Toyota City, Japan, Mar 07, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing begins its defence of the FIA World Patience Championship (WEC) titles, and an sharp novel generation of Hypercar competition, with a unheard of-anticipated outing to Florida for the 1000 Miles of Sebring on 17 March.
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| Photo: 1000 Miles of Sebring in 2022 |
For the principle time, the team will compete with its 2023-specification GR010 HYBRID, an evolution of the Hypercar which has won 10 of its 12 races since its 2021 debut. A productive pre-season testing programme has validated the adjustments, which were made to optimise reliability and drivability in addition as cutting again general weight.
Within the help of the wheel, Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez team up for the fifth consecutive season, on the wheel of the #7 GR010 HYBRID. Within the #8 car, Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa will procedure to repeat their world title and Le Mans wins from 2022.
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing enters the 2023 season, its 11th in WEC, on an unprecedented bustle of success, having earned 5 consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours victories and 4 straight World Championship doubles.
Nonetheless a 1000-mile high-tail over eight hours at Sebring items a special thunder to drivers and vehicles. The historic venue, house to persistence racing within the US because it opened in 1950, is well-known for its bumpy and unforgiving music floor, while the Florida climate is prone to be sizzling, humid and unpredictable.
Heading within the sincere direction, the competition in 2023 will most definitely be extra intense than ever with novel Hypercar competitors Cadillac, Ferrari, Porsche and Vanwall lining up, along with established competitors Glickenhaus and Peugeot. A total of 11 Hypercars will battle for general victory within the principle of seven races this twelve months, the biggest high-category grid for a WEC season-opener since the series used to be relaunched in 2012.
Teams and followers acquire their first opportunity to leer the class of 2023 on procedure together this weekend, throughout the primitive Prologue test, which aspects 12-and-a-half of hours of running on the 6.019 km airfield circuit throughout Saturday and Sunday.
Suppose for the 1000 Miles of Sebring begins on Wednesday with two one-hour practice intervals, adopted by a final 60-minute practice on Thursday. The starting up grid will most definitely be sure throughout a 15-minute qualifying on Thursday evening because the solar items in central Florida. When the high-tail begins at midday native time on Friday, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will originate its struggle for a 2d Sebring victory, having triumphed there in 2019.
For added data, check with https://toyotagazooracing.com/wec/liberate/2023/0307-01/.
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