P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Ryo Hirakawa leads the FIA World Endurance Championship season opener, the 6 Hours of Imola, at the halfway mark, with Toyota in an immense battle with Ferrari for the victory of the race. The Japanese driver’s teammate Brendon Hartley started the race from second place in the #8 Toyota. However, the experienced Kiwi dropped to […]
Ryo Hirakawa is currently leading the FIA World Endurance Championship season opener, the 6 Hours of Imola, at the halfway point, with Toyota in a fierce battle with Ferrari for the race victory.
Brendon Hartley, Hirakawa’s teammate, began from second place in the #8 Toyota but dropped to third at the start as Miguel Molina in the #50 Ferrari overtook him early on.
Ferrari had a strong presence with a 1-2 at their home race, led by James Calado in the sister #51 car, with Hirakawa in third.
The leading cars have been trading positions in an intense battle, with small gaps separating them and two caution periods bunching up the field.
Hartley managed to move up to second after the pit stops, right behind Calado, with Molina dropping to third behind Will Stevens in the #12 Cadillac.
Nick Cassidy spun his #93 Peugeot exiting the pits, bringing out a caution period and shuffling the order, with Hirakawa now leading Pier Guidi’s Ferrari.
In the LMGT3 class, the #10 Garage 59 McLaren is leading with Marvin Kirchhoffer driving, followed by Parker Thompson in the #69 WRT BMW and Jonny Edgar in the #33 TF Sport Corvette.
