Toyota WEC Challenge driver Ritomo Miyata looked nailed on for a European racing programme in 2024. But schedule clashes with SUPER GT have given the Japanese manufacturer a fresh headache over what to do with its new protege.
However, following recent meetings between senior Toyota staff and TOM’S, it now appears possible the 24-year-old could stay in SUPER GT after all, although the driver himself recently told Motorsport.com that nothing is decided yet.
It had been suggested that TOM’S would recruit a driver from overseas in the event of losing Miyata, but it’s possible that the bitter of experience of 2022, when Tsuboi shared a car with Giuliano Alesi, may have made Toyota reluctant to risk pairing Tsuboi with a rookie again. Sena Sakaguchi is in the second year of his GT500 apprenticeship at Racing Project Bandoh, and is surely ripe for a promotion to a Bridgestone-shod squad, much as Miyata was at the end of the 2021 season.
Kazuto Kotaka would appear to be first in line for such an opportunity, having already joined the Toyota Super Formula roster this season. Kotaka is driving in the GT300 class for the apr outfit, and has impressed with his speed in the all-new LC500h, even if the results have been lacking.
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