Toyota announces 2023 Super Taikyu teams, completes SUPER GT and Super Formula driver line-ups
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) has announced its Super Taikyu series team set-ups and completed the 2023 driver line-ups in SUPER GT and Japanese Super Formula Championship.
Super Taikyu series
- In addition to a vehicle based on GR Corolla and utilizing a hydrogen combustion engine, ROOKIE Racing will also enter the ST-Q class with a vehicle based on the GR86, which will use biomass-derived synthetic fuel. TGR will also continue to implement testing at racing events in order to explore new options to achieve carbon neutrality.
- TOM’S SPIRIT will race in the ST-4 class with the GR86 in 2023.
（ All Super Taikyu series drivers are Japanese）
| Team | Class | Vehicle | No. | Driver |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORC ROOKIE Racing | ST-Q | ORC ROOKIE GR Corolla H2 concept | 32 | Masahiro Sasaki Employee driver Hiroaki Ishiura※ Yasuhiro Ogura |
| ORC ROOKIE GR86 CNF concept | 28 | Employee driver Kenta Yamashita Kazuya Oshima※ Employee driver |
||
| TOM’S SPIRIT | ST-4 | TOM’S SPIRIT GR86 | 86 | Takamitsu Matsui Shunsuke Kohno Sho Tsuboi Employee driver |
※ The driver will also act as principal of their own car
SUPER GT
GT500 Class
- TGR will participate with the GR Supra GT500 again in 2023.
- We will support six teams, comprising a total of six vehicles, through TOYOTA CUSTOMIZING & DEVELOPMENT Co., Ltd. (TCD).
- Ukyo Sasahara is confirmed as a driver in TGR TEAM Deloitte TOM’S.
| Team | No. | Driver | Tires |
|---|---|---|---|
| TGR TEAM ENEOS ROOKIE | 14 | Kazuya Oshima (Japan) | BS |
| Kenta Yamashita (Japan) | |||
| TGR TEAM WedsSport BANDOH | 19 | Yuji Kunimoto (Japan) | YH |
| Sena Sakaguchi (Japan) | |||
| TGR TEAM au TOM’S | 36 | Sho Tsuboi (Japan) | BS |
| Ritomo Miyata (Japan) | |||
| TGR TEAM Deloitte TOM’S | 37 | Ukyo Sasahara (Japan) | BS |
| Giuliano Alesi (France) | |||
| TGR TEAM ZENT CERUMO | 38 | Yuji Tachikawa (Japan) | BS |
| Hiroaki Ishiura (Japan) | |||
| TGR TEAM SARD | 39 | Yuhi Sekiguchi (Japan) | BS |
| Yuichi Nakayama (Japan) |
Tires = BS: Bridgestone YH: Yokohama
Japanese Super Formula Championship
- TRD (Toyota Racing Development) will supply 11 vehicles from six teams with two-liter four-cylinder direct injection gasoline turbo engines (TRD 01F).
- All vehicles will be equipped with tires produced by Yokohama.
- Kazuto Kotaka, who was crowned series champion in the 2022 Japanese Super Formula Lights Championship, will participate for the first time.
- Giuliano Alesi is confirmed as the #36 driver for Kuo VANTELIN TEAM TOM’S.
| Team | No. | Driver |
|---|---|---|
| KONDO RACING | 3 | Kenta Yamashita (Japan) |
| 4 | Kazuto Kotaka (Japan) | |
| KCMG | 7 | Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) |
| 18 | Yuji Kunimoto (Japan) | |
| docomo business ROOKIE | 14 | Kazuya Oshima (Japan) |
| ITOCHU ENEX TEAM IMPUL | 19 | Yuhi Sekiguchi (Japan) |
| 20 | Ryo Hirakawa (Japan) | |
| Kuo VANTELIN TEAM TOM’S | 36 | Giuliano Alesi (France) |
| 37 | Ritomo Miyata (Japan) | |
| P.MU/CERUMO・INGING | 38 | Sho Tsuboi (Japan) |
| 39 | Sena Sakaguchi (Japan) |