Miyata is expected to embark on a full campaign in the 2024 WEC as part of an anticipated factory-backed Lexus effort in the new LMGT3 class that will replace GTE Am.
It is not yet clear which operation will run the programme, but the Toyota-owned Lexus brand has been linked with an entry with the RC F GT3 that claimed the IMSA SportsCar Championship's GTD Pro class title this year.
Miyata, who heads AlphaTauri Formula 1 stand-in Liam Lawson by eight points with two races at Suzuka remaining in Super Formula, is expected to combine a WEC programme with another season in Super Formula with Toyota’s flagship TOM’S squad.
This is facilitated by a lack of date conflicts between the two championships, which has allowed Toyota WEC drivers Kamui Kobayashi and Ryo Hirakawa to dovetail their own Super Formula programmes this year.
But two calendar clashes between the WEC and Super GT means there is no room in Miyata’s schedule to remain in Super GT, which the 24-year-old Japanese driver and TOM’S team-mate Sho Tsuboi lead by seven points with one race to go.
That means next month’s Motegi season finale is set to be Miyata’s last in Super GT for the foreseeable future.
It comes after Miyata was unveiled as an official WEC Challenge driver by Toyota at the start of the year, which is likely to be a precursor to an eventual spot on the Japanese marque’s Hypercar roster.
He was also able to make his WEC race debut last month at Fuji driving a Ferrari 488 GTE for the CarGuy-backed Kessel Racing squad, and finished third after being drafted in as a late replacement for Davide Rigon.
Source: Autosport