Masson Added to Toyota Lineup for Le Mans Test Day

Esteban Masson has been added to Toyota’s Hypercar lineup for this weekend’s official 24 Hours of Le Mans test day.

The French driver is listed against both the Japanese marque’s TR010 Hybrids on a provisional entry list for the one-day test that takes place on Sunday ahead of the FIA World Endurance Championship blue riband event on June 13-14.

It will mark Masson’s first public appearance in a Toyota Hypercar since the 2024 rookie test in Bahrain, although the Akkodis ASP LMGT3 regular is known to gained further mileage aboard the TR010 in private testing since then.

Masson will temporarily step away from his regular seat aboard the No. 78 Lexus RC F GT3 for Le Mans to race for the Forestier Racing by Panis outfit in LMP2.

Mike Conway and Sebastien Buemi are likewise listed against both the No. 7 and No. 8 Toyotas, while the same is true for Sebastien Bourdais, Jack Aitken, Will Stevens and Norman Nato for the two Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series Rs.

In Hypercar, the only other non-regular drivers to appear on the entry list are BMW IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship regulars Marco Wittmann and Philipp Eng, who are listed against both of the German marque’s M Hybrid V8s.

Marlon Hernandez, Sami Meguetounif and Olli Caldwell are set to turn laps in LMP2.

Hernandez joins the lineup for the No. 3 DKR Engineering Oreca 07 Gibson, Meguetounif is listed against both the No. 14 TDS Racing and the No. 29 Forestier Racing by Panis cars, while Caldwell joins the No. 25 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca.

There are no additional drivers listed in LMGT3, although Garage 59 has Alexander West, Benjamin Goethe, Antares Au and Marvin Kirchhoefer listed in both of its McLaren 720S GT3 Evos.

Sunday’s test day is made up of a pair of three-hour sessions, the first of which is due to run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. local time (4 a.m. to 7 a.m. EST) and the second from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST).