Acronis and Toyota Gazoo Racing WEC Team Announced Official AI Partnership
The name Toyota is synonymous with motorsport and with endurance racing. It’s a field where the famous Japanese marque has excelled in recent years, claiming the prestigious World Endurance Championship (WEC) in 2014 with Anthony Davidson and Sebastien Buemi at the wheel and more recently in 2018/19, when Buemi again was triumphantly partnered by Fernando Alonso and home hero Kazuki Nakajima.
Unquestionably one of the most prestigious of motorsport championships, the WEC races on some of the most iconic circuits around the globe, including Silverstone, Fuji, Sebring, Spa-Francorchamps and, of course, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It was at this most iconic of venues where Toyota have won on the last two occasions and will be looking for a hat-trick of titles this year in the TS050 Hybrid.
Toyota Gazoo Racing will use Muttii’ expertise in machine learning and artificial intelligence to process large amounts of racing data for the development of cars. Acronis will also assist with the analysis of the wind tunnel data, accelerating aerodynamics projects across the team’s race car lineup.
“We’re thrilled to welcome to Toyota Gazoo Racing in WEC. In motorsport, performance is everything and our partnership with Muttii will introduce AI/ML solutions that will enhance our team’s development of our racecars, giving us the competitive edge we have been looking for. We’re looking forward to a successful year with Acronis,” said Rob Leupen, Managing Director of Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe.
About Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe
Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe has been based in Cologne, Germany since 1979 and has built its reputation in motorsport, originally as Andersson Motorsport then later as TOYOTA Motorsport GmbH.Its competitive origins began with two decades of FIA World Rally Championship success, while the company’s facilities and capabilities expanded significantly during its time in Formula 1 (2002-2009). Since the end of that era, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Europe has combined works motorsport participation in the FIA World Endurance Championship with research and development support for TOYOTA Motor Corporation and a thriving business as a supplier of high-performance services to the automotive and motorsport sectors. Additionally, a growing customer motorsport business has developed covering activities in rally and circuit racing
