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Rachit Thukral

Toyota denies it lacked "strong competition" in WEC title battle

Toyota clinched its fourth successive crown in the WEC’s top tier with a dominant run in the season-closing Bahrain race to win the Hypercar class, Brendon Hartley, Sebastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa taking the title by finishing second behind the sister car shared by Jose Maria Lopez, Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi.

Alpine was Toyota’s only real rival in the championship fight this year with Glickenhaus missing the final two rounds of the season and Peugeot not joining the championship until Monza in July.

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