Toyota has unveiled the updated version of the GR010 Hybrid as it aims to defend the Hypercar title against increased competition in the WEC. Story and pictures:
The evolutions undertaken on the Toyota GR010 Hybrid for the 2023 WEC season are centred on driveability, serviceability and reliability, Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director Pascal Vasselon has revealed.
“Using the fact that the aero figures are not too difficult to achieve, we tried to have them as consistent as possible,” he said. “In the past two seasons, we have been at times struggling to adjust the brake cooling: it was taking a long time to blank or to open the cooling duct. The problem with the ECU that required the GR010 to undergo full resets while stationary “has hopefully been fully addressed now”, Vasselon said.
Vasselon said that majority of the saving had been made “towards the rear in the powertrain”, without disclosing the new or previous weights of the GR010. Vasselon explained that Toyota wanted to be prepared for movement in the BoP over the course of 2023 when new LMDh prototypes from Porsche and Cadillac, as well as Ferrari's 499P LMH, join the WEC.
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