Toyota TS040 hybrid racing car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Race car technology driving at speed. Motion blur
The Toyota TS040 Hybrid is a racing car developed for the 2014 Le Mans Prototype rules. The car is the direct successor to the Toyota TS030 Hybrid that ran in the 2012 and 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship. During the 2013 WEC season, Toyota announced that it would continue racing in the 2014 WEC and would thus develop a new LMP1 car for the 2014 Le Mans Prototype details were revealed by Toyota Racing technical director Pascal Vasselon at the WEC São Paulo round on August TS040 will continue to use a naturally-aspirated V8 engine with a supercapacitor system mounted on the rear axle. The 2014 car, however, will add an additional supercapacitor system on the front axle to allow the car to use temporary Four-wheel drive. The car was officially unveiled on March 27, 2014. The car made its debut at the 2014 6 Hours of Silverstone on April 20, 2014. On December 2, 2013, Toyota Racing announced that it had re-signed all of its 2013 drivers: Alexander Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre, Kazuki Nakajima, Anthony Davidson, Stéphane Sarrazin and Sébastien Buemi. In addition, Toyota Racing signed British driver Mike Conway as a reserve and testing driver. The TS040 started the 24 Hours of Le Mans from pole, and took the early lead. The was caught out in a sudden downpour and suffered heavy damage in the hands of Lapierre, losing 50 minutes of time for repairs. The would continue to lead through the night, only to have a wiring loom failure and officially retire after 13 hours and 53 remaining TS040 continued with the race and eventually finished 3rd. In Toyota's home nation of Japan. It was announced that Nicolas Lapierre would be absent from the car owing to "personal circumstances". The again took pole in the hands of Davidson and Buemi, with the qualifying 4th. In the race, the led for most of the race and finished 1st with the 25 seconds behind in 2nd to take the team's second 1-2 finish
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Location: Goodwood, Sussex, UK
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