Toyota will go into the 2025 World Endurance Championship with an unchanged driver line-up.
The Japanese automobile maker’s #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar will pushed by Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Nyck de Vries for a second consecutive season, whereas in #8 Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa keep collectively for a fourth season.
Kobayashi, who additionally acts as workforce principal of the Toyota Gazoo Racing WEC squad, burdened the significance of what he described as “a constant line-up of drivers who perceive tips on how to work collectively”.
“Now we have a prime driver line-up in each vehicles, and I’m comfortable to be a part of it once more in 2025,” he stated.
“The workforce spirit and co-operation amongst all of the drivers, and the workforce on the whole, grows with each race and each season.”
#7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 – Hybrid: Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi, Nyck de Vries, #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 – Hybrid: Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley, Ryo Hirakawa
Photograph by: Shameem Fahath
He added that Toyota has loved “some good outcomes this yr”, a reference to its three race wins and victory within the Hypercar producers’ championship, however that “as a workforce we constantly push ourselves to carry out even higher at each occasion”.
De Vries labelled his 2024 marketing campaign with Toyota as “a great first season”.
“Now we have had ups and downs however usually it has been an amazing expertise,” he stated.
“I’m wanting ahead to being a part of this workforce in 2025, it’s a true pleasure and honour.”
The Dutch driver belatedly joined Toyota rather than Jose Maria Lopez firstly of this yr having initially been slated to race the #7 automobile in 2023 previous to his brief stint in Components 1 with AlphaTauri.
Conway might be enterprise his tenth season as a full-time member of the Toyota WEC squad, whereas Buemi maintains an unbroken run with the workforce that stretches again to its return to top-flight sportscar racing on the rebirth of the WEC in 2012.
Toyota’s announcement of its driver line-up for its 2025 assault on the Hypercar class on Wednesday made no reference to Ritomo Miyata, who stuffed the check and reserve position this yr.
The Japanese driver was neglected for the Le Mans 24 Hours WEC blue riband in June when Conway was unable to compete on account of accidents sustained in a biking accident.
Toyota as a substitute introduced Lopez again to fill the seat alongside Kobayashi and de Vries.
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