Toyota has called for procedural changes after its 7 car lost 11 minutes with an FIA sensor failure early in the Portimao WEC race. It left the car down in ninth in the Hypercar class.
Pascal Vasselon, Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director, argued that it was unfair that the #7 GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar was forced to make an 11-minute pitstop after torque sensor mandated by the FIA and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest on the left rear driveshaft failed early in last weekend’s Portimao 6 Hours.
"We have to find better solutions to not force cars to park and repair for the failure of a sensor that is nothing to do with the team," he said. Vasselon argued that the issue was “very serious” because even with what he described as a “remarkable” pitstop in which the entire left-rear corner was changed in only 11 minutes it meant “the race was dead” for #7.Toyota won the second round of the 2023 WEC on Sunday with the #8 car driven by Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa, but Vasselon stressed that it"could not [be] happy with the weekend when one car only scores two points".
The #94 Peugeot 9X8 that finished fifth in the hands of Loic Duval, Nico Muller and Gustavo Menezes also suffered a failure of one of the FIA sensors in the closing stages of the race.
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