38 JOTA ORECA finished second with Davidson also stepping away from professional racing.

Roberto Gonzalez, Antonio Felix da Costa and Anthony Davidson finished third in the #38 JOTA ORECA.

The #22 United Autosports ORECA ended its title defence with a fourth-place finish for Phil Hanson, Fabio Scherer and Filipe Albuquerque.

Ferrari provisionally wins GTE Pro title in nailbiting and controversial finale

James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi have won the GTE Pro world title in a heartstopping finae

Porsche began the race from pole, but the two title contenders engaged in a physical fight almost immediately.

After trading the lead back and forth a couple of times, momentum swung in Ferrari’s favour just before halfway when the Ferrari beat out the Porsche in the pitlane under a full course yellow.

Porsche then attempted a strategic gamble with a shorter stop for Christensen, taking the lead in class. Under another full course yellow, Estre then took the car over on fresh tyres while the Ferrari remained out. Estre made use of the fresh rubber to catch and pass Calado before opening up a gap.

In the latter hours of the race, Ferrari then regained the advantage with a better tyre strategy, allowing Pier Guidi to close the gap back up on the Porsche, now in the hands of Michael Christensen.

The pair spent multiple laps bumper-to-bumper until Pier Guidi rear-ended Christensen and sent him into a spin. Race control ordered the Italian to give the position back, but that did not occur after both cars had made a late splash for fuel.

Calado and Pier Guidi went on to win, with the #92 Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Kevin Estre, Neel Jani and Michael Christensen second.

Daniel Serra and Miguel Molina went on to finish third in the #52 Ferrari, with the #91 Porsche of Gianmaria Bruni, Richard Lietz and Fred Makowiecki fourth.

AF Corse successfully defend GTE Am title with victory

AF Corse has secured the GTE Am title for the second year in a row thanks to a victory for the #83 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo of Francois Perrodo, Nicklas Nielsen and Alessio Rovera.

For Perrodo, it is his third GTE Am title in WEC, while Nielsen secures a second title and Rovera scored his maiden title in his first season in the championship.

The Italian squad only had the #33 TF Sport Aston Martin to contend with in the title fight, but the battle was effectively decided on the very first lap when contact for Ben Keating on the opening lap left the team on the back foot.

A second incident amidst a comeback attempt left the car in the garage with broken steering, bringing its title tilt to an end.

The #56 Team Project 1 Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Egidio Perfetti, Matteo Cairoli and Riccardo Pera. finished the race in second place, with the podium rounded out by the #77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Christian Ried, Jaxon Evans and Matt Campbell