Peugeot might have gone, But Toyota will fill its place
These are the first pics of Toyota's new LMP1 car, arriving on the interweb just in time to cheer up Le Mans fiends disappointed by Peugeot's departure from endurance racing earlier in the week.
The petrol-electric hybrid hit the test track at Paul-Ricard last week for its first shakedown, ahead of a partial assault on the new FIA World Endurance Championship (and Le Mans).
Alex Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre and Kazuki Nakajima, who will all race the single works Le Mans entry, all took spells behind the wheel.
I do have a soft spot for Toyota, especially at Toyota where they have been one of the hardest-trying-but-least-succesful manufacturers. Those old SARD Toyotas and the GT1s were classics of their eras. Good to see them back. A GT3-spec GT86 would be nice...
Wasn't the Toyota F1 engine reputed to have the highest bhp on the grid when they were racing.They should have just built customer engines and enjoyed victories via that route.Akio Toyoda, Toyota boss, is a major league petrolhead,and has raced in Le Mans as a driver,so not surprised they're back.He's not going to be in it just to make up the numbers either.I wish them luck with their campaign.
