Toyota Racing is a multi-national team bringing together determination, innovation and ability from throughout the world with the goal of creating motorsport history with the hybrid powered TS030 HYBRID car.
With an exciting, experienced driver line-up which includes a two-time Le Mans winner in Alex Wurz, an emerging endurance star in Nicolas Lapierre and a recent Formula 1 points-scorer in Kazuki Nakajima, Toyota is ready for the challenge ahead.
Based at Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) in Cologne, Germany, the team has extensive experience of various forms of motorsport, including World Rally, Le Mans and Formula 1.
The TS030 Hybrid chassis has been developed by TMG using advanced motorsport engineering techniques, while the cutting-edge hybrid system is the result of extensive research and development by a dedicated team at Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan.
Toyota Racing is writing a new page in Toyota’s long history in endurance racing and at the Le Mans 24 Hours. Since its first participation in 1985, Toyota has participated 13 times at Le Mans, finishing on the podium three occasions and in the top six a total of nine times.
Toyota’s last visit to Le Mans and its last participation in international endurance racing came in 1998-99, also with a car designed and operated by TMG. The GT-One was the fastest car at Le Mans in 1999 and claimed pole position, but two unfortunate retirements left only one car remaining and this took the runners-up spot.
Take a tour through Toyota’s previous visits to Le Mans by clicking here.
