The Japanese manufacturer took the covers off the forerunner of what will be its first entry into the GT3 marketplace in almost a decade at last year’s Tokyo Auto Salon, with ambitions of taking it to the World Endurance Championship and Le Mans 24 Hours.
Since then, the car is known to have started track testing and was spotted in action during a private test session at Toyota-owned Fuji Speedway earlier this year.
It had been thought that the car was being lined up for a race debut in 2025, the year after the WEC is opened up to GT3 cars.
But due to delays to the planned release of the GR GT3-derived road car …