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giugno 07, 2019 - Toyota
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Ready to Defend Le Mans Crown
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TOYOTA GAZOO #racing will bring the curtain down on its record-breaking 2018-2019 FIA World #endurance Championship (WEC) season when it sets out to defend its #LeMans 24 Hours crown next week in the most challenging #Event of the year.
Following its historic first victory last year, in the second race of the 2018-2019 #WEC season, the team has dominated, winning six of the seven races so far, and goes into the 87th #LeMans 24 Hours already assured of both the teams' and drivers' World Championship.
As well as a battle to claim victory at La Sarthe, the season finale will see the drivers' title decided. The #8 #ts050hybrid of last year's #LeMans winners Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and #fernandoalonso holding a 31-point advantage over Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López in the #7, with a maximum of 39 points still to win next week.
For TOYOTA, the 2019 #LeMans 24 Hours represents the manufacturer's 21st entry into the biggest race of the #endurance #racing calendar and its first as reigning champions, following last year's victory for the #8 crew of Sébastien, Kazuki and Fernando, who also started on pole position.
Le Mans represents an unrivalled challenge for car, drivers and team, with all elements needing to work in unison to overcome the difficulties of a unique circuit, varying weather conditions, fatigue and the unpredictable nature of a 24-hour race with 62 cars sharing the 13.626km circuit.
TOYOTA has participated at #LeMans since 2012 with a hybrid-powered LMP1 prototype and the latest car, the #ts050hybrid, delivers four-wheel drive courtesy of motor generator units on the front and rear axles. By recovering energy under braking and storing this in a high-powered battery, the #ts050hybrid has a maximum power of 1,000hp.
As the 2019 #LeMans 24 Hours is part of the same season as the 2018 edition, no major changes are permitted to the low-downforce specification #ts050hybrid, but fine-tuning of set-ups and strategies has been on ongoing process since the team's victory a year ago.
Preparations for race week stepped up a gear with the official test day on Sunday 2 June, during which the two TS050 HYBRIDs set the pace. Sébastien in the #8 recorded the overall quickest lap, marginally slower than last year's best test lap as a result of a 10kg minimum weight increase.
The #LeMans week encapsulates the spirit and challenge of #endurance #racing, including a total of close to 35 hours of driving, starting on Wednesday 12 June with a four-hour practice session at 16:00 before two hours of qualifying from 22:00.
Qualifying continues on Thursday with two further 120-minute sessions (19:00 & 22:00) and the starting grid is decided by the fastest overall lap from any qualifying sessions. The drivers' parade in #LeMans city on Friday gives fans a chance to meet the drivers before the race weekend, which begins with a 45-minute warm-up at 09:00. The race itself starts at 15:00 on Saturday, with the chequered flag flying at the same time on Sunday.
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