Going into the race, Toyota was the only manufacturer yet to clinch a win in the World Endurance Championship this year, but the #6 Toyota driven by Stéphane Sarrazin, Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway prevailed and gave the Japanese giant its first victory of 2016.
It was a race of firsts with a win as well for G-Drive Racing's #26 Oreca 05 Nissan (Roman Rusinov, Alex Brundle and Will Stevens) in LM P2, a car that has often led races this season but not won. Same thing for Ford with the #67 of Andy Priaulx and Harry Tincknell: after this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans, the American marque won its first six-hour race in the championship. In LM GTE Am, a second consecutive victory went to the #98 Aston Martin driven by Mathias Lauda, Paul Dalla Lana and Pedro Lamy.
Relive this fantastic round - attended by 52,300 spectators - in the video.
The eighth round will take place in three weeks in Shanghai, China on Sunday, November 6th. It will be the second race on that continent this year.
Video: YouTube - FIA WEC