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Rachit Thukral

Toyota willing to sacrifice Bahrain win to Peugeot to clinch WEC title

Toyota is going for a fourth straight championship triumph in the WEC this year and holds the upper hand over Alpine after Brendon Hartley qualified the #8 GR010 Hybrid he shares with Sebastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa on pole position for Saturday’s Bahrain 8 Hours finale.

Alpine, by contrast, endured a difficult qualifying session and ended dead-last within the five-car Hypercar class, behind the two Peugeots as well as the second Toyota LMH entry.

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