TMG MANAGEMENT PROFILES
YOSHIAKI KINOSHITA President
Responsible for overseeing the entire TOYOTA Racing operation from the team’s Cologne headquarters, Yoshiaki Kinoshita has been a TOYOTA employee for his entire career. He started as Engine R&D Engineer in 1978. Eleven years later he moved into the world of motorsport as part of TOYOTA’s involvement in the World Rally Championship and Le Mans, and later, Vice- President for the successful USA Champ Car programme in 1996.
General Manager Motor Sports Division came in 2004 and it was in this position that he initiated the motorsport hybrid project which bore the TS030 HYBRID. Since 2005, he has concurrently held TOYOTA Motorsport GmbH Executive Vice President and now President roles.
HISATAKE MURATA GM, Motorsport Development Unit Division
Japanese Hisatake Murata has worked at TOYOTA Motor Corporation since 1987. He started out as a Race Engine Engineer, working on Le Mans from 1987-1993 alongside current Team President Yoshiaki Kinoshita, with whom he also worked on Champ Car from 1995-2002. After a Champ Car title in 2002, he moved to road car development as Production Engine Engineer, a role he held for three years. In 2006 he became Racing Hybrid Project General Manager and just one year later the Supra HV-R won the Tokachi 24 Hours to become the world’s first hybrid to win an international race.
As part of his pivotal role in the development of hybrid technology, he became Hybrid Project Leader for TOYOTA Racing before, in 2014, taking on greater overall responsibility as General Manager of Motorsport Development Unit Division.
PASCAL VASSELON Technical Director
Frenchman Pascal Vasselon has a career steeped in motorsport at the highest level and brings huge experience to the team. A graduate in aeronautics from L’Ecole Nationale Superieure de l’aeronautique et de l’Espace, Pascal’s entry into motorsport began in 1985 when he joined Renault Sport working on vehicle model making and suspension development. Towards the end of the 1980s, he moved to tyre manufacturers Michelin where he evolved his career for 16 years. Pascal joined Michelin Competition in 1991, initially in Advanced Research and then as Head of Circuit Activities and ultimately to a role as F1 Director, leading Michelin’s involvement in Formula 1.
He moved to TOYOTA Motorsport GmbH in 2005 and led an upsurge in TOYOTA’s F1 performance, culminating in a podium- filled 2009 season.
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