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World title for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing after Fuji win

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Monday, September 11, 2023
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Toyota City, Japan, Sept 11, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA GAZOO Racing earned a thrilling one-two victory on home ground in the 6 Hours of Fuji to clinch the manufacturers' title in the penultimate race of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season.

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  • Toyota City, Japan, Sept 11, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA GAZOO Racing earned a thrilling one-two victory on home ground in the 6 Hours of Fuji to clinch the manufacturers' title in the penultimate race of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season.
  • An exciting battle between World Championship contenders TOYOTA GAZOO Racing and Ferrari saw the GR010 HYBRIDs come out on top.
  • After leading the team throughout the weekend, Toyota President and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Europe Chairman Koji Sato joined the drivers to celebrate a hard-earned victory, and world title, on the podium.
  • Congratulations to everyone at TOYOTA GAZOO Racing on the manufacturers' title, now let's try to get the drivers' title in Bahrain."

Japan awaits home heroes TOYOTA GAZOO Racing

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Monday, September 4, 2023
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TOKYO, Sept 4, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA GAZOO Racing defends its remarkable home record in the 6 Hours of Fuji this weekend in the penultimate race of the 2023 the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season.

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  • TOKYO, Sept 4, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA GAZOO Racing defends its remarkable home record in the 6 Hours of Fuji this weekend in the penultimate race of the 2023 the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season.
  • The historic racetrack, located 100km west of Tokyo, is very much a home race for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing and the GR010 HYBRID, whose hybrid powertrain is designed, developed and built at the nearby Higashi-Fuji Technical Center,
    TOYOTA GAZOO Racing aims for a fifth victory in 2023, which could secure the manufacturers' World Championship for a fifth consecutive season.
  • An exciting four-way battle for the drivers' World Championship between both TOYOTA GAZOO Racing and Ferrari crews will go down to the wire in Bahrain on 4 November, regardless of the result in Japan.
  • Everyone knows how passionate the Japanese fans are; they make it an incredible experience for all the drivers, and particularly for us as TOYOTA GAZOO Racing drivers.

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing celebrates World Championships and looks towards a zero carbon future for motorsport at the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
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TGR's participation will also highlight its multi-technology path for motorsport to progress towards a sustainable, zero carbon future while maintaining the excitement and spectacle enjoyed by fans around the world.

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  • TGR's participation will also highlight its multi-technology path for motorsport to progress towards a sustainable, zero carbon future while maintaining the excitement and spectacle enjoyed by fans around the world.
  • This year the festival is honouring Nasser Al-Attiyah with the addition of a new "Nasser's Jump" feature in the off-road arena.
  • The Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 HYBRID will lead a trio of GR Yaris competition cars that will be in action at Goodwood.
  • Toyota are currently leading the manufacturer and driver standings in all three disciplines of motorsport, WRC, WEC and W2RC.

Monza beckons for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing

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Monday, July 3, 2023
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Toyota City, Japan, July 3, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA GAZOO Racing targets a return to winning ways when the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) resumes at another legendary venue on 8-9 July for the 6 Hours of Monza.

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  • Toyota City, Japan, July 3, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA GAZOO Racing targets a return to winning ways when the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) resumes at another legendary venue on 8-9 July for the 6 Hours of Monza.
  • TOYOTA GAZOO Racing leads Ferrari by 18 points in the manufacturers' title race and now takes the battle to the Italian marque's home ground, the 5.793km Autodromo Nazionale Monza, where Hypercars average close to 220km/h over a lap, the second highest of the year after Le Mans.
  • Since returning to endurance racing with a hybrid-powered prototype in 2012, the team has raced twice at Monza.
  • "I am looking forward to racing at Monza, particularly this year because I think the atmosphere will be more special than ever.

Historic Le Mans awaits TOYOTA GAZOO Racing

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Thursday, June 1, 2023
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Only two other manufacturers have won for six straight years at Le Mans; Ferrari from 1960 to 1965 and Porsche from 1981 to 1987.

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  • Only two other manufacturers have won for six straight years at Le Mans; Ferrari from 1960 to 1965 and Porsche from 1981 to 1987.
  • With double points on offer, the team can take a major step towards a fifth consecutive world title at Le Mans.
  • This puts us in a strong position but the first three races don't count for anything at Le Mans.
  • I know what to expect at Le Mans and how to prepare myself so I will be in even better shape this year.

MiddleGround Capital’s European Office Makes First Platform Acquisition with Close of UK-Based Automotive Transmission Systems Manufacturer Xtrac

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Monday, July 31, 2023
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The Company has also developed relationships with the world’s top hypercar OEMs, providing transmission and mechatronic systems to a number of the market’s premier vehicles.

