Toyota wins opening round I 2023 1000 Miles of Sebring Race Highlights I FIA WEC

Kamui Kobayashi steered the No.7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid Hypercar he shared with Mike Conway and Jose Maria Lopez to the checkered flag 2.168s ahead of the sister No. 8 car which was driven by Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa. The No. 7's victory in Sebring sees the Japanese manufacturer take its 40 th win in the WEC.
The FIA World Endurance Championship is the world’s premier international sportscar championship, contested over seven rounds across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. With multiple cars across three categories (Hypercar, LMP2 and LMGTE Am) all on track at the same time, the WEC is a sports car extravaganza that offers action, overtakes, excitement and entertainment for fans worldwide.

[@coachgius]

Produce more content for the fans please to make the audience more excited. More content about technical aspects of circuits, cars technology, engineering challenges and how endurance racing can be equally or more exciting than F1 !

[@King-Julz]

Agreed. I'm a huge F1 fan exploring other motorsports and other than watching the race live, the content such as highlights etc generally takes ages. (I understand that it's not the same like a 2 hr F1 race - but whilst I'm willing to stay and learn, I feel a lot of people will lose interest long term. Other things such as what you mention that F1 do really well: race analysis, tyre strategy analysis and all other sorts of videos would be so good and useful.) I'm personally very excited to keep watching and looking forward to an exciting season ahead!

[@xavier3211]

There’s so much space for content creation for Wec they really need to up their game

[@mr8I7]

First rule of WEC club. Don't mention the F word.

[@coachgius]

@@xavier3211 well yes because a race that is hours long can only be a great ground for narrative and stories around all it all. Drivers training to race at top speed for hours, challenges coming with racing at night, or at night in the rain, box strategies, wear and tear of mechanical components analysis. Would love a mechanic analysis dismantled parts showing how the race put strain on those. I would have so many ideas if I was one of the WEC content creator !

[@King-Julz]

@@mr8I7 of course must be annoying every one comparing WEC to 'F word number'🤣. But I meant it in good faith (I'm still gonna watch the WEC races). Still, I'm sure even most long term fans would love to see more in depth content, so hopes are they'll add some more over the coming months/years, and in fairness 'F word number' are really the benchmark for worldwide motor racing content rn imo.

[@Zanion]

Great to see you've taken the feedback from the last years to give us longer highlights instead of the short recap shown at the end of the race. We might have had to wait a couple of days, but I prefer this over 2 minutes Thank you!

[@Ofitus21]

Absolutely, such a nice recap to catch up on the race

[@winzracingNZ]

Be so much better with 10 minutes per class and letting us know how our favorite driver is going.... So much "this Toyota" but no mention of the driver

[@QF_Dan72]

Agree

[@sports2hedz542]

Much better than IMSA highlights

[@frobro7]

With all the drama in formula 1, it's refreshing to keep up with wec for the first time. Just pure racing

[@stevemcrichards8768]

100%

[@bib2010bib]

exactly why i dropped F1.

[@aztronomy7457]

I’d recommend indycar as well. The purest auto racing in the world in my opinion.

[@aviationaerospacechannel5987]

Since so many years already f1 is only a drama, which I dropped decades ago. WEC and 24hours of LeMans always have been more excited and production focus than f1.

[@Bncxx1275]

@@aviationaerospacechannel5987 i mean Man.. if only Haas or alfa Romeo or Williams could compete againts the big three

[@lukiridiculous8958]

This is way better then last years highlights, keep it up!

[@Calibra95]

Sad for Glickenhaus. Hope they can recover. And Vanwall, impressive!

[@viniciusdelima8192]

It's so much time until next race. Can't wait for Portimão 6h!

This type of content is what we needed as fans and what you needed as a Racing Series.

[@graeme111]

just sending appreciation for these long highlights of the races, thank you

[@shogun2215]

God this is so much better than Formula 1. This is the pinnacle of racing.

[@dj.m682]

Absolutely

[@TheHighRoad1748]

Shhhh. Don't let the Elitists hear you 💀

[@ShawnFX]

@@TheHighRoad1748 As an 'elitist' I heard him and now I'm pissed at @Shogun for having such a wrong opinion. jk, WEC is much more calm

[@armorgeddon]

The pinnacle of artificial BoP racing rather.

[@shogun2215]

@@armorgeddon BoP works because it maintains competitiveness, and stops situations like we have in Formula 1 where the championship has already been decided 2 races in. And it's not like Formula 1 is the pinnacle of technology either because they still have very restrictive rules to follow. But by all means, if you enjoy watching Red Bull win every single race with no one coming close, keep watching Formula 1.

[@imfrcd]

That was a great race, the Hypercars brought me back to Sebring..

[@Zanion]

If I may offer some feedback: I would like to see a bit of indication how far into the race we are. or just any kind of transition between the highlights really. Take 8:00 for example It's a bit difficult to follow if everything is cut together seamlessly Add a short transition, a bit maybe 10-15 seconds before the actual incident to give a bit of context and afterwards replays. really helps the viewing experience from my point of view. Not great to see the #50 and #6 fighting for P5 and get a hard cut to a crashed #51 although there are 2 full hours between the two situation.

[@G0UDIE]

Top left corner

[@Yelooh]

lap counter is in the top left

[@G0UDIE]

And "progress bar" of the race

[@Zanion]

@@G0UDIE absolutelx not what I was referring to. I'm more than familiar how a clock or lap counter works. But I wouldn't blame anyone watching this to believe the 51 crashed while 50 and 6 were in a battle. I had the issue multiple times in the video and I watched the entire race. If you want to look at the top left corner every time the camera cuts (regardless of same situation or the next) you do you IMSA for example shows their logo, followed by "hour 6" makes it a lot easier to follow and at least in my oppinion improves the quality of the video.

[@G0UDIE]

Oh I agree they should add some kind of transition between the cuts

[@chance8139]

Double Hypercar Toyota win. So cool !!😁

[@theabyssaldemon]

Ah a proper highlight reel with some cool music to boot. Yeah! thanks!

[@ondellonoya]

Toyota for the win!!

[@voongnz]

Brendon Hartley's beard go vroom 💨🏁 let's go #8

[@sixpotshot]

Excellent commentary - keep getting better and give us even more! ✨

[@alfz2897]

Imagine a extended highlights of one hour! ♥️

[@SunsetSheen]

Would be amazing. I’ll even settle for 30 mins. These better highlights are what got me back into WEC.

[@AcerzYT]

TOYOTA FOREVER‼️ POWA BABY POWAAA!!!!!!

[@user-uk4vg8ny1z]

TOYOTA・GAZOO・Racing🇯🇵🗾GR010HYBRID🇬🇧🇯🇵🇦🇷🇨🇭🇳🇿🇯🇵開幕戦勝利おめでとう❗️

[@gabyherrmann9894]

I am thrilled by the great success of Gazoo, they are the first time here in action?

[@MrZupanD]

Great to watch highlights of racing. Could have been longer, but racing.

[@jean-marcelgoger]

Kobayashi always one of the fastest driver on every WEC's season ! 💙💟❤🏵🌸💮🌷🌼🌹🌺☮☯🏳‍🌈!

[@leonlawrencez28]

Great Job WEC!!!! Go Corvette Racing!!!!!!!

[@dylanprice5397]

Kobayashi = 🐐

[@mushroomsurprise7647]

Great that there is more content around WEC, thanks for listening to the feedback and providing longer highlights

[@camgallagher288]

I will definitely be watching a lot of WEC this year! Good highlights.

[@crazehsmile]

Would be nice to not know how won from the title, rather see it at the end of the highlights for us who haven't watched, still nice to see extended highlights

[@TherealLorinser]

Please always do extended highlights from each races this season, loved this one!.

[@demiurge1903]

TOYOTA THE GOAT

[@jonpetter8921]

They won their tittles in championship without competition. 1-3 when competing against Porsche.

[@Onefootinthechill]

Thank you for running longer highlights. 👍🙏

[@budthecyborg4575]

Great to see Cadillac finishing on the same lap as Ferrari. This isn't a two car race, if the rest of the field catches up to Toyota a bit then we'll be in for a competitive season.

[@MUCKLEECH]

So happy to see all these new teams in Hypercar. 2023 is going to be awesome

[@Pamax515]

Thanks for your comments and streaming, very nice 👍❤️

[@jamesnewton651]

This is excellent! Spoiler in the title which could be replaced with the name of the event, which is a great name each round!

