TOYOTA GAZOO Racing READY FOR DESERT DOUBLE

Toyota City, Japan, Oct 25, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Hypercar historical previous will be written when the 2021 FIA World Patience Championship (WEC) titles are decided in a Bahrain double-header, and four-time Le Mans winner TOYOTA GAZOO Racing is ready for a duel within the wasteland.

For the first time in WEC historical previous, races will be held on consecutive weekends on the identical venue; on Saturday 30 October the 6 Hours of Bahrain, followed by the 8 Hours of Bahrain per week later.

A 100% take epic this season intention TOYOTA GAZOO Racing travels to Bahrain in pole web page to withhold the World Championship. The crew leads Alpine by 51 components, with a entire of 65 on provide within the closing races, that intention third web page within the first Bahrain contest is enough to be sure a third consecutive title.

There is a 3-intention fight for the drivers’ crown and the identity of the first Hypercar drivers’ World Champions will be decided handiest within the closing urge of 2021, on Saturday 6 November.

Following their emotional first Le Mans victory in August, the #7 GR010 HYBRID crew of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez head the standings as they are attempting to protect the title they received in Bahrain closing year.

Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley, within the #8 GR010 HYBRID, are handiest 9 components within the assist of having also received two of the four races to this point this season. One other two victories would guarantee them the title while the third-positioned Alpine drivers are also within the championship discipline, trailing by 30 components.

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing has a really solid epic in Bahrain, having received 5 cases from eight visits to the 15-flip, 5.412km Bahrain Global Circuit, including three wins for its legendary TS050 HYBRID LMP1 automobile.

The contemporary GR010 HYBRID Hypercar will compose its Bahrain debut in barely the identical specification as at Le Mans, when the crew earned a one-two victory thanks to a solid crew effort to conquer gas stress complications prompted by contamination within the gas cell. That suppose has been addressed sooner than Bahrain following intensive technical investigations.

Koji Sato, GAZOO Racing Company President:

“It is my pleasure to affix the crew for the closing two races of the 2021 WEC season. Since Le Mans, I do know the crew has been working very onerous to take care of the technical challenges we experienced and I am confident that we occupy developed appropriate countermeasures. The total crew is having a watch forward to Bahrain, the build we want to affirm an exhilarating finale to the WEC season for all persistence followers. Having two races on consecutive weekends is a annoying discipline for all drivers and teams but I do know every person at TOYOTA GAZOO Racing has ready strongly for Bahrain and we’d well perhaps be ready. Reliability and efficiency are never assured in persistence racing, in particular with a brand contemporary automobile, so the total crew is working onerous to present each driver crews an equal probability at a success the World Championship.”

Mike Conway (GR010 HYBRID #7):

“We are positively pushing to take every other championship in Bahrain but it unquestionably’s going to be annoying; there are two occasions with 14 hours of racing quiet to head. I am sure it would perhaps perhaps come all of the formula down to the second urge and we can push onerous to withhold the title. It is been a extensive season to this point, in particular with a success Le Mans, and it’d be good to high it off with the championship. Bahrain has been a solid circuit for me over the years, always a fave, so lets’ take a look at what it brings this year.”

Kamui Kobayashi (GR010 HYBRID #7):

“To place the season with two races on the identical circuit is contemporary for WEC and it intention every person can seek data from an intense two weeks. Useless to converse, it is the first time for us to power with the GR010 HYBRID on this circuit so we must point of curiosity on consistently enhancing the auto steadiness so we are in appropriate shape for each races. With Mike and Jose, and our engineers, we can work onerous and affords ourselves the greatest probability of a success the World Championship all over again.”

Jose Maria Lopez (GR010 HYBRID #7):

“It is going to be particular to fight for the title in assist-to-assist races, in particular coming from some good moments at Le Mans. It is most well-known for the crew to take the title with an staunch first urge, then we can take a look at who deserves the drivers’ championship. Whoever takes the crown would perhaps well occupy in actuality earned it. Automobile #8 is continuously solid competitors for us; we fight on target but we are crew-mates and pals so there’s extensive respect between all of us.”

Sebastien Buemi (GR010 HYBRID #8):

“I am having a watch forward to a prolonged have confidence in Bahrain; it would perhaps perhaps be appropriate. We were making ready within the simulator for this and we seek data from an staunch fight with the sister automobile and the Alpine. We are in a position to pray to adapt to fully different cases since the behaviour of the auto modifications rather loads from day to night time. The crew has labored onerous since Le Mans to admire a few complications and repeatedly toughen the auto and I will give my very, absolute greatest to fight for the championship until the halt.”

Kazuki Nakajima (GR010 HYBRID #8):

“I am sure it would perhaps perhaps be every other shut fight in Bahrain to entire the season; our automobile has been very shut with automobile #7 all season and it would perhaps well perhaps be the identical for the closing two races. The margins were very small so we must have confidence up for each minute development within the steadiness. I’m having a watch forward to the subject. Bahrain is a extensive web page for a urge and it will be keen to take a look at how the track cases swap between the two races pondering one is within the day, totally different is at night time. I seek data from this is in a position to well occupy an impression so we must be ready for it.”

Brendon Hartley (GR010 HYBRID #8):

“I am having a watch forward to getting assist within the assist of the wheel of the GR010 HYBRID all over again after moderately a prolonged ruin. It feels esteem a prolonged time since Le Mans. We stir to Bahrain with all to play for in terms of the drivers’ World Championship since the opening between the tip three is beautiful shut. Bahrain typically produces appropriate races and it is a pleasant circuit. We occupy ready on the simulator but nothing will beat the trusty sensations of driving our Hypercar all around the track.”

Source: Toyota Motor Company

Sectors: Automobile

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