TOM'S says plans were put in place last year to bench Giuliano Alesi mid-season if his performance failed to improve. Alesi lost his sformula seat a week ago after retiring from Sugo.
Following this month's Sugo race, TOM'S took the decision to stand down the struggling Alesi and replace him with former Team Mugen driver Ukyo Sasahara for the remaining four races of the season.Sasahara drove for TOM'S in last year's post-season test at Suzuka following his departure from Honda, but the Toyota squad ultimately elected to retain Alesi in its line-up for 2023 alongside Ritomo Miyata.
"Ukyo also drove for us in the winter test, but the reason we chose Giuliano was [TOM'S owner Nobuhide] Tachi-san’s desire to liven up motorsport as a whole with a ‘star’ driver. But the thing that concerned us was the fact that his speed is a little lacking."With the team, we discussed how we might somehow work to improve on that.
The two-time race winner admitted that his delight about returning to a full-time race seat was somewhat tempered by the fact his chance comes at the expense of Alesi, his driving partner in SUPER GT.
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