[@ajrichar0]

Yes! Proper highlights! Thank you. More of the same across the season, please. 👍

[@lladnar69]

A solid 4th Pl finish for the first Cadillac foray into the WEC is a great result. Looking forward to the next race.

[@colinbrassington3192]

I’ve enjoyed this. Really hope that round 2 is at a time I can watch the whole race

[@1991julez]

Look at those batmobiles go! They look incredible! Please keep the content coming but please introduce more technical details on teams, cars and championships. Not like F1 having the same cars what makes this series great is the cars differences so please tell us about them

[@Gp2ever]

Grande Pechito y Varrone !!! . WEC now its even better

[@davidnoels2586]

love these recaps 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@spencera3075]

That is how every race everywhere should be started. Bring that tradition BACK! 👍🏼

[@Dunkelzeitgeist]

Thank you for this upload!

[@valdemarcardoso9358]

Some good days, Bright future for the category.

[@freewillpass]

great to watch

[@QF_Dan72]

Thank you for listening to your fanbase by providing better highlights

[@henricamayo3160]

Great job on the highlights

[@JuunseiSenpai]

Would of love to watch this replay somewhere. The app wasn’t working and although they said it would be live on KZbin, sadly it was not. This all I can get for the WEC season.

[@mrrs1113]

I've been put of the full WEC series for a while, but.... now that "all" the manufacturer are back! I'm fully on board again! Love the content, but it's a little frantic between the series I would watch a review on all racing categories one by one for more background info since I haven't been up to speed and reading about it doest way as much as info combined with these beautiful shots

[@mrrs1113]

Spelling mistake haha the first sentence should have been "I've been OUT of the full.... Sorry for the autocorrect

[@verde629]

What a great year for endurance racing with all these manufacturer hypercar teams. Next year will be even better with BMW and Lamborghini

[@ayoliya]

and Isotta Fraschini and Lamborghini and Honda (maybe)!

[@airton445]

But we need audi back i miss Audi R18 etron

[@milesr4609]

And Alpine

[@ayoliya]

@@milesr4609 yes, how could I forget Alpine

[@ayoliya]

@@airton445 they won't come back because of the F1 program :(

[@milofruit3264]

Beautiful

[@zohery-ismaelrakotoarisolo908]

please WEC we need more team radio and onboards

[@xBatboys4]

I wish they would make a videogame of this. One of the best racing classes in the world at the moment

[@08C6PaceCar]

Epic race epic cars epic track just epic

[@user-dk6er8kz7b]

GR powerrrr💪💪💪

[@ruddgrandprix-speedrunraci8515]

What up!? Now that's how you start a season!

[@alexjarlos9789]

TOYOTA GR draws first blood! go Toyota!

[@Dwan36]

FULL RACE NOW!

[@TheMatziking]

Dearest FIA, pls try to upgrade your streams to 1440p :) This looks so blurry on big screens :(

[@NomadJedi]

I enjoyed this.

[@x-90]

Ferrari strategy was weird. Cadillac played it very well for what they had. Toyota is Toyota and is good, Porsche didn’t do as well as I would’ve thought.

[@kenchen704]

Post the full race replay already, we can’t wait to rewatch

[@albertlu7372]

10:37 “look at that sky!” Yes very pretty 😍

[@yorkoxmaul9870]

hopefully the other teams could put up a good fight to Toyota in the rest of the season!

[@rhyswilliams4893]

Ferrari was faster all race. Toyota just used their experience to not take any risks and win it.

[@brakecheck5354]

Sebring is a very unique track and Toyota has an experience edge over most of the teams. I expect things to tighten up at the future races.

[@s2korpionic]

​@@rhyswilliams4893 faster and more reckless.

[@jrrs8692]

No they where not, dont be delusional. Toyota had better pace and tire management.

[@Harmonic14]

​@@rhyswilliams4893 Ferrari was not faster the whole race... The Toyotas lapped faster and held that pace much longer over a stint.

[@lekonai]

overtake king Kamui!

