Marko Hanželic
It will drive him 3,5-liter V6 engine with two turbines significantly larger than the 2,4-liter engine used by Toyota’s retired TS050 LMP1. In addition to the internal combustion engine, the system also includes a hybrid system on the front axle, which provides 268 hp of power, while the total power of the drive unit is 670 hp. Because the power of v Hypercar class limited upwards, used at Toyota special electronics, by which they control the power of the internal combustion engine according to the operation of the electrical unit
Toyota has been developing the car for the last 19 months at the headquarters of its racing department in Germany Cologne, and at the same time Japanese experts in electrical and hybrid powertrains.
Compared to a race car TS050 LMP1 is new GR010 hybrid 250 mm longer, 100 mm wider and 100 mm higher. It is also heavier as it weighs 1.040 kilograms, while TS050 on the scales showed 878 kg. Teams in the classroom Le Man's Hypercar they can draw a race car with a single aerodynamic configuration, with which they will have to find themselves both on closed racetracks, where ground pressure is important, and on faster tracks, where the latter is undesirable. The only moving part is the rear wings.
The driving force remains unchanged, ie as we know it from LMP1. Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway in Jose maria lopez they will drive car number 7 while they will Sebastian Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima in Brendon Hartley racing with car number 8.
Toyota GR010 Hybrid
