Toyota ready for Hypercar debut

This weekend marks the debut of the Hypercar era with the opening round of the World Championship season.Endurance in Belgium. On the sidelines of the 6 Hours of Spa, the teams were able to carry out tests in order to break in their cars in the image of Toyota and his GR010 during the famous Prologue.

If the No. 8 was able to complete no less than 205 laps in two days, the No. 7 encountered hydraulic-electric problems on the first day which slowed down preparation. “ It's been a tough week on our side of the garage, relates Mike conway, driver of the GR010 N°7.

The mechanics did an excellent job getting us back on track and we were able to ride a lot more on the second day. The balance of the car is good. We were then able to work on race pace by focusing on regularity and reliability. It went well ».

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« We obviously tried to constantly improve over the two days so we have a lot of data to study, continues the member of N°8 Sébastien Buemi. We will do everything to be even stronger this weekend even if the weather could change between now and then. It was also useful to have been able to work with track traffic ».

Alone facing Alpine at the 6 Hours of Spa, Toyota will still have to wait to find out where the performance of its GR010s really lies, even if the Prologue already allowed us to have a first idea.