News Details

Porsche wins at Le Mans as Toyota suffers heartbreaking failure

Toyota Gazoo Racing had the Le Mans 24h race in their hands until 2 laps from the end, when technical trouble halted the leading #5 car. The stoppage ended a change for Toyota's surprise victory, and handed the crown to the Porsche #2, driven over the finish line by Neel Jani. On back of a disappointing 2015 WEC campaign, Toyota decided to build an entirely new car, powered by a new 2.4L V6 twin turbo, and backed up by a battery ERS, replacing the team's usual supercapacitor system. Having been unable to match last year's Porsche and Audi runners, Toyota returned with a blast, introducing its new car a year ahead of the initial plans. For the first time in the history of the race, the 24...
Full Story »
9y ago from F1Technical.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

24 Hours of Le Mans preview

F1 News Pirelli could adjust ‘ridiculous' pressure limits in Baku...
9y ago from Formula1Blog.com

Sainz handed Canadian Grand Prix gearbox penalty

Carlos Sainz Jr will drop five places on the grid for the Canadian Grand...

Rosberg won't change approach amid slump

Pirelli Media Mercedes' Nico Rosberg insists he won't change his approach...
9y ago from F1Zone.net

FBC Track Talk: Le Mans

F1 News Rosberg takes pole for European GP in Baku Pirelli could adjust...
9y ago from Formula1Blog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

EU approves Liberty Media's purchase of MotoGP and...

Liberty Media has received unconditional approval from the European...

Fabio Di Giannantonio ecstatic with ‘dream' and...

Fabio Di Giannantonio secured his second Grand Prix podium of the 2025...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar Road America – Race Results

Road America was the scene of this weekend’s IndyCar event, and high...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Ferrucci survives early race ‘mayhem’ to earn...

Santino Ferrucci finished third in Sunday’s race from Road America,...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Rallies around the world: The ones not to miss – and...

Rallying is unlike any other motorsport. It doesn’t unfold on pristine...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsecast Extra Episode 645 – 23.06.2025

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and...
4h ago from Arseblog.com

Report: Arsenal have new first choice striker target,...

Arsenal have been trying to sign a striker for several windows, and the...
4h ago from FreshArsenal.com

“He is guaranteed goals” - William Gallas tells...

Pundit William Gallas has urged Arsenal to snub their latest transfer...
8h ago from SportsKeeda.com

The summer of chaff

Morning all. After a couple of weeks of travelling it's time to get my...
10h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.