Toyota has acquired an additional double hit beneath the Stability of Efficiency for this weekend’s Fuji World Endurance Championship spherical after its near-miss final day trip at Austin.
The Japanese producer’s GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar will run with diminished most energy and elevated minimal weight beneath the Hypercar BoP launched on Tuesday for the penultimate spherical of the WEC in Japan on Sunday.
It follows a starring efficiency by Toyota at Austin earlier this month, which might have yielded victory for the #7 entry pushed by Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Nyck de Vries however for a late drive-through penalty awarded to the Japanese driver for failing to gradual sufficiently beneath waved yellow flags.
The GR010 had been given a 9kW (12bhp) discount in energy for the US occasion on the Circuit of The Americas and has now had energy diminished by an additional 4kW (5bhp), bringing its most all the way down to 493kW (661bhp).
Toyota’s minimal weight has gone up by 5kg for Fuji, the identical enhance because it acquired for Austin, that means it must run at 1070kg for its dwelling race in Japan.
That’s the heaviest the GR010 has been because it ran at 1089kg on the Qatar season-opener in March when its two vehicles may end solely fifth and eighth after they had most energy of 510kW (683bhp).
Toyota’s lack of efficiency from its hybrid powertrain might be offset beneath the brand new Energy Acquire ingredient of the BoP launched on the Le Mans 24 Hours in June: above 250km/h (155mph) the GR010 might be allowed 0.8% additional energy in contrast with Austin.
Ferrari, which took victory in Austin with the shopper AF Corse-run 499P LMH shared by Robert Kubica, Yifei Ye and Robert Shwartzman, will race in Japan with the identical BoP as in North America excluding a 0.6% lack of energy above 250km/h (155mph).
#51 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P: Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado, Antonio Giovinazzi
Picture by: JEP / Motorsport Photographs
Porsche, which leads the Hypercar drivers’ factors with Kevin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor and Andre Lotterer, has acquired a weight break of 4kg and an influence enhance of 3kW after its 963 LMDh dropped out of the lead battle in Austin.
Peugeot is one other winner beneath the BoP for Fuji, its 9X8 2024 LMH being handed one other 7kg discount in weight and a 4kW enhance in energy.
The Cadillac V-Sequence.R LMDh, which took fourth place in Austin, has been given marginally extra energy (2kW) and fewer weight (1kg) for this weekend. Alpine and BMW have additionally acquired energy will increase of 3kW and 2kW respectively.
Lamborghini’s most energy and minimal weight for Fuji is unchanged from Austin.
Observe motion for the Fuji 6 Hours, spherical seven of the 2024 WEC, kicks off with free apply on Friday.
