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" Worldwide, Toyota&amp;#039;s motorsport activities have been organized under three team banners; Toyota Racing, Lexus Racing, and GAZOO Racing, the later mainly in Japan. Toyota is shaking things up and consolidating it under two, rather than three, names: Toyota GAZOO Racing and Lexus GAZOO Racing.  Akio Toyoda made the announcement today in Toyota City, Japan. The change will affect racing efforts worldwide: World Endurance Championship, where Toyota runs the TS040 LMP1-H; World Rally Championship with the new Yaris WRC; Super GT; and efforts such as GAZOO&amp;#039;s Lexus LFA Code X and Lexus Racing&amp;#039;s RC F GT3.  Will it make much of a substantive difference? Probably not, although the company will integrate some of the supporting players (marketing, vehicle development, and technical support) into a new Motor Sports Group. A streamlined support structure should make for a more efficient motorsports operation, and shared vehicle development should allow knowledge to be shared more effectively between the various sub-teams \u2026 but this is all in theory, not necessarily in practice. Still, get used to seeing the word &amp;quot;GAZOO&amp;quot; plastered on more Lexus and Toyota race cars. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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