2 May, 2021
Toyota Gazoo Racing’s #8 crew of Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Kazuki Nakajima took the first-ever Hypercar victory at the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps on Saturday.
Buemi took the all-new Toyota GR010-Hybrid to the chequered flag after an eventful race which saw the trio fightback from two separate penalties to win an intriguing 2021 FIAWEC season opener.
They faced down a race-long challenge from both the sister Toyota of Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Jose-Maria Lopez and the Alpine A480-Gibson.
All three Hypercar entries led during the frantic six-hour race but it was the No. 8 that came out on top when several issues were encountered by the No. 7 machine.
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Le Mans Hypercar Is Not There Yet Fred Smith
It s a unique year at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2023, the introduction of the LMDh class means that the race is expected to be the most competitive since at least the peak Group C days of the 1980s. Even next year, it will be an all-out battle between Toyota and early Hypercar entrant Peugeot. But, in 2021, Toyota is the only factory racing program in the entire top level of sports car racing, their only opponents a grandfathered LMP1 car bought by Renault s Alpine division and a planned custom-built Hypercar contested by boutique manufacturer Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus. In other words, anything but a Le Mans win would be a genuine shock.
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Toyota Gazoo Racing Hyped For Hypercar Debut
Toyota City, Japan, Apr 23, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will begin a new era with its GR010 HYBRID Hypercar when the road to the Le Mans 24 Hours opens at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, the opening round of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) on 1 May.
A direct successor to the legendary Group C period of the 1980s and 1990s, the spectacular LMP1 era has reached its conclusion, handing over the top category of endurance racing to the Le Mans Hypercar generation.
Reigning World Champion and three-time Le Mans winner TOYOTA GAZOO Racing is the first manufacturer on the Hypercar grid in 2021, alongside Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, with Audi, Ferrari, Peugeot and Porsche among those joining the battle in the coming years.
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