Toyota Motorsport in Germany, chassis design, and the car is equipped with gas hybrid powertrain developed by Toyota in Japan: According to the automaker, which LMP1 into a joint effort.
A new racing team will be held from Toyota Motorsport in Cologne headquarters, the company said in a press release. And in addition to the 80 competitive round of Le Mans 24 Hours (16 and June 17, 2012), Toyota is planning a series of event types 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship.
"Toyota Le Mans before, came out with our hybrid technology, this time will be a new challenge. We want a new chapter in the history of the Le Mans 24 Hours write, as in the FIA World Endurance Championship, through our commitment to hybrid technology," said Tadashi Yamashina, Toyota Motor Corp. Senior Managing Officer and Chairman of Toyota Motorsport, said in a news release.
This is a return to Le Mans 24 Hours for Toyota. The last time Toyota participated in this event, as a producer, was in 1999 when the GT-One is a new race lap record
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