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.
