Toyota is in a “tough situation in terms of performance” as it heads into 24hoursoflemans week, according to team principal Kamui Kobayashi. Here's what he said ⬇️
Toyota is in a “tough situation in terms of performance” as it heads into Le Mans 24 Hours week, according to team principal Kamui Kobayashi.The driver of the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID made the comment after the Japanese manufacturer could do no better than third across the two sessions of Sunday’s official test for the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship next weekend.
Kobayashi talked without reference to the Balance of Performance changes made in the WEC’S Hypercar class last week, which raised the minimum weight of the GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar by 37kg.added that there is “still lap time to find” after Toyota ended up fifth and third in the pair of three-hour sessions of the Test Day on the full 8.47-mile Circuit de la Sarthe.was 1.1s and then 0.3s shy of Ferrari, which topped both sessions with its 499P LMH.
Toyota ended up behind Ferrari, Peugeot and Porsche in the opening test period and behind Ferrari and Porsche in the second.#7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 - Hybrid of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi, Jose Maria LopezThe test was described as “not our best day” by Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical boss Pascal Vasselon.
Asked to expand on that, he replied: “Just look at the lap times, and I’m sure you will have an idea.”Finding the missing pace was, he said, “our job and we will just get on with it”. Vasselon revealed that Conway’s crash at Tertre Rouge right at the end of the morning session had a negligible effect on Toyota’s testing programme over the day.
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