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Toyota WEC boss Leupen stands down with immediate effect

Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe race director Rob Leupen is departing the Cologne-based organisation that masterminds the Japanese manufacturer’s World Endurance Championship campaign.

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Lopez Toyota return at Le Mans "like I had never left"

Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical boss David Floury revealed that the Argentinian was “up to speed immediately” on his return to the cockpit of the Le Mans Hypercar at last weekend’s Le Mans Test Day for the first time since the 2023 World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain.

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Lopez's Toyota return at Le Mans "like I had never left"

Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical boss David Floury revealed that the Argentinian was "up to speed immediately" on his return to the cockpit of the Le Mans Hypercar at last weekend's Le Mans Test Day for the first time since the 2023 World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain.

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Toyota concedes Le Mans is Porsche's to lose after test 1-2

David Floury, Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director, claimed that the performance of the three-car Porsche Penske Motorsport squad over the six hours of running ahead of the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship means that they would have underperformed if they don't win.

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Why Toyota chose Lopez over Miyata to replace Conway at Le Mans

The decision to recall Lopez to the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar for the double-points World Endurance Championship round on 15/16 June was “a very simple one”, according to Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe director Rob Leupen.

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Toyota credits "Kamui effect" for pole gap in Fuji WEC qualifying

Vasselon, technical director of Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe, put the Japanese driver's advantage over team-mate Brendon Hartley down to his renowned qualifying pace and local knowledge of the Fuji Speedway.

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Toyota to continue McLaren relationship despite end of F1 wind tunnel deal

McLaren’s switchover to its own brand-new wind tunnel at its Woking factory is expected to take place this month, bringing an end to a 12-year partnership it had using the Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe (TGR-E) facility in Cologne.

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Toyota reveals cause of Hirakawa spin at end of Le Mans 24 Hours

Pascal Vasselon, Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director, explained that the Japanese driver who shared the second-placed GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar with Sebastien Buemi and Brendon Hartley was caught out by a rearward brake balance setting at the tight Arnage right-hander.

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IMSA drivers defend ‘Americanised’ Le Mans safety car changes

Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director Pascal Vasselon caused a stir following the official Test Day when he described the new rules, which will see the entire 62-car field packed up behind a single safety car following full-course cautions for the first time, as a “big step towards the Americanisation…

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Toyota "on the back foot" for WEC Spa after practice issues, Hartley crash

Pascal Vasselon, Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director, described the opening two days of the Spa 6 Hours meeting “as not our best race weekend so far”, despite Kamui Kobayashi taking pole position in the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID.

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Toyota requests WEC procedure changes after FIA-mandated sensor fails

Pascal Vasselon, Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director, argued that it was unfair that the #7 GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar was forced to make an 11-minute pitstop after torque sensor mandated by the FIA and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest on the left-rear driveshaft failed in the Portimao 6…

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Toyota: New safety car rules risk devaluing Le Mans win

Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director Pascal Vasselon believes that the revised safety car system could make “Le Mans a bit of a lottery”.

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Toyota will run its pre-Le Mans 24 test at Sebring this week

The Japanese manufacturer, who claimed a 1-2 victory in the Sebring 1000 Miles, will run for three days from Monday as it undertakes a third endurance simulation with the updated 2023 version of the GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar.

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Toyota plays down WEC Sebring Prologue domination

Pascal Vasselon, Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director, insisted that the his team’s performance in the official pre-season WEC test that took place last weekend ahead of next Friday’s Sebring 1000 Miles championship opener “didn’t look good if you compare them with the IMSA test a few weeks ago”.

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