Buemi, Davidson and Nakajima victorious at Spa

40

Congratulations to former Formula 1 drivers Sebastian Buemi, Anthony Davidson and Kazuki Nakajima, who between them piloted the #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid to a narrow win at the FIA WEC 6 Hours of Spa race this weekend.

It had been the sister #7 car driven by Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi who had been in front for most of the afternoon, but two full course yellows gave the #8 a break and allowed them to get the upper hand.

"Today we were not the fastest for sure. I think #7 would have deserved it much more," admitted Buemi, who raced in F1 with Toro Rosso from 2009 to 2011.

"We certainly did have the luck today," added Davidson, who drove for BAR, Minardi and Super Aguri between 2002 and 2008. "If anyone says you make your own luck in this world, and in particular in racing, then you can look at this race because we clearly had it all today."

"I have quite mixed feelings actually because we were quite lucky," said former Williams driver Nakajima. "At the end of the day it was a great result for the team. It is good to know we have some good luck with us this year."

The trio lead the WEC championship points after two events so far in 2017.

GALLERY: Alonso's Indy 500 challenger

Keep up to date with all the F1 news via Facebook and Twitter

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.