[Ironically the Barcelona Toyota Victory came at the expense of Ferrari AF Corse(# 50), which placed 3rd only 40 seconds back after six hours, Cadillac Hertz Team Jota finished 4th – AutoCrat.].

“It’s obviously an amazing day for the whole team,” said Sébastien Buemi (Driver, car #8). “There was a lot of stress and I’m still a bit mad at myself for the penalty at the start, but my team-mates made up for it. I’m really happy to celebrate the title with the whole team with a one-two. After a difficult season last year, it shows how hard the team worked over the winter to introduce the TR010 Hybrid and win Le Mans and both titles. Now hopefully Brendon, Ryō and me can win the drivers’ title in Monza.”

“We were really motivated after our Fuji victory, and we came here with a lot of momentum,” said Ryō Hirakawa (Driver, car #8). There were a lot of things to explore because we never tested here, but everyone did a good job, the car was flying, and everything went well. This victory is something we worked very hard for. There was no luck, we just grabbed it. It’s good to secure the manufacturers’ title but the drivers’ is still open. We’ll keep pushing and hopefully we can win that with car #8.”