The No. 7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID of Mike Conway, Nyck de Vries and Kamui Kobayashi scored an impressive victory in Sunday's 6 Hours of Imola, fighting through rain showers in the final third of the race, creating an enthralling strategic battle between Toyota, Porsche and Ferrari.
Kamui Kobayashi will return to 23XI Racing for his second NASCAR Cup Series start at Circuit of The Americas. Kobayashi will be in a third, No. 50 Toyota Camry entry for the team March 24, alongside Tyler Reddick and Bubba Wallace. COTA is the first road course race of the NASCAR season.
Kamui Kobayashi continued to set the pace during practice during the second session this evening at the Bahrain International Circuit. The Japanese driver put the No. 7 atop the timing screens with a 1m48.851s, putting him over four-tenths clear of the sister No. 8 Toyota which slotted in second.
Kamui Kobayashi experienced everything a NASCAR race could give him Sunday on the Indianapolis road course, and it left him wanting more. “I want to come back,” he said.
Two-time LeMans winner Mike Rockenfeller has been chosen to replace suspended driver Noah Gragson in the next two NASCAR Cup Series races. Legacy Motor Club announced Tuesday that Rockenfeller will