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Alonso victorious on WEC debut

Fernando Alonso has won on his debut in the World Endurance Championship, taking victory in the 6 Hours of Spa this afternoon. The Spaniard, along with former F1 drivers, Sebastian Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima, won in the #8 Toyota around the Spa-francorchamps circuit. Toyota took a one-two in the opening race of the 2018/19 ‘super season’, with Mike Conway, Jose Maria Lopez and Kamui Kobayashi bringing the #7 Toyota home in 2nd place.   The two Toyotas finished more than two laps ahead of their nearest challengers, but Alonso brought the #8 car home with just a 1.5s gap back to Conway.   The win will provide Toyota, and Alonso, with a big boost ahead of the next round...
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