Ferrari fending off mid-race Toyota threat

Hypercar

• Ferrari remains one-two in the Qatar 1812km, the opening round of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship campaign
• Former 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Miguel Molina usurps new AF Corse recruit Philip Hanson from the top spot approaching the six-hour mark, as the Italian cars continue to control the curtain-raising contest
• Toyota relentlessly climbing the order, with Nyck de Vries in the #7 GR010 Hybrid and Ryō Hirakawa in the sister #8 entry hot on Hanson’s heels in third and fourth following a long safety car intervention
• René Rast running fifth in the best-placed BMW Hypercar, similarly well in touch with the lead battle
• Pole-winning #51 Ferrari’s race unravels further after picking up penalties for contact, pit-lane speeding and a track limits infringement
• French rivals Alpine and Peugeot locked in combat towards the tail-end of the top ten
• 2024 Qatar winner Porsche Penske Motorsport rolls the dice on strategy with its #5 963 Hypercar, as the German manufacturer bids to fight its way into the points

LMGT3

• Unpredictable multi-brand battle continues to rage
• Pole-sitting #95 United Autosports McLaren back in charge, with Marino Sato inside the cockpit, and Sébastien Baud’s sister 720S LMGT3 Evo not far behind in third
• TF Sport up to second with the #33 Corvette, splitting its two British rivals just over five seconds adrift of the lead
• BMW coming into play, with Timur Boguslavskiy up to fourth ahead of Ben Barnicoat in the #78 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus, the early-race pace-setter
• Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin slips out of second place due to drive-through penalty for a pit-stop infringement
• Proton Competition’s #77 Ford Mustang – which previously led the class courtesy of a heroic effort from Ben Tuck – retires after catching fire

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