WEC 6 Hours Of Sao Paulo Review - Toyota Dominates On Brazil Return

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🗓️ 17 July 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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The Autosport Podcast continues its WEC coverage by reviewing the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo, WEC's first race back at Interlagos in a decade, with Kevin Turner on hosting duties alongside Gary Watkins. On the show, the duo discuss the #8 Toyota's dominant victory, beating the pair of factory Porsche Penske's by over a minute and addressing the fine the factory received for being critical of the series' Balance of Performance measures. There's also analysis on Porsche, who looks to be a genuine all-rounder after more podium finishes. There's also a discussion on the state of the midfield as Lamborghini joined Alpine, Peugeot and BMW in the fight for points, and a review of the LMGT3 category, where Manthey triumphed over the Heart of Racing Aston Martin's and yet more horrible luck for the Iron Dames squad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From alliswold.com and Alderswap Magazine, I'm Kevin Turner, and this is the Allsport podcast.
0:11.8	Well, we've just had round five in the 2024 World Endurance Championship,
0:16.4	with a return to Interlagos championship hasn't been there for a few years.
0:20.3	But the other part of
0:21.2	that was a bit of a throwback was the Toyota domination, obviously, Toyota and pace-setters
0:25.2	in the championship for a long time. Not so much this year with the growth of hypercar, the
0:29.8	threat of Porsche and Ferrari in particular, but Toyota were dominant at Inter Lagos. Probably
0:35.5	should have had a one-two, but ended up getting the victory with Sebastian Buemi, Brendan Hartley and Rio Harikawa.
0:41.3	And just back from Brazil is Gary Watkins.
0:44.1	So, Gary, well, first of all, how are you?
0:46.5	Did you enjoy your return to Brazil?
0:48.8	Well, it's good to be back, but it's also good to go to Brazil because, or specifically to go to Inter Lagos, because it's just,
0:56.0	it's a, it's a great facility.
0:59.0	Well, no, let's say it's a great circuit, let's not call it a great facility, but I won't go into that.
1:05.0	But you know, you go there and you can smell the history.
1:07.0	Of course, the circuit was remodeled in the early 90s.
1:10.0	It's not that great circuit
1:11.7	that we remember from the 70s and the 80s, but you can still see the line of the old circuit.
1:18.1	And, well, in fact, I walked across it because it was on the way from the paddock to the big
1:23.9	media tent, which was our press room this time. So I was walking across it 20 times a day.
1:30.0	And yeah, it's a kind of place where you can sort of smell the history.
1:34.1	During one of the sessions, I had a walkout on the old turn one,
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