Toyota TS050 Hybrid

Toyota
Toyota TS050 on the Paul Ricard Circuit
TS050 hybrid
Production period:	since 2015
Class :	race car
Body versions :	Coupe
Engines:	Otto engine : 2.4 liters (368 kW / 500 PS) + electric motor : (368 kW / 500 PS)
Length:	4650 mm
Width:	1900 mm
Height:	1050 mm
Wheelbase :
Empty weight :
Previous model	Toyota TS040 Hybrid

The Toyota TS050 Hybrid is a sports car prototype that was developed and built by Toyota in accordance with LMP1 regulations . The car is the successor to the Toyota TS040 Hybrid used in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2014 and 2015 .

development

Toyota announced the TS050 Hybrid during the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship , which was disappointing for Toyota . The car should get a new technology concept, which was actually only intended for 2017. The racing car was presented on March 24, 2016 at the Circuit Paul Ricard .

A new feature is a V6 biturbo engine that is more efficient than the naturally aspirated V8 engine installed in the predecessor. A seven-speed sequential transmission is used for power transmission.

There is an electric motor on the front and rear axles. The high-performance capacitors used to store the electrically recovered energy have been replaced by lithium-ion batteries. These changes enabled the Toyota TS050 to be classified in the eight megajoule class, the highest hybrid class in the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship. The aerodynamics have also been further developed, in favor of lower air resistance, downforce was dispensed with.

In January 2018, a study was presented with the Toyota GR Super Sport Concept , which is technically based on the TS050 and takes the drive from the racing car largely unchanged. Series production as a street-legal car in small numbers is planned.

Races

Toyota fielded two TS050s in the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship including the Le Mans 24 Hours . The car won the 6-hour race in Fuji , but in Le Mans the race was lost shortly before the end after the car in the lead broke down three minutes before the end of the race due to a drive train defect. In 2018, the two TS050s took 1st and 2nd place in the 24 Hours of Le Mans , securing Toyota its first Le Mans victory. In 2019 Toyota repeated the double victory of the previous year with the two TS050s.

Driver line-up

Since the Toyota works driver Alexander Wurz announced the end of his career, he was replaced by Kamui Kobayashi.

Start list
No.	team	vehicle	tires	driver	driver	driver	driver
WEC season 2016
5	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	M.	Kamui Kobayashi	Stéphane Sarrazin	Mike Conway
6th	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	M.	Anthony Davidson	Sébastien Buemi	Kazuki Nakajima
WEC season 2017
7th	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	M.	Kamui Kobayashi	Stéphane Sarrazin	Mike Conway	José María López
8th	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	M.	Anthony Davidson	Sébastien Buemi	Kazuki Nakajima	Stéphane Sarrazin
9	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	M.	Yūji Kunimoto	Nicolas Lapierre	José María López	Stéphane Sarrazin
WEC season 2018/19
7th	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	M.	Mike Conway	Kamui Kobayashi	Jose Maria Lopez
8th	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	M.	Sébastien Buemi	Kazuki Nakajima	Fernando Alonso

Web links

Commons : Toyota TS050 Hybrid  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Technical data of the TS050 Hybrid
2. ↑ Toyota is upgrading: TS050 Hybrid for 2016 - WEC. In: motorsport-magazin.com. Retrieved December 27, 2019 . 
3. ↑ TS050 Hybrid: Toyota presents its new WEC weapon. In: motorsport-total.com. Retrieved December 27, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Curtis Moldrich: Toyota is building a 986bhp hypercar with LMP1 H tech. In: carmagazine.co.uk. June 21, 2018, accessed December 12, 2018 . 
5. ↑ 24h Le Mans 2016: Toyota leaves with a broken heart - 24 Hours of Le Mans, WEC - WEC at Motorsport-Total.com . In: Motorsport-Total.com . ( motorsport-total.com [accessed January 5, 2017]).