Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez went into Saturday’s decider with a 16-point deficit in the championship standings, but any hope they had of beating the sister Toyota to the title was wrecked when Bamber locked up and hit the right-rear section of the #7 GR010 Hybrid at Turn 1. The contact dropped Conway dropped all the way down to 11th and allowed the #8 car shared by Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa to take an easy win and with it the 2023 Hypercar title.
“ On his part, two-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Bamber explained he wasn’t trying to make a pass for second, but felt sorry for impacting the title chances of the #7 crew. Conway, Lopez and Kobayashi were able to recover to second by the start of the third hour after surviving the incident, but by then the #8 Toyota was already half a minute out in front. “I was just going in,” he told Autosport/Motorsport.com.
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