If Rossiter stayed in the CLM for Le Mans, both drivers from the GT500 TOM's Au Lexus LC500 would be missing the Super GT test. No other GT500 car has both drivers missing the official test. So Toyota was left with no choice but to either take a driver or two that's unfamiliar with the car or tell Nakajima/Rossiter to miss Le Mans. Since Nakajima is employed by Toyota in the WEC as well, the choice was seemingly already made.
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