Toyota TS050 Hybrid
Toyota will soon reveal the successor to
its TS040 Hybrid named the TS050. Set to compete alongside entrants from Audi
and Porsche, two TS050 Hybrids will be fielded by Toyota Gazoo Racing in the
2016 World Endurance Championship and Le Mans 24 Hours.
According to the Toyota Gazoo Racing
team, the 2016 TS050 will sport a new hybrid system developed at Toyota's
Higashi-Fuji Technical Center, as well as significant changes to all other
areas, including the monocoque, to “meet the team’s ambitious performance
targets”.
Car number 5 will be raced Anthony
Davidson, Sebastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima, while Stephane Sarrazin, Mike
Conway ex-Formula One driver Kamui Kobayashi who steps in to replace Alex Wurz
will race number 6.
