The long-trailed appointment of Kamui Kobayashi to a full season LMP1 seat with Toyota Gazoo Racing has been confirmed today as part of Toyota’s 2016 motorsport programme announcement.
The Japanese ex F1 and Ferrari GT driver will share a TS050 with Mike Conway and Stephane Sarrazin, replacing the now retired Alexander Wurz.
The team will also run a revised livery, each of the factory-blessed programmes featuring a variation on a new corporate theme in Red, black and white.
It’s a handsome look but has already been commented on by several observers as looking “very Audi-like” in the LMP1 format.
