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Toyota's Racing Hybrid's Next Race

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by El Dobro, Sep 14, 2012.

  1. El Dobro

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    Sao Paulo, Brazil on Sept 15th. It can be watched here.
    Audi tv
     
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    1 1/2 hours into the race and Toyota's in the lead with the hybrid.
     
    #2 El Dobro, Sep 15, 2012
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    After only it's 3rd race, the Toyota hybrid race car came in first place. Congrats to Team Toyota.
     
    #3 El Dobro, Sep 15, 2012
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    dbcassidy Toyota Hybrid Nation, 8 Million Strong

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    That is cool to hear. Toyota collects a bunch of data on racing that can be used to further refine their hybrid line.

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    After this,


    this.
     
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    The latest race will be in Bahrain this Saturday, the 29th. Again, it will be on Audi tv
     
    #7 El Dobro, Sep 24, 2012
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    It is pretty amazing that they won in their 3rd race... it will bring up hybrid status for sure. Lots of people hate hybrids because Prius is "slow"...
     
    #8 spwolf, Sep 25, 2012
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    The first race they entered, there was major fail. It was a shame because they were looking competitive with the Audis. The second race the car was entered, it came in second.
     
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    The Toyota's running 3rd. behind the two Audis right now.
     
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    And the Toyota hybrid is out of the race after a crash. Oh, well.
     
    #11 El Dobro, Sep 29, 2012
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    Ok, the next Toyota hybrid race is this Sunday, the 14th, in Japan.
     
    #12 El Dobro, Oct 12, 2012
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    Looks like it's going to be a long night. :D
     
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    With less than 1 1/2 hours to go, the Toyota's in the lead.
     
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    Congrats to Toyota for their second win of the season!
     
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    it is pretty amazing that they can win the races so soon... giving hybrids good name.
     
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    One more race to go for this season. It looks like competition for Audi is back. :D
     
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    I was just reading up... they actually did not plan to run full time, just 2 races, before Le Mans with 1 car and Le Mans with 2 cars. They are running on very small budget right now. Of course, it is the guys that already did FIA WEC before as well as F1.

    What changed things was Peugeot suddenly dropped from WEC so Toyota got full entry in so the LM P1 class would not be shut off, since it requires 2 manufacturers.

    They crashed one car so they are running on only one as budget did not allow for the spare car :).

    Otherwise, full budget without entry costs is $80-100 million, it is the most expensive series after F1. I think TF1 got into it since they could promote hybrids, which they cant in any other series, and LM P1 class lets them do almost anything they want... their super capacitor based system can release 300hp to the wheels :)
     
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