WEC – Toyota places Sarrazin on No. 7 and Lapierre on No. 8

Depuis le retour de Toyota en Endurance in 2012, the trios remained unchanged. The Austrian Alexander Wurz, the French Nicolas lapierre and the Japanese Kazuki Nakajima shared the wheel of the No. 7 while the No. 8 was entrusted to the Briton Anthony Davidson, the Frenchman Stéphane Sarrazin and the Swiss Sébastien Buemi.

This morning, the Japanese team announced that it had made the decision to swap the two Tricolores, with Sarrazin moving to the No. 7 and Lapierre to the No. 8. “Toyota Racing now knows more about the strengths and characteristics of each of its drivers, said the team of technical director Pascal Vasselon. And this year, the crews were decided with the aim of optimizing the chances of victory for each of the two cars. »

As a reminder, the entry lists for the World Endurance Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans will be revealed this afternoon, around 15 p.m. A conference which will be followed live on AUTOhebdo.fr