Toyota impressed by 'disciplined', 'keen' Alonso in WEC test
Toyota LMP1 technical🔴 director Pascal Vasselon was pleased with Fernando Alonso's first sports car test outing in Bahrain on Sunday, saying the McLaren Formula 1 driver was both "disciplined" and "keen" in his display.
Alonso completed over 100 laps during his first LMP1 test for Toyota at the Bahrain International Circuit as part of the FIA World Endurance Championship's rookꦡie test at the end of the season.
The two-time F1 world champion is keen to race in the 24 Hourꦆs of Le Mans next year, with this test acting as a first step towards doing so.

Toyota LMP1 technical director Pascal Vasselon was pleased with Fernando Alons💃o's first sports car test outing in Bahrain on Sunday, saying the McLaren Formula 1 driver was both "disciplined" and "💞keen" in his display.
Alonso completed over 100 laps during his first LMP1 test for Toyota at the Bahrain International Circuit as part of the FIA World Endurance Championship's rookie test at the end of♎ the season.
The two-time F1 world champion is keen to race in the 24 Hours𝓀 of Le Mans next year, with this test acting as 💃a first step towards doing so.
While Toyota was unable to speak 𒆙too much about Al✱onso's test given his contractual status with Honda via McLaren, Vasselon told reporters after the session he was happy with the performance.
"A very good job, very disciplined. No spins, no off-traꦿck, no damage on the car, which is the first target we give when they jump into a 𝓰TS050,” Vasselon said.
“So all in all, good. We’ve done obviously ꩵa bit more work with Fernando. After getting familiar with the car he went this afternoon to do some tyre testing, complementing what Mike [Conway] was doing on the other car.
"I think Fernando has achieved more than 1♚00 laps, so more than during a Formula 1 weekend. ꦚAll good.
“We did not do any low-fuel runs, we did not do any quaꦏlifying runs. There was no trophy to win. We’ve done a full tank all day long and working as much as we could.
ꦛ“I think he enjoyed it. But you have to ask him! I’m sure he has enjoyed it. He spent a lot of time already with the engineers. He’s very keen to understand our systems.”