WEC Monza: #8 Toyota seals drivers’ title as Cadillac wins chaotic finale
Cadillac took its first Hypercar win of 2026, while Toyota’s #8 crew secured the drivers’ crown after both Japanese entries failed to score.
- Jack Aitken, Sebastien Bourdais, and Earl Bamber drove the Cadillac Hertz Team Jota Cadillac V-Series R #38 to a dominant victory at the 2026 Monza 6 Hours, securing the team's first win of the season.
- Toyota Gazoo Racing trio Brendon Hartley, Sebastien Buemi, and Ryo Hirakawa secured their third Hypercar title despite both TR010 Hybrid entries failing to score points at Monza.
- The #50 and #83 Ferrari AF Corse entries received black-and-orange flags for tyre pressure infringements in the opening hour, while the #51 Ferrari missed a podium finish following a separate penalty.
- Jonny Edgar clinched the drivers' title with a third-place finish in the #33 TF Sport Corvette Z06 GT3, while Manthey Porsche #92 drivers Yasser Shahin, Riccardo Pera, and Richard Lietz won the LMGT3 class.
- The race featured four safety car periods amid multiple incidents, including a collision between Malthe Jakobsen's #94 Peugeot and Alex Lynn's #12 Jota Cadillac in the final two minutes.
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Bourdais helps lead Cadillac to Monza win, Toyota No. 8 trio take WEC title
Titles were settled, and emotional goodbyes were said up and down the pit lane as Hertz Team JOTA extended its streak of winning at least one race in every FIA WEC season, care of Jack Aitken, Earl Bamber and departing Sebastien Bourdais.
WEC Monza: #8 Toyota seals drivers’ title as Cadillac wins chaotic finale
Cadillac signed off the 2026 World Endurance Championship with a dominant victory in the Monza 6 Hours, while Toyota trio Brendon Hartley, Sebastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa sealed the drivers’ title despite finishing outside the points.Jack Aitken, Sebastien Bourdais and Earl Bamber led the majority of the race in Jota’s #38 Cadillac V-Series R, after Aitken cleared both polesitter ...Keep reading
Sébastien Buemi, Ryō Hirakawa and Brendon Hartley, of Toyota, today celebrated champions of the World Resistance Championship (FIA WEC) of 2026 in Monza. Monza's 6 Hour win went to Cadillac #38, by Jack Aitken, Sébastien Bourdais and Earl Bamber. Title for ToyotaThe Toyota Racing trio teamed [...] The post Cadillac wins in Monza and Toyota #8 wins the title of drivers of the WEC first appeared on AutoSport.
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The final round of the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), the 6 Hours of Monza, was held in Italy on November 8th, and the Toyota No. 8 car, driven by Ryo Hirakawa, Sébastien Buemi, and Brendon Hartley, won the Hypercar class Drivers' World Championship. The three drivers…
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