Toyota TS010 Testing at Eastern Creek

[jd yort]

We have discussed this before but dont recall the footage ever being posted on here. It is mind blowing how quickly it eats up the main straight of Eastern Creek and then goes flat stick through turn 1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrRcH-M5oP4

[Matt]

and it sounds INCREDIBLE

[kevin993]

Oh my. Thanks much for posting. VERY cool.

[rich07]

That footage never gets old. Just imagine a modern LMP1 through turn one!

Apparently a JGTC Supra tested at Eastern Creek, year unknown. It'd be awesome if footage of that test existed.

[jd yort]

This is from Andy Wallace

I had been testing the Toyota TS010 in Eastern Creek, Australia a few weeks before. We had been doing a marathon test, which lasted for nine days straight! Eastern Creek is a great racetrack, but there is a monster bump in the middle of turn one, which is taken flat-out in sixth gear at about 190 mph. Fantastic corner, but each time you go over the bump you get bashed about quite badly in the cockpit.

Well after nine days of endurance testing I went over the bump one more time and, CRACK, two ribs decided they'd had enough of that! Within an hour Hitoshi Ogawa had also broken his ribs for the same reason.

As you can imagine, the flight back from Sydney to London was interesting... If I got up for a walk around the plane, I remember having to tell anyone who was thinking of passing me going the other way in the aisle, DON'T TOUCH ME, as you pass me. Sneezing was another very painful experience.

Can anyone recall the lap times? I have a vague recollection of someone on here mentioning John Smith got a drive at the time too.

[FIRE]

Great!

[Jeff 8]

Originally Posted by jd yort

This is from Andy Wallace



Can anyone recall the lap times? I have a vague recollection of someone on here mentioning John Smith got a drive at the time too.

I remember from a program at the A1 GP years ago, they claimed 1.08.

Jeff