My colleague and accomplished racing driver Mark Jones two years ago wrote that the worse thing you can possibly do in a Toyota GR Cup race is to crash your Toyota into the Toyota boss. Which he unfortunately didn’t manage to avoid. Last Saturday there was a slight alteration to a script that came agonisingly close to being repeated during round three of the 2024 Toyota GR Cup at Zwartkops Raceway.
While the big boss was not competing on the track this time, another boss that signs this racing series’ cheques was watching the action from the patio of the Gazoo Racing headquarters overlooking turn five and six. At as things turn out, this is exactly where the ..
. let’s just say kitty litter, almost hit the fan during race one of the Toyota GR Corolla shootout between six members of the motoring media. ALSO READ: From wooden spoon to runner-up in Toyota GR Cup (VIDEO) GR Cup thrills and spills TV man Hannes Visser ( La’t Wiel ), that started behind The Citizen Motoring in fourth on the grid, decided to go for broke dive bomb me on the inside of turn five on the penultimate lap.
It’s a 90-degree right turn which requires some hard braking at the top of the hill. After passing the GR HQ on the left, a 90-degree follows to lead you down the hill again. During the split second I started turning into turn five, Visser came flying up the inside.
Realising that he’ll outbrake himself through the turn, I braked harder than usual and delayed my turn. He went flying straight .