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Toyota has no complaints with the double performance hit its Le Mans Hypercars have received for this weekend's Portimao round of the World Endurance Championship.

Toyota "back on track" with test plan for Hypercar ahead of 2021 WEC season Autosport 8/02/2021 © LAT Images Toyota Toyota is "back on track" to achieve the target test mileage with its new Le Mans Hypercar ahead of the start of the 2021 World Endurance Championship. Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical boss Pascal Vasselon revealed that the team was able to make up for the snowed-off test at Aragon in January during a second test at the Spanish circuit last week. The three-day test on Tu...

Toyota has launched its new endurance racer for the inaugural Le Mans Hypercar series, which dictates that a road-going version must also go on sale. The Toyot

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing introduces GR010 hybrid hypercar for WEC TOYOTA GAZOO Racing has launched the all-new GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar, which will compete in the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). The reigning World Champions and three-time Le Mans winners will defend those titles against new manufacturer competitors using a racing version of the upcoming hypercar road car, featuring powertrain technology developed in the TS050 HYBRID and highlighted via new Racing Hybrid branding. T...

Toyota "behind target" after snowed-off WEC hypercar test Autosport 16/01/2021 © LAT Images Toyota Toyota has admitted it is "behind target" with test mileage for its new Le Mans Hypercar after a planned test this week was called off due to snow. The Japanese manufacturer officially revealed the GR010 Hybrid that will contest the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship season in full livery on Friday, having released the first proper shots of the car earlier in the week. Its unveil was supp...

Toyota Gazoo Racing The four-wheel-drive racing prototype features a racy-sounding 3.5-liter twin-turbocharged V6 that sends 671 hp to the rear wheels, along with a motor-generator unit (MGU) unleashing a further 268 hp to the front. However, rather than combining the outputs of the two power sources, the total output has been capped at 671 hp. Compared to its TS050 hybrid predecessor, the GR010 produces 32 percent less power and is heavier by 357 pounds. The result is an expected Le Mans l...

Toyota reveals first images of GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar for 2021 WEC Autosport 13/01/2021 © LAT Images Toyota reveals first images of GR010 HYBRID Hypercar Toyota has released the first pictures of its new Le Mans Hypercar and the name for its latest World Endurance Championship challenger. The Japanese manufacturer has put out shots of the car, which has been christened the GR010 HYBRID, in camouflage ahead of its official unveiling on Friday when the car will be shown in its 2021 li...

Toyotas new Le Mans Hypercar reliability impresses Lopez Autosport 18/12/2020 © LAT Images Toyotas Le Mans Hypercar reliability impresses Lopez The reliability of Toyotas new Le Mans Hypercar has impressed World Endurance Championship title winner Jose Maria Lopez across its first two tests. Lopez, co-champion in the 2019-20 WEC with Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway, described the reliability of the Japanese manufacturers 2021 hybrid prototype as "quite impressive" on the conclusion of its ...