Toyota WEC Promotion videos
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will compete with the TS050 HYBRID in the 2017 season of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), the pinnacle of global endurance racing. Featuring leading-edge hybrid technologies, the TS050 HYBRID is Toyota's platform for pushing man and machine to the limit with the ultimate goal of developing the hybrid vehicles of the future.
The video shows the passion the team pours into every moment of their work as they push their hybrid machine to the next stage and meticulously prepare for the track.
Toyota launched its first commercial hybrid in 1997 and has sold more than 10 million hybrid vehicles worldwide over the past two decades. By participating in the grueling races of WEC, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing aims to refine its advanced hybrid technologies, which in turn will empower Toyota's development of the hybrids of the future.
FIA WEC 2017 TOYOTA TS050 HYBRID: Why Hybrid?
To explore why TOYOTA GAZOO Racing is dedicated to competing in WEC, this video asks the questions, "Why do we compete? Why do we race? And why hybrids?" The answer: it all comes down to crafting ever-better hybrid vehicles for people around the world. TOYOTA GAZOO Racing is taking its hybrid technologies to the next level, subjecting team and technology to the extreme environment of the world's most punishing endurance races and pressing for excellence.
A German translation of this press release is available on www.RacingByTMG.com. High-resolution copyright-free photos are available for editorial use at www.toyota-motorsport-photos.com.
About TOYOTA GAZOO Racing in the World Endurance Championship
Toyota first competed in the World Endurance Championship (WEC) in 1983, marking the start of a long period of participation in endurance racing. Since 1985, Toyota cars have raced in 19 Le Mans 24 Hours races, achieving a best result of second place on five occasions. Toyota entered the revived WEC in 2012, combining the expertise from Toyota Higashi-Fuji Technical Centre, where the hybrid powertrain is developed, with Toyota Motorsport GmbH’s support and facilities for chassis development. The multi-national team is based in Cologne, Germany and includes engineers from Toyota’s motorsport and hybrid department, who deliver technology and know-how back into road car development. Since 2012, Toyota has earned 13 pole positions and won 13 races, finishing on the podium a total of 35 times. In 2014, the team won the drivers’ and manufacturers’ World Championships with the TS040 HYBRID while a year later Toyota celebrated 30 years since its first Le Mans entry. Toyota Motorsport GmbH combines its role in the WEC project with its other activities, such as the supply of a World Rally Championship engine for Toyota’s return to the category in 2017, as well as its engineering services business and customer motorsport activities.
Media contact: Alastair Moffitt, Marketing & Communications Manager: alastair.moffitt@toyota-motorsport.com