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From press release
Toyota Racing test and reserve driver Mike Conway will make his race debut for the team in the fourth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship, in Austin on 20 September, the team announced.
The Englishman, already a two-time race winner this season in the IndyCar Series, will drive the No. 7 TS040 Hybrid in place of Kazuki Nakajima, who has conflicting Super Formula duties in Japan.
Mike has already gained experience of the TS040 Hybrid during winter testing and raced on the Circuit of the Americas in 2013, when he won the LMP2 class on his way to fifth overall.
He will drive alongside Alex Wurz and Stéphane Sarrazin in Austin, before Kazuki returns to the cockpit for the Fuji Speedway race on 12 October.
"I'm really pleased to be given the chance to race at the Circuit of the Americas," said Conway.
"I cannot wait to get started. The car is phenomenal, especially with the 1000 horsepower of four-wheel drive hybrid boost, and it should be great fun to race at the front in Austin."
Toyota Racing test and reserve driver Mike Conway will make his race debut for the team in the fourth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship, in Austin on 20 September, the team announced.
The Englishman, already a two-time race winner this season in the IndyCar Series, will drive the No. 7 TS040 Hybrid in place of Kazuki Nakajima, who has conflicting Super Formula duties in Japan.
Mike has already gained experience of the TS040 Hybrid during winter testing and raced on the Circuit of the Americas in 2013, when he won the LMP2 class on his way to fifth overall.
He will drive alongside Alex Wurz and Stéphane Sarrazin in Austin, before Kazuki returns to the cockpit for the Fuji Speedway race on 12 October.
"I'm really pleased to be given the chance to race at the Circuit of the Americas," said Conway.
"I cannot wait to get started. The car is phenomenal, especially with the 1000 horsepower of four-wheel drive hybrid boost, and it should be great fun to race at the front in Austin."