*Ryo Hirakawa joins Toyota for 2022 FIA WEC campaign

*原標(biāo)題：豐田2022WEC陣容公布，平川亮加盟

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Toyota Gazoo Racing has today confirmed that Japan’s Ryo Hirakawa will join its driver line-up for the team’s 2022 FIA WEC campaign.

豐田此前宣布，日本車手平川亮將加盟其WEC車隊(duì)，征戰(zhàn)2022賽季。

Hirakawa will team up with Sébastien Buemi and Brendon Hartley in in the No. 8 GR010 Hybrid Hypercar, replacing Kazuki Nakajima who announced he would step down as a driver after the WEC’s season-closer in Bahrain last month. Hirakawa is a rising star of Japanese racing having won the 2017 Super GT championship.

與此同時(shí)，中島一貴將退居二線，不在出任車手，上賽季收官站巴林的比賽也由此成為了他的絕唱。作為日本賽車界的耀眼新星，平川亮在2017年奪得了Super GT總冠軍。他將在新賽季搭檔塞巴斯蒂安-布埃米，及布蘭登-哈特利，一同駕駛八號(hào)豐田賽車。

There have also been other notable changes in the Toyota Gazoo Racing team for 2022 including Kamui Kobayashi being named as Team Principal in parallel to his racing commitments. In a press release issued by Toyota, the team stated that Kobayashi “will bring a driver’s perspective to team leadership with a specific focus on enhancing the team for the Hypercar era.”

而這還不是豐田賽季前唯一令人矚目的人事變動(dòng)。另一位明星車手，小林可夢(mèng)偉，在繼續(xù)作為車手參賽的同時(shí)，將擔(dān)任車隊(duì)經(jīng)理一職。豐田在發(fā)布會(huì)上如是說(shuō)：“作為一名車手，小林將為車隊(duì)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層帶來(lái)全新的管理元素，尤其會(huì)著重于更好得帶領(lǐng)團(tuán)隊(duì)，在新的混動(dòng)時(shí)代中打下一片天?！?/p>

Elsewhere, Nakajima will move to Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe (TGR-E) in Cologne, (Germany) in the new position of Vice Chairman. He will enhance the organisation and optimise its driver-focused approach to WEC, alongside team and driver management responsibilities.

退居二線的中島一貴將前往科隆，成為豐田賽車運(yùn)動(dòng)歐洲部的副主席。他將專工車廠在WEC方向上的車手發(fā)展及車隊(duì)管理。

原文地址：

https://www.fiawec.com/en/news/ryo-hirakawa-joins-toyota-for-2022-fia-wec-campaign/7225