Toyota Hypercar Takes Pole At Spa 6 Hours Despite Dismal Debut

Wednesday’s test of the 2021 WEC field at Spa-Francorchamps seemed to reveal a problem, at least for Toyota. The new Hypercar class was always intended to be slower than the outgoing LMP1s — cost-cutting was part of the brief behind the new formula, after all. But they weren’t supposed to be slower than privateer LMP2s…