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According to latest Autosport magazine,
-front MGU trouble of #8 at LM24 was caused by assembly mistake. -the reason why Toyota is struggling this season is tire marble pick-up. Pick-up is occurred in lukewarm tire. Toyota couldn't warm up tire enough by braking heat due to Toyota style electric regeneration brake. (On the other side, Toyota favors in hot temperature situation.) |
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9 Oct 2017, 06:23 (Ref:3773152) | #5927 | ||
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The tire they are struggling with I believe is X-compound tire. They are harder but stable compound. (Car 8 tend to be testing these and Car7 is using standard V-spec tire) |
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9 Oct 2017, 10:30 (Ref:3773192) | #5929 | |
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Hisatake Murata confirms that they will introduce "Fuji special" spec TS050.
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9 Oct 2017, 18:58 (Ref:3773266) | #5932 | |
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I think the boss man (Akio Toyoda) wants to go forward with the wec program and the hypercar. That is who I assume wants to make the hypercar. A true successor to the LFA but with Toyota's hybrid knowledge. It should be a monster of a vehicle. Looking forward to more info on the Fuji special!
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'15 they struggled in the nighttime hours (RCE suggested fuel flow meters were the main reason) and the '16 car was sort of like the original R15; did well everywhere else (when it worked) but didn't do worth a crap at LM.
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12 Oct 2017, 14:30 (Ref:3773872) | #5936 | ||
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I'm quite worried for Toyota now. I thought a feel-good message about continuing was just waiting to be announced at their home race, along the lines of " We are commited and want to achieve a long time ambition to win the 24hrs of Le Mans ", but delaying makes me fear that they may be going. Now the mad scramble for Chassis for LMP1 privateers begins ....
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There is a danger of just reading too much into this. Little facts, big conclusions.
It could simply be a matter of timing, or even just there are details to be sorted. One, two, three cars. One, two, three years. All the races, one race. Using the time to pressure the ACO into making some changes that will reward their investment (not guaranteed win, but format, competition, entry costs, ...). It might be it's all over, it always could be. Or it might just be a thing that they don't want to announce at this race. They design a road car with hybrid and this means they are staying. They don't have an announcement at a race and this means they are leaving. Speculation is cool, but sometimes on a forum it comes across as all as worthwhile or likely as each other piece of speculation. I draw no conclusions. We'll see. |
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13 Oct 2017, 10:40 (Ref:3773978) | #5938 | ||
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When's the deadline for entering the 2018 WEC?
Toyota have nothing to gain by making a decision until then. If I were them (and the usual 'What Would Truck do?' rules* apply) I'd be watching who is entering the LMP1 Privateer class and how the testing of those cars is going, to see how much competition they'd be at LM. If Toyota do continue then they want to be as certain as possible that they are going to win LM in 2018 and 2019 otherwise there's no point in spending millions to race against yourself or worse be beaten by 'tiny' teams. * - WWTD Rules = When making a decision, do the opposite of what I would do. Last edited by Truckosaurus; 13 Oct 2017 at 10:41. Reason: Clairty. |
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I don't think the comment needs dissecting so much. It has a level of validity. We all understand the context and nuances.
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18 Oct 2017, 01:11 (Ref:3774770) | #5944 | ||
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The more time Toyota takes to announce their decision, the less are the possibilities to see new P1 teams before the "first" Le Mans.
ACO needs Toyota for the money and prestige, but Toyota it's a problem for the P1 private teams. In my opinion Toyota should present four cars, two hybrids and two normal P1 as Audi did in the past. This way they could win the race and show how much effective is the hybrid system while they present competition to the private teams over the same rules. It's utopic, but it's the only way to legitimate a win. If Toyota announce they decline to present cars for the next seasson, I'm sure we will see private teams grow like mushrooms from the ground. |
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18 Oct 2017, 12:27 (Ref:3774842) | #5945 | |
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Toyota need to stay. Not only have they got a better chance of winning LM now, they now should have some competition from Ginetta. LMP1 is nowhere near death
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19 Oct 2017, 00:22 (Ref:3774949) | #5946 | |
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I dont know why we are still on the topic of Toyota staying or not.
They are going to stay for the most or all the races with TWO cars. They are already making plans for next season so don't worry! although, there is huge cost cutting needs to be done. (Last I heard, they've only got 2/3 or what they spent this year) |
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19 Oct 2017, 22:07 (Ref:3775111) | #5948 | |
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Well I’m glad Toyota are making positive noises about staying, so that’s good for both them and the series
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25 Oct 2017, 13:43 (Ref:3776385) | #5950 | |
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Maybe 7 LMP1s? 2 Toyotas, 2 SMP Dallaras, 2 Ginnettas (a p2 team switching to them maybe), 1 CLM.
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