[@JohnCharb87]

Looking forward to the rest of the season. Looks like Corvette Racing has a good crew with Ben Keating. Following day at IMSA's 12hrs Sebring Ben Keating raced a LMP2 car and witness the mayhem. The last 20mins of the race 4 GTP cars in mere seconds were wrecked and caused a chain reaction that spun out the GTD Pro Ferrari and Corvette and some GTD cars.

[@mr8I7]

It's a nice summary for those of us who've already watched it. But it'll be pretty confusing for anyone who didn't actually see the race. I think if you haven't seen the race in full then at least wait for the 1 hour highlights.

[@juckyvortex]

Maybe next time don't put the winner right in the title. Some people still want to watch the replay.

[@barkyracing500]

Was always gonna be hard to beat the experience of Toyota

[@jonpetter8921]

Don t underestimate Porsche. The were 3-1 vs Toyota when competing together.

[@ciello___8307]

@@jonpetter8921 the porsche is still pretty raw. I expect toyota to have the upper hand this year like in 2014, when toyota beat porsche and audi to win the WEC championship

[@jonpetter8921]

@@ciello___8307 Toyota statistic against the germans is pretty bad

[@abbiravindhran8424]

Toyota killing it in the WEC and Ferrari getting destroyed

[@tyronnezx]

Porsche and caddy getting destroyed. At least ferrari kept their dignity

[@ciello___8307]

ferrari did ok considering this was the first race for this car. Peugeot is a mess

[@anthonyt219]

​@@ciello___8307 2nd ain't too bad. Ferrari might come back in force if they keep it together. Toyota definitely has the faster cars and better drivers imo. They just need to make sure they never retire in the championship and just survive

[@davidmunnis9146]

How long normally until full race highlights are released?

[@AS19Motorsport]

A big year has begun! Great work from Toyota but they need to watch out for Ferrari and Cadillac - they’re not to be underestimated!

[@jonpetter8921]

Porsche will win it all again from next year....:D

[@Calibra95]

Don't underestimate Porsche tbh, they're strong actually.

[@tyronnezx]

​@@jonpetter8921 lol. Stop day drinking

[@jonpetter8921]

@@tyronnezx Porsche is 3-1 against Toyota when they are competing together, so i wouldn t underestimate Porsche.

[@stevemcrichards8768]

I have been watching racing for a long time and I am so hyped for this season and the future of endurance racing at this the top level of motorsport. The FIA WEC must retain Sebring on its racing calendar it is so important to the history of endurance sportscar racing and American fans show up in droves. I really would like to see FIA WEC at COTA but, also Watkins Glen and Road America are all time American classic racing circuits. Please FIA WEC make it two rounds in the USA, your choice!

[@artkuzon2706]

I agree with you. USA has really great tracks. Also USA is big and one more race in a different area would be great (I'm from Europe, so I'm not saying it just because it would benefit my country)

[@scsutton1]

I'm already calling Le Mans six times in a row for Toyota now.

[@stevemcrichards8768]

Looks a lot like it but, don't underestimate Peugeot there. Ground effect aerodynamics and the Circuit de la Sarthe go hand in hand; that and they're a French manufacturer and it's the centenary anniversaire.

[@Maenfy]

​@@stevemcrichards8768I mean the Le Mans public road sections are really bumpy as well. They are basically just straights so they don't need much aero for that but still.

[@Ariespradana13]

@@stevemcrichards8768 Peugeot are YOKE!!

[@enriquerodriguez5991]

​@@stevemcrichards8768 Ahora mismo a pesar de las preferencias de la FIA WEC con respecto a los fabricantes Europeos. Y de todo los favoritismo Peugeot es la peor de todas.

[@thelarry383]

@@stevemcrichards8768 BOP eradicates any significant advantages

[@XtraHidary]

1 hour video would be an awesome edition

[@Maenfy]

There will be a 50 minute highlight video on Friday.

[@jameswormsley460]

🔥🔥🔥

[@philenchymsejour8018]

"Let's enjoy this noise" The noise: 🐝🐝 All seriousness, could we get directional mics or better placement closer to the track. I'd love to hear the differences in the different engines and cars.

[@momoloco99rh]

The Cadillac it's the better sounding car

[@TellURide447]

I miss the old corvettes. The Cadillac is close, but it’s not and low and throaty as the vettes were. The new ones sound lame

[@Calibra95]

@@TellURide447 same feeling, that C7 hits hard.

