Last year 2013 Toyota TS030 surprised everyone at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Nobody expected that the pace lap by lap were near the Audi R18 , but it did. Just do fiabildiad failed in a car, and also failed refueling pace since Audi had it best calculated to secure the win.
The rest of the Endurance World last year, however, showed that the TS030 had a good base, and the car race by race progressed favorably.
2013 Toyota TS030 Hybrid Le Mans prototype Photos
2013 is the last year under the current regulations, and the last year before a generation gap including the arrival of new and dangerous rival (Porsche) and a new Audi car. So this is the year that Toyota is removed, once and for all, the huge thorn had not yet won Le Mans, despite all the money that has already put on the table.
Therefore Toyota has staged a new version of its racing TS030, evolved from last year’s car, but with enormous internal and external changes, to try to find more performance and win the race.
Course not Audi is going to stand idly by, and also improve your car, as every year.
But what is new about the Toyota TS030?
Toyota said in its press release that the mechanics and has adapted to face neceisdades regulations to 2014. Follow combining electric motors in the rear that provide 300 horsepower, fed by a system of supercapacitors instead of the heavier lithium batteries or flywheel system. Toyota says that the V8 naturally aspirated 3.4-liter petrol offers 530 horses. The big question is whether there will be able to improve fuel economy over last year to have a longer track time between stops, and to stand up to the Audi diesel.
At level chassis, the monocoque is “new” and it is too big, since we are talking of more expensive and complex component of performing. Having a new design and talks about investment bet to win this 2013 Toyota.
Vestments aerodynamic change, especially in the front. Now no air is passed below the upper triangles of the front suspension. Directly has placed a “blade” that directs all airflow over the traps, something that we will see a lot this year at Le Mans, and that should reduce the drag coefficient of the car, improving speed and tip consumption.
For now let’s wait for more photos to complete the technical analysis. In the meantime, we leave you with a video.
