Mike Conway : "It has not been the best season on our side of the garage"

No, this season, luck is not on the side of the #7 team. Mike Conway, José-Maria Lopez and Kamui Kobayashi have not lost their driving skills, but the Argentinian's mistake at Sebring was compounded by technical problems at Le Mans and Monza.

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From then on, it was difficult to hope for anything against the sister car and an Alpine A480 that was not to be denied. Before the last two races of the season, the title holders have 76 points, twenty less than their team mates and thirty less than the Alpine drivers. On a regular basis, their mission looks complex...

“It feels like a long time since our last race at Monza, Conway said. It has not been the best season on our side of the garage so we are all pushing to have a clean race and fight at the front in Fuji. It’s our home race and the team has been successful there in the past, so obviously we want to keep that winning run going. It will not be easy, as we saw in Monza, because the competition in Hypercar just gets tougher, and the #8 car is always strong.”

“I am excited to race the GR010 in front of our Japanese fans for the first time, Kobayashi said. It was a pity that WEC couldn’t visit Japan for a few years but that only makes this weekend even more special. Missing out on the win at Monza was disappointing but we didn’t have the pace; we need to be stronger in Fuji. Of course, our target as a team is to retain both World Championships, therefore we want to win this weekend. Our competition is strong and it will be another challenging race, but that helps us to become better as a team.”

Clearly, Toyota cannot let the victory slip away, which would be its eighth in nine WEC races on home soil.