Le Mans 24 Hours winner Mike Conway will miss this year’s edition of the World Endurance Championship blue riband after sustaining injuries in a cycling accident.
The Briton, who triumphed at the French enduro in 2021, broke his ribs and collarbone in an incident on Thursday and will be unable to take up his place in the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hybrid. Conway, 40, will be replaced in the line-up for Le Mans on 15/16 June alongside Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries by Jose Maria Lopez. Lopez returns to the line-up in the #7 car after being dropped at the end of last season in favour of de Vries.
It came little more than a day before the 62-car Le Mans field is due on track for the official Test Day on Sunday, which leads into race week. #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 - Hybrid: Mike Conway Photo by: JEP / Motorsport Images Lopez, 41, remains under contract to Toyota and was due to race at Le Mans with sister brand Lexus. He is driving one of its LMGT3 class RC F GT3s entered by the Auto Sport Promotion team together with Esteban Masson and Takeshi Kimura in the full WEC this year.
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