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Toyota LMP1 hybrid race car for 2012 revealed

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    Toyota’s LMP1 hybrid race car which will compete in the World Endurance Championship and Le Mans 24 Hours this year has been spotted testing at Paul Ricard:

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    #190066
    Fer no.65
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    Pretty car!… sad about the shark fin, though, but that’s in the rules…

    #190067
    Anonymous
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    Looks brilliant. Great to see the white and red colour scheme back again and I hope Alex Wurz can get it fighting amongst the Audis and Peugeots. Those two have been unchallenged at the front for far too long now.

    #190068
    Anonymous
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    It looks like a Lola chassis.

    #190069

    @fer-no65 I don’t mind them to be honest. And it’s certainly better than having the cars flipping over! (Though it seems they haven’t completed solved that).

    #190070
    GeeMac
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    That is a great looking thing! The shark fin does sort of spoil it, but head on it looks mega. Quite like the Peugeot 908…

    #190071
    john
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    Alex Wurtz driving it? Ok Im in. Good luck to them.

    #190072
    matt90
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    Nice, I’ve been waiting for this. Looks a little gawky at the front, but then again the R18 is no shrinking violet and the 908 looks like an owl.

    #190073
    Icthyes
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    Looks awful but I guess they’re all going to. It’s the nature of the beast. As AJ said, just hoping that it brings a little more variety to a rather stagnant front end of the sport.

    #190074
    Joey-Poey
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    That’s too big to be a shark fin. That’s a whale fin.

    #190075
    JPQuesado
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    It looks like a mix of the Audi with the Peugeot. But it really looks good.

    #190076
    SouthPawRacer
    Participant

    @joey-poey Whale dorsal fins are tiny.. you almost can’t see them! :P

    #190077

    I love this. I love hybrids. I’d love to see the car be competitive, although Peugeot’s departure would make it slightly less impressive if they are.

    #190078

    Looks a lot like the 908 to me, but I guess there are only so many shapes that ‘fit’ the rules.

    Really looking forward to seeing them back – the GT-One was cut off in its prime.

    #190079
    Victor_RO
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    http://www.racecar-engineering.com/news/toyota-ts030-lmp1-hybrid-revealed/

    Official reveal, Toyota’s embargo on details lifted at 6PM GMT today. Car will be called TS030, in keeping with the F1-engined TS010 of ’92-’93 and the TS020 (GT-One). Brand new 3.4 V8 engine, hybrid system with supercapacitors for storage, so far decision not made on whether it will drive the front or rear axle.

    Also, two entries confirmed for Le Mans.

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