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Rob Leupen will depart Toyota GAZOO Racing Europe and step down as team director ahead of the 2024 World Endurance Championship season finale.
After three decades of working with the Japanese manufacturer, the Dutchman will leave the Cologne-based outfit. Rob Leupen joined Toyota in 1990 and spent over three decades with them. He is most renowned for his leadership of Toyota’s FIA WEC programme since its inception in 2012, during which they won the Le Mans 24 Hours six times consecutively and clinched five straight WEC titles. The reigning Hypercar Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ champions, Toyota GAZOO Racing Europe (TGR-E), announced a restructuring of its leadership, with Rob Leupen set to depart at the end of the year. His departure precedes the WEC’s 8 Hours of Bahrain season finale on November 2nd, where Toyota will defend their Manufacturers’ title against Ferrari at the Sakhir track.
