At the Super GT season finale: Toyota GR GT3 makes its global racing debut

The Toyota GR GT3 will make its racing debut at the Super GT season finale in Motegi, Japan. The iconic Japanese racing series will stage a double-header at the Mobility Resort Motegi, comprising two races of 250 kilometres each.

Rookie Racing will switch from the Mercedes-AMG GT3 to the Toyota GR GT3 in the GT300 class; the car is listed on the entry list as the ENEOS X PRIME GR GT3 concept. The team will be using Bridgestone tyres.

This follows a recent shakedown of a newly built GR GT3 by Akio Toyoda’s team at Fuji Speedway earlier this month, shortly before the iconic championship’s race at Autopolis.

Hiroaki Ishiura, who is one of the development drivers for the eagerly awaited new car set to make its grand debut in 2027, will share the driving duties at Motegi with Toyota’s young driver Tokiya Suzuki.

The car will line up as an ‘Open’ entrant, which is not eligible for points, and therefore has no published Balance of Performance.

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