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<\/p>\nToyota continues to lead manufacturers\u2019 championship in GR010 Hybrid Electric Hypercar<\/p>\n
GAZOO Racing earned a dramatic double podium finish in the 6 Hours of Monza recently during the exciting fourth round of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). The team\u2019s Toyota GR010 Hybrid Electric Hypercar were strong contenders for victory during an incident-packed race at Monza Circuit, which is known as the \u2018Temple of Speed\u2019, before going on to achieve second and third place.<\/p>\n
S\u00e9bastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley, and Ryo Hirakawa finished just 2.762 seconds behind the eventual winners in the No. 8 GR010 Hybrid Electric Hypercar to claim second place. Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi, and Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda L\u00f3pez clinched a podium finish of third in the No. 7 GR010 Hybrid Electric Hypercar. The valuable points gained by GAZOO Racing mean Toyota leads the manufacturers\u2019 championship by 15 points going into the final two races.<\/p>\n
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The two GR010 Hybrid Electric Hypercars were part of a close race from the very beginning. Two full course yellows during the opening 30 minutes saw all Hypercars make fuel stops, before a new strategy elevated Buemi into second and L\u00f3pez into third. The complexion of the race changed after two-and-a-half hours when an accident from a GT competitor necessitated a safety car and closed up the field. All Hypercars pitted, and Mike Conway was able to take the lead in the No. 7 GR010 Hybrid Electric Hypercar thanks to a shorter pit stop. The top three Hypercars were separated by only a few seconds going into the final two hours, with their positions alternating at each pit stop as a result of the teams changing tires at different intervals.<\/p>\n
Over the years, Toyota has been participating in many different forms of motorsports, \u200eincluding Formula One, the World Endurance Championship (WEC), and the N\u00fcrburgring 24 \u200eHours endurance race. Toyota\u2019s participation in these events was overseen by separate \u200eentities within the company until April 2015, when Toyota established GR \u200eto consolidate all of its motorsports activities under one in-house brand. Representing \u200eToyota\u2019s belief that \u2018the roads build the people, and the people build the cars,\u2019 GR highlights the role of motorsports as a fundamental pillar of Toyota\u2019s commitment to \u200emaking \u2018ever-better\u2019 cars. Harnessing years of experience gained under the extreme \u200econditions of motorsports events, GR aims to forge new \u200etechnologies and solutions that bring the freedom, adventure, and joy of driving to everyone.<\/p>\n
The penultimate round of the 2022 season takes place during the second week of September in Japan with the 6 Hours of Fuji. GAZOO Racing has won seven of its last eight races at Fuji Speedway and expects to challenge for another victory during the team\u2019s home race.<\/p>\n
Race Notes:<\/p>\n
\u2022 No. 8 GR010 Hybrid Electric Hypercar (S\u00e9bastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa)
\no Position: 2nd
\no Laps & Gap: 194 laps +2.762 secs
\no Best Lap: 1:37.847
\n\u2022 No. 7 GR010 Hybrid Electric Hypercar (Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda L\u00f3pez)
\no Position: 3rd
\no Laps and Gap: 192 +2 laps
\no Best Lap: 1:37.787<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Toyota continues to lead manufacturers\u2019 championship in GR010 Hybrid Electric Hypercar GAZOO Racing earned a dramatic double podium finish in the 6 Hours of Monza recently during the exciting fourth round of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). The team\u2019s Toyota GR010 Hybrid Electric Hypercar were strong contenders for victory during an incident-packed race […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":100258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world-news"],"yoast_head":"\n