LMP
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Lopez switch raises further Toyota driver questions
José-Maria López hasn’t had the best of starts to his FIA World Endurance Championship career. The 34-year-old triple World Touring Car Champion, formerly named as a full-season driver for the #8 car alongside Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi, has switched to Toyota’s third car for Le Mans. López’s accident at the first round of the…
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Toyota fastest at Spa
The #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 topped the time sheets in both of the first two free practice sessions for Saturday’s 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Mike Conway was the fastest man in FP1, while Kamui Kobyashi posted the fastest lap in the second 90-minute session. Toyota travelled to Belgium with both its high- and low-downforce…
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Change in regs deals initial blow to Toyota title challenge
An apparently minor change in sporting regulations for the FIA World Endurance Championship has dealt a major blow to Toyota’s quest for the FIA WEC manufacturers’ title and will put both the Japanese constructor and Porsche on their toes throughout the season. The #7 Toyota TS050 of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María Lopez…
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Toyota and Porsche go toe-to-toe at Silverstone
The Porsche team will likely have left Silverstone with a smile on their face, having travelled to the UK with the low-downforce, Le Mans-spec bodywork and performing well at a track not entirely suited to a low-drag set-up. “We are even happier about today’s second and third place with such a marginal gap to the…
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Toyota take Six Hours of Silverstone victory
The #8 Toyota of Anthony Davidson, Kazuki Nakajima and Sebastian Buemi has started the season with a win. However after the Japanese brand was confident heading into the race, Porsche was too close for comfort. The race was won by Sebastian Buemi in the last 20 minutes as he overtook Brendon Hartley on his newer…
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6h Silverstone: Leading Cars
The six hours of Silverstone are underway and the tops of the four classes are fiercely contested. For all those who need a quick overview of the top positions, we have the current leaders of the race. [tabs] [tab title=”LMP1″ start=open] Team Number Car Toyota Gazoo Racing 8 Toyota TS050 – Hybrid Porsche…
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Nick Tandy hoping for something “a little bit different to a standard race”
The #1 Porsche will start from third on the grid for tomorrow’s six hours of Silverstone. However Nick Tandy has noted that tyre wear will be the limiting factor in the race. We caught up with him to get his thoughts ahead of his first home race in LMP1 with Porsche. Porsche were not as…
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Silverstone Pole for Toyota
Toyota will start tomorrow’s 6 Hours of Silverstone from pole position ahead of Porsche. G-Drive will lead away the LMP1 field. Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway set the fastest combined time of LMP qualifying to put themselfs at the front of tomorrow’s grid, with a fastest indivudal lap time of 1:36.793. Anthony Davidson and Kazuki…
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Toyota fastest again as Porsche close in
Toyota have maintaned their record of topping all sessions so far this weekend at Silverstone, with the #8 Toyota TS050 once again heading the times. However as qualifying looms, Porsche are closing in. Davidson took the #8 Toyota to the top of the times with a late lap. Although slower than yesterday’s FP2 pace, rain…