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  • The Company has also developed relationships with the world’s top hypercar OEMs, providing transmission and mechatronic systems to a number of the market’s premier vehicles.
  • “Xtrac represents an opportunity to partner with the leading provider of high-performance transmission systems for the specialized motorsport and automotive markets,” said John Stewart, MiddleGround Founding Partner.
  • Lincoln International provided corporate and capital advisory services to MiddleGround for the acquisition.
  • Alvarez & Marsal served as financial and tax advisors to MiddleGround.

OSARO SightWorks Vision Software Now Available for Systems Integrators, 3PLs, and E-Commerce Fulfillment Operators

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Thursday, June 1, 2023
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The powerful combination of OSARO’s vision software and an array of associated sensor and camera technology provides the foundation for a wide variety of systems, in addition to the end-to-end kitting, bagging, induction, and piece-picking systems already offered by OSARO.

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  • The powerful combination of OSARO’s vision software and an array of associated sensor and camera technology provides the foundation for a wide variety of systems, in addition to the end-to-end kitting, bagging, induction, and piece-picking systems already offered by OSARO.
  • Mission Design and Automation , a U.S. automation systems integrator, is currently implementing a robotic kitting project using OSARO vision software.
  • Likewise, global integrator IHI has committed to SightWorks licenses to deploy OSARO vision in a depalletizing system for a retail store chain in Japan.
  • “Forward-looking warehouse and fulfillment operators need reliable robotics systems to take on these manual tasks, and this represents an enormous business opportunity.

Spectacular Spa one-two for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing

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Monday, May 1, 2023
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Toyota City, Japan, May 1, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA GAZOO Racing won an exciting one-two victory in the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps after a spectacular third round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Belgium.

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  • Toyota City, Japan, May 1, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA GAZOO Racing won an exciting one-two victory in the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps after a spectacular third round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Belgium.
  • Its seventh consecutive Spa victory means TOYOTA GAZOO Racing takes a 33-point World Championship lead over Ferrari into the centenary edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours on 10-11 June, the mid-point in the seven-race season.
  • It was absolutely amazing to drive the GR010 HYBRID here at Spa, especially in front of a such a crowd.
  • It was absolutely amazing to drive the GR010 HYBRID here at Spa, especially in front of a such a crowd.

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing set for Sebring showdown

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023
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Toyota City, Japan, Mar 7, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA GAZOO Racing begins its defence of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) titles, and an exciting new era of Hypercar competition, with a much-anticipated trip to Florida for the 1000 Miles of Sebring on 17 March.

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  • Toyota City, Japan, Mar 7, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA GAZOO Racing begins its defence of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) titles, and an exciting new era of Hypercar competition, with a much-anticipated trip to Florida for the 1000 Miles of Sebring on 17 March.
  • TOYOTA GAZOO Racing enters the 2023 season, its 11th in WEC, on an unprecedented run of success, having earned five consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours victories and four straight World Championship doubles.
  • But a 1000-mile race over eight hours at Sebring presents a unique challenge to drivers and cars.
  • When the race begins at midday local time on Friday, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will begin its fight for a second Sebring victory, having triumphed there in 2019.

FERRARI EXTENDS ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH ESSILORLUXOTTICA. EYEWEAR LINE LICENCING AND RACING ACTIVITIES SPONSORSHIP BOTH EXPANDED WITH NEW AGREEMENT.  

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Thursday, December 15, 2022
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Maranello (Italy), 15 December 2022 – Ferrari N.V. (NYSE/MTA: RACE) (“Ferrari”) announces that Ferrari S.p.A., its wholly-owned Italian subsidiary, has renewed and expanded the partnership with EssilorLuxottica that began in 2016.

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  • Maranello (Italy), 15 December 2022 – Ferrari N.V. (NYSE/MTA: RACE) (“Ferrari”) announces that Ferrari S.p.A., its wholly-owned Italian subsidiary, has renewed and expanded the partnership with EssilorLuxottica that began in 2016.
  • The licensing activities also extend to the first collection of monobrand eyewear featuring the Prancing Horse trademark.
  • We saw with our first collaboration between Ray-Ban and Scuderia Ferrari the passion racing fans have for the Ferrari brand and the strong crossover between racing and fashion translated very well into eyewear.
  • With our expanded partnership, we will bring that excitement to many more consumers around the world, further developing Ferrari in the eyewear category,” said Francesco Milleri, Chairman and CEO of EssilorLuxottica.