Aug.7 (GMM) Toyota seems more and more decided to put one among its drivers in Method 1 – with Haas rising because the launchpad.
The Japanese large this week ran a non-public two-day take a look at at Fuji Speedway utilizing a 2023-spec Haas, as a part of the American workforce’s new Testing of Earlier Automobiles (TPC) program, which Toyota has helped finance and activate.
Ryo Hirakawa, a Toyota WEC common who has already accomplished F1 periods with Haas, Alpine, and McLaren, logged 111 laps through the opening day. “It’s been thrilling,” he stated.
However Toyota’s focus seems to be reigning Tremendous Method champion Sho Tsuboi, who drove the second day. “Tsuboi’s take a look at is an analysis, not a reward,” stated Toyota’s motorsport director Masaya Kaji.
The push follows earlier TPC outings for Ritomo Miyata and Kamui Kobayashi in Europe – including to hypothesis that Toyota’s Haas partnership is geared toward each engineering and expertise growth.
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