Ending the great year 2023 with “TOYOTA Gazoo Racing Team Thailand”, the strongest racing team with a championship degree. Under the support of Toyota Motor Thailand Co., Ltd. along with “ORC ROOKIE Racing Team”, a racing team for automotive development by Morizo or Mr. Akio Toyoda, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Toyota Motor Corporation Thailand. Japan Arrange an army of racing cars of various models. and carbon neutral racing cars Join the field for a 10-hour smooth marathon in the final field to decide the annual champion of the program “IDEMITSU SUPER ENDURANCE SOUTHEAST ASIA TROPHY 2023”. Toyota announces its power to hold the 1-5th place overall, including the annual champion in the D2 and D3 categories and all champions. model Between 22-23 December 2023 at Chang International Circuit, Buriram Province.
Toyota Gazoo Racing Team Thailand enters the Super Endurance field, taking a total of 10 hours to compete, organizing a team of senior racers. and the Dream Team from Toyota Gazoo Racing Motorsport 2023 entered the field of battle, totaling 10 cars in 5 models, 4WD-D2-D3- Yaris One Make Race and Yaris Ativ Lady One Make Race, among the racers from 14 countries including Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Macau, China, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, France, Italy and Croatia, with a total of 63 cars competing on the starting grid with the same goal of competing. Annual champion title
After competing for 10 hours, the game closed with a great finish, in Division 2, Toyota Gazoo, with Toyota FT86, car number 221, driven by Naoki Kawamura, Kentaro Tsujitori. , and Yuhi Sekiguchi joined forces to finish the race with an excellent performance, winning 1st place in both their class and Overall, running a total of 293 laps of the field and Toyota Corolla Altis GR Sport Nürburgring, car number 219, driven by Suthipong Samitchat, Nattawut Charoensukawatana and Manat Kulapalanon finished 2nd in both their class and overall, running a total of 289 laps, car number 220 driven by Natthaphong Hothongkam, Karn Supaphong and Chen Jie. Yon Hong ranked 3rd in both class and overall, running a total of 289 laps, and according to unofficial results, car number 219 won the annual Division 2 championship.
As for Division 3, the team sending E-fuel cars, cars with continuously developed carbon neutral fuels, did an excellent job with the Collora Altis GR Sport Turbo E-Fuel car number 337 driven by Akkaraphong Akannirot. , Thanchanok Charoensukawatana and Krit Wasurat performed 1st place in the class and 5th overall in running a total of 280 laps and also received the annual champion of this class for sure, car number 317 with a Yaris 1.6 NA driving car. by Noraras Apiwat, Tayaphon Kongsuwan, Sakchai Yimwattana and Kentaro Chiba, ranked 9th in class and 23rd overall, running a total of 258 laps, while Yaris Turbo E-Fuel car number 323 was driven by Natthaphong Horthongkam, Thanchanok Charoensukawatana and Nadol Takwantan took 12th place in their class and 44th place overall, running a total of 227 laps on the field, and cars number 337 and 323 also received Carbon Neutrality trophies for 1st and 2nd place in this class. too
The 4WD model developed and sent to the field again with GR Yaris No. 19, driven by Suthipong Samitchat, Manat Kulapalanon and Kentaro Chiba, finished the race taking 1st place in the class and 14th place overall. Total 269 laps of the field
Yaris Ativ Lady One Make Race class with Yaris Ativ Lady One Make Race car number 20, driven by Siripakorn Yayyon, Pannalin Tuaydet, Savitri Kwangkaew and Tippawan Phurayap, finished the race in 1st place in the class and 32nd. Overall type, running a total of 243 laps of the field, number 89, driven by Miya Thongchua, Kitiya Theerawatvathi and Tippawan Phurayab, finished 3rd in their class and 43rd in Overall type, running a total of 230 laps of the field.
Yaris One Make Race model, with Yaris One Make Race car number 21, driven by Nipitphon Wattananit, Phuripat Wetwongsatejawat, Akkarawut Mankolsut and Sritthana Mitaree. Finished the race ranked 1st in class and 34th overall, running a total of 241 laps of the field.
As for the racing cars of “ORC ROOKIE Racing Team”, they brought 3 carbon-neutral racing cars onto the field in Division 2, namely car number 228 “ORC ROOKIE GR86 CNF Concept” which uses carbon-neutral fuel, driven by Kazuya Oshima, Kenta Yamashita, Kezo Kato and Daisuke Toyoda finished 4th in both their class and overall, running a total of 289 laps, car number 264 with the “CP ROOKIE” car. PRIUS CNF-HEV GR Concept” driven by Hibiki Taira, Naoya Gamo, Tatsuya Kataoka, Moriso and Kajon Chearavanont, finished 6th in class and 11th overall, running a total of 272. Around the field and car number 232 with the “ORC ROOKIE GR Corolla H2 concept,” a hydrogen-powered car driven by Moriso, Masahiro Sasaki, Hiroaki Ishiura and Yasuhiro Okura, finished. Ranked 8th in class and 55th overall, ran a total of 161 laps and also received the Carbon Neutrality trophy for 1-2-3rd place.
After the competition, Mr. Suthipong Samitchat, Team Director and Toyota Gazoo Racing Team Thailand driver, revealed his feelings after the competition. “We are all very happy. with today’s excellent competition results The team continues to maintain the championship record in this event, both in the D2 class and in the D3 class, which are cars using E-Fuel, which also win the championship. Endurance competition requires continuous driving for a long time. You must plan well for both the car and the important people to finish the race. Today, we still collect data on every car in order to develop and expand according to the guidelines of Toyota Co. and our team, who want cars that are carbon neutral. through more diverse fuel options.”
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2023-12-23 16:42:00
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