Toyota TS040 Hybrid Toyota GAZOO Racing 2016

[Tsukishima]

Toyota TS040 Hybrid '16

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The Toyota TS040 Hybrid is a racing car developed for the 2014 Le Mans Prototype rules in the FIA World Endurance Championship. The car is the direct successor to the Toyota TS030 Hybrid, which competed in the 2012 and 2013 FIA WEC seasons. 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 regulations. More details were revealed by Toyota Racing technical director Pascal Vasselon at the WEC São Paulo round on August 31. The 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.

Since April 2015, Toyota have adopted the name of Toyota GAZOO Racing for their various motorsport activities. The team that previously competed under the name of Toyota Racing was therefore introduced this season under the Toyota GAZOO Racing banner. The name change had had no visible impact on the cars – until now. In 2016, the team entered in the World Endurance Championship (WEC) and 24 Hours of Le Mans will have a brand new logo while the cars will line up in the traditional colours of Gazoo Racing – white, black and red. In endurance racing, these colours were notably sported by the Lexus LFA and Toyota 86 at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring.

 

[Roger the Horse]

I believe the car in the image is a TS040 with the 2016 livery.

 

[eminem09494]

I believe the car in the image is a TS040 with the 2016 livery.

It is
"Photo: at the press conference to announce the launch of Toyota Gazoo Racing’s 2016 season, the Japanese constructor revealed the livery set to adorn the TS050 Hybrid, here sported by previous model, the TS040 Hybrid."

 

[Toshost]

Thats the TS040 right there, Toyota posted this image a couple of days ago saying that this will be their 2016 livery but the car is the TS040 because the TS050 will be shown at the end of March.

 

[legacybear]

There are a few websites saying this is the TS050, including Carscoops and MotorAuthority, but it is not.

Voted for the livery. Fix that title @Tsukishima .

 

[Aloha62_2]

It's so easy to forget how tiny LMP1 cars are, you would think 1100bhp+ endurance beasts would be hefty cars but they are more compact then most modern hatchbacks.