WATCH | Toyota Gazoo Racing unveils its new GR010 hypercar By Motoring Staff - 18 January 2021
The Toyota Gazoo Racing team has finally pulled the wraps off its new GR010 Hybrid hypercar that will compete in the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).
Developed over the past 18 months by engineers at the team’s headquarters in Cologne, Germany, and the electric hybrid powertrain experts at Toyota’s Higashi-Fuji technical centre in Japan, the GR010 incorporates a powerful four-wheel-drive racing hybrid powertrain, with a 3.5-litre V6 twin-turbo engine, providing 500kW to the rear wheels and combining with a 200kW motor generator unit, developed by Aisin AW and Denso, on the front axle. Total output is capped at 500kW, meaning the GR010 Hybrid’s sophisticated electronics reduce engine power according to the amount of hybrid boost deployed.
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.
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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.
The GR010 HYBRID is a prototype racer developed over the last 18 months in partnership by engineers at the team’s headquarters in Cologne, Germany and the electric hybrid powertrain experts at Higashi-Fuji in Japan.