Toyota TTE/ WEC Sportscar program..

**wedge** · 5th June 2012, 14:47

1.3s behind the lead Audi in testing. Pretty damn good, IMO.

Looks like Wurz will be the #1 car.

Qualy will be interesting.

Originally Posted by ioan

Do not confuse Sebring and LeMans, those Audi's are built specifically for the Le Mans 24 hours race/track, the rest is for them just a bonus.

Daft. When a new car is rolled out and races for 12 hours its bound to encounter problems. 6 hrs is like a sprint race these days.

**seb_sh** · 6th June 2012, 13:18

Realistically I suspect Toyota is going for a finish this year rather than pushing to beat Audi. Toyota is in an early state of development while the Audi is more refined, not to mention they have 4 cars. I do hope for a battle and I'm sure Toyota would like to challenge for the win but unfortunately I don't think it'll happen.

**ioan** · 15th September 2012, 22:15

Well, there you go, the Toyota TS030 won it's first WEC race beating the 2 Audi's by a mile (almost 2)!
Way to go and keep it up!

**AndyRAC** · 16th September 2012, 20:19

The future for them looks extremely promising. Good to see. The more Manufacturers the better.

**wedge** · 17th September 2012, 14:39

Originally Posted by AndyRAC

The future for them looks extremely promising. Good to see. The more Manufacturers the better.

Coming into Sau Paulo the win wasn't all that surprising.

Extremely competitive at Le Mans they followed it up with Silverstone by being quicker than Audi on raw speed but fuel mileage being their Achilles Heel.

The mid-race SC period contributed to the win but Audi had tyre/handling issues.

Apparently Toyota are on tight budget but I get the impression they are doing a Peugeot by ramping up the downforce as much as possible - not just by interpreting the rulebook and getting a lucky break!