JOTA reckons the unusual lack of full-course yellows or safety car periods during the WEC's Fuji round was the reason it didn't beat WRT to LMP2 honours.
Sean Gelael, Robin Frijns and Dries Vanthoor, deputising for an absent Rene Rast, officially took a second win of the season by a lap, but were pushed hard all the way by JOTA’s #38 car of Antonio Felix da Costa, Will Stevens and Roberto Gonzalez.
A full course yellow at any stage in the race would have allowed JOTA to eliminate the final splash and make it home on seven pitstops, but no caution period was ever called. “We are still happy with the result. We have to balance our hunger to win with our championship strategy and today was a mega day for the championship.”
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