[WEC] Toyota LMP1 Discussion

[TF110]

I can't wait to see it paired up with the Valkyrie. These are just rough images right now too, so I hope the finished project is a little better.

[kvenom]

Here is footage of the GR Super Sport testing with Akio Toyoda himself taking it for a spin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3s3cR2Jm2k

[canaglia]

well... just hope these "hypercars" would be about 5m long, so they could use huge diffusers to create the downforce that will lack from smaller wings.

[TF110]

Great find, Kvenom. Hope it looks more aggressive in race trim. Still looks good though, but I prefer the Valkyrie's looks so far.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by kvenom

Here is footage of the GR Super Sport testing with Akio Toyoda himself taking it for a spin:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3s3cR2Jm2k

I always think that camo is funny, especially when you release public videos of the car and have already shown the car with no camo in public!

[S griffin]

Have to say it looks a nice mix of both GT and LMP

[chernaudi]

Wasn't that Kamui also featured in the video?

[kvenom]

Originally Posted by chernaudi

Wasn't that Kamui also featured in the video?

Yeah, he's the development driver.

[kaivo]

tops 325 km/h before inside clip cuts

[GingerPixel]

Interesting to see it running already. Did I hear that Aston are way off getting a race spec Valkyrie lapping circuits?

[Irie]

Do you think Toyota will switch drivers around or will Hartley slot into #8 like Alonso did?

[Stefvh]

THey already said it, he just takes Alonso's seat

[TF110]

So I'm wondering what this black car is at the linked time in the video?

https://youtu.be/PW8KeHSR_TE?t=13

That doesn't look like the GR Super Sport but another prototype that's lower and sleeker.

[chernaudi]

I don't think that's got anything to do with the Toyota LMP1 hypercar, unless it's maybe testing some mechanical parts.

[TF110]

It'd be interesting to know when the filming takes place, same with the new video of the camo'd GR Super Sport. I think back when the Super Sport was revealed in early 2018, they said it was already track testing. I wonder if the black car was an early prototype for it or if these are two separate cars.

The new hypercar lmp1 isn't going to be the road car Super Sport. Lots of sites are confusing their readers saying this. Toyota confirmed that the hypercar lmp1 would be a prototype (lmp), not a road car. I think all the images are just teaser illustrations of what it could possibly look like but I doubt it'll be the exact car. Maybe just inspiration from it.

[chernaudi]

I'm thinking basically a Toyota DPI-like car based on a hybrid of the TS050 and the GR Super Sport.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by TF110

So I'm wondering what this black car is at the linked time in the video?

https://youtu.be/PW8KeHSR_TE?t=13

That doesn't look like the GR Super Sport but another prototype that's lower and sleeker.

I forgot about that video, it has been around for a year and a half. Can't imagine it was a hypercar concept, but who knows what it was. maybe a test mule for the road car?

[GingerPixel]

I'm so confused. I thought the Hypercars needed a 25 unit run of road cars, and the Super Sport concept shown in white last year was basically a preview of that. Same for car shown in the testing videos, as the road version of the Valkyrie will be to the version they race.

[deggis]

Originally Posted by GingerPixel

I thought the Hypercars needed a 25 unit run of road cars,

Toyota intends to use the prototype sub-ruleset of the regs. There's no production requirement for that.

*20, within two years.

[Japanese Samurai]

According to Takehiko Morozumi tweet,
Toyota #7's trouble was due to the fact that the internal pressure sensor on the front right and the rear right were assembled in reverse.
It seems to be a human error during a 19 hour monocoque exchange.
(It is usually a four-day task at the factory.)
https://twitter.com/morozumi_careye/...92825763405825
https://twitter.com/morozumi_careye/...93107964731392

[bentley speed 8]

So does that mean that the tub change was what ultimately cost the #7 the race win?

[Victor_RO]

Originally Posted by Japanese Samurai

According to Takehiko Morozumi tweet,
Toyota #7's trouble was due to the fact that the internal pressure sensor on the front right and the rear right were assembled in reverse.
It seems to be a human error during a 19 hour monocoque exchange.
(It is usually a four-day task at the factory.)
https://twitter.com/morozumi_careye/...92825763405825
https://twitter.com/morozumi_careye/...93107964731392

The one thing that can never be fully tested against... tired fingers having the tiniest of slip-ups on the job.

[kvenom]

The #7 is lucky it didn't have more punctures during the racing that would have been a nightmare

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by kvenom

The #7 is lucky it didn't have more punctures during the racing that would have been a nightmare

The tyre pressure sensors are built into the wheels, so change each stop. It is unlikely every set had similar errors. If it had occured on a set of tyres which didn't have a puncture they probably would have noticed that the front and rears were swapped as they'd be acting differently.

[hondafan37]

Originally Posted by TF110

So I'm wondering what this black car is at the linked time in the video?

https://youtu.be/PW8KeHSR_TE?t=13

That doesn't look like the GR Super Sport but another prototype that's lower and sleeker.

Here a good image of this black car.