[@SareN36]

Toyota💪Ferrari❤Cadillac👍

[@abbiravindhran8424]

Porsche turned into an RWB with the flying diffuser

[@hvergottini]

Es muy triste que en Argentina ningun canal de deportes ( ni ESPN ni FOX) transmitan el campeonato

[@Calibra95]

No soy argentino, pero teniendo en cuenta que hay al menos 3 pilotos de allí corriendo, es decepcionante.

[@blackhelmet5315]

that cadillac LMPH reminds me of Jackson Storm

[@oftengone]

It’s a shame this circuit won’t be back for 2024 😢😢😢

[@pomo5103]

i can safely hit the subscribe button now

[@christopherrooney6737]

The problem with this format is that the constant editing cuts off the commentators dialogue. We end up with a series of unconnected thoughts, and I find that disconnection very frustrating.........but the actual film content is really great!

[@andykeith2893]

Wish they hadn’t put a spoiler in the video title.🤦🏻

[@scarsurfing]

I would like to see the driver order on the side bar once in awhile!

[@achmadrezafirmansyah3633]

2:21 Pronto s🅱️inalla

[@brillantcruz625]

❤❤❤

[@JuergenGDB]

Was this televised at all? I saw the 12 hours of Sebring on Peacock and USA, but cant find it in the US.

[@Maenfy]

They show it on MotorTrend in the US.

[@colonelsection5821]

What the heck happened To SCG 007, they were running well, last year there weren't even any problems, and yet they retire at the first round.

[@mrsoisauce9017]

Bad luck?

[@colonelsection5821]

@@mrsoisauce9017 Sigh.......... I'm pouring my heart and soul and support to this team, they've repaired the engine following a turbo failure, and yet they have problems with electronics at the first round.

[@mrsoisauce9017]

@@colonelsection5821 I feel ya. I usually like the Europeans in terms of cars in general (mostly the Italians and the Brits, except for Ferrari cuz I’m biased towards Lamborghini lol), but SCG seem to be the underdogs to me, so even tho they’re American, I want to root for them as well. I feel ya. Hell, I want them to be able to challenge the front of the pack. But I do feel ya

[@essayibcs8528]

They lack the funds to develop the car. Not even a wind tunnel session

[@Calibra95]

They weren't sure about being racing there this year. I'm afraid of this year to be their last one, at least on Hypercars (they announced plans of bringing the 004 to the GT3 class). I think that, if you give them the time, they will be competitive again. Also, they're kinda more focused on Le Mans.

[@ZestiSpeedrunning]

I love that you guys continue to upload races, but could you keep the results out of the title? Got spoiled on the ending while I was randomly scrolling through KZbin.

[@Gizfreek]

I really wished you'd do some technical analysis on this channel too, with all the different categories and unique prototypes you'll have enough content there.

[@tallesttreeintheforest]

le mans 24h is the greatest race on earth

[@SpiderslidePics]

Too many classes racing at the same time dilutes attention, excitement and whom to root for.

[@Maenfy]

3 classes isn't even that many.

[@Leonhadrt]

That we claim more time highlights. Not all of us have to pay for the streaming service or we are geoblocked for broadcasters.

[@carlossamuel9052]

They need to update the graphics

[@seanbonella]

About time we have more hyper cars.... Kk e man's is better for it now

[@gusmaomarcos]

Great video but what is the necessity of saying the end result on the title?

[@MaxiF.]

What an opener, really heavy crash from the ferrari GT, were was the alpine lmdh cars? Porsche vs Cadillac I will like that battle over the season finally Redemption for Toyota they start the season finally with an 1-2 at Sebring to chase down the next consecutive title, is it demonstration or just a record achievement to unlap the whole field twice with both cars? Hope for an exciting thrilling and historic anniversary season ❤️🔥🔥🔥

[@michaeljarvis6587]

The cards saying what class is really jarring, far too frequent. Good highlights and great racing.

[@FrescoyMembrillo]

🇦🇷 P E C H O L O P E Z 🇦🇷

[@RobCabreraCh]

Ferrari being Ferrari. This is so cool though, looking forward to watching more racing throughout the year.