Le Mans » Toyota set to resume testing

30 April 2012
Yoshiaki Kinoshita: I would like to express my thanks to the staff members at Toyota Motorsport GmbH who have worked so hard to deliver our second monocoque ahead of schedule
Toyota set to resume testing

Toyota Racing will return to the track on 4 May with a functionality test of its TS030 Hybrid at the Magny-Cours circuit in France, it has been confirmed.

Following the accident at Paul Ricard on 4 April, which damaged the monocoque of the first TS030 Hybrid, the team has worked hard to accelerate production of a second car. This will be completed directly before transportation to the one-day functionality test.

A total of seven test days were cancelled in April as a result of the testing accident, giving the team no opportunity to validate the aerodynamic and hybrid system specifications intended for its first race.

As a result the team had no choice but to cancel plans to take in the WEC Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps event, which runs from 3-5 May.

“I would like to express my thanks to the staff members at Toyota Motorsport GmbH who have worked so hard to deliver our second monocoque ahead of schedule,” said Yoshiaki Kinoshita, Team President. “Now we have a very intense testing programme to prepare for Le Mans, beginning with an initial functionality test to shakedown our systems.”

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Toyota TS030 HYBRID [Pic credit: Toyota]
Toyota TS030 HYBRID [Pic credit: Toyota]
Toyota TS030 HYBRID [Pic credit: Toyota]

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Sports car fan - Unregistered

May 01, 2012 2:48 AM

If not for the testing accident, Toyota would have 2 complete chassis and a race at Spa under their belts before getting to Le Mans...

As it was they crashed at the 2nd 30 hour test they were running so while potentially not a race winner yet I don't think they will be embarrassed by it either... we'll get our first proper comparison in a month


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