Sebastien Buemi, Ryo Hirakawa and Brendon Hartley had recovered from two separate time penalties to increase its championship lead over the Le Mans 24 Hours-winning #51 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar on its residence turf.
However a bulletin issued by the stewards hours after the race said that the GR010 HYBRID LMH had exceeded “the utmost launched powertrain energy” stipulated by the Stability of Efficiency, which is ruled by the technical rules.
The offence, which occurred on lap 190 of 200, was the automotive’s second infringement of the race after it obtained a reprimand for a similar challenge on lap seven.
The second infringement got here two laps earlier than Hartley took fourth from the #5 manufacturing facility Porsche 963 LMDh of Frederic Makowiecki into Flip 1.
As a result of the penalty was issued after the race, the stewards stipulated {that a} five-second stop-go penalty can be transformed to a 50-second post-race penalty, which pushes the Toyota behind the #5 Porsche and #51 Ferrari.
This had additionally completed forward of the Porsche on the highway till it too was hit with a 45-second post-race penalty for James Calado overtaking Makowiecki off the monitor on the pit straight.
Somewhat than extending its championship lead from 25 to 29 factors with two rounds to go, the #8 automotive’s benefit is now diminished to 23 factors.
#8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 – Hybrid: Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley, Ryo Hirakawa
Picture by: Alessio Morgese
Buemi was handed a 10s penalty at his first pitstop for nudging Antonio Giovinazzi’s #51 Ferrari on the first nook of the race, earlier than being slapped with a one-minute stop-go for contact with Satoshi Hoshino’s d’Station Aston Martin Vantage GTE on the run to Ascari that despatched the Japanese into the boundaries.
The sister #7 Toyota of Mike Conway, Jose Maria Lopez and Kamui Kobayashi took its third victory of the season at Monza after defeating the #50 Ferrari pushed by Miguel Molina, Nicklas Nielsen and Antonio Fuoco.
