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GOLDEN ERA OF SPORTSCARS BOWS OUT WITH WHIMPER

WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP

It’s a sad way to finish. The LMP1 era will go out with a whimper at this weekend’s Bahrain round of the World Endurance Championship: just the two Toyotas on the grid, and little or no chance of any kind of battle to rekindle memories of the glory days of the category.

While the pair of TS050 HYBRIDs – the drivers of one with an arm tied behind their backs – play out the charade that Saturday’s Bahrain 8

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