SUPER GT champion and Super Formula race winner Yamashita was the first driver selected for Toyota’s ‘WEC Challenge’ driver development programme, and was handed the chance to race in the global sportscar series for LMP2 squad High Class Racing in 2019-20.
The campaign culminated in a first appearance in the Le Mans 24 Hours, and also included an outing in Toyota's TS050 Hybrid LMP1 car (pictured below) in the official Bahrain WEC rookie test.
