Silverstone Debut For Toyota TS040 Hybrid

Toyota Racing starts the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season with a race debut for its new 1000 PS TS040 Hybrid in the Six Hours of Silverstone this weekend.

The new car, which features TOYOTA’s ground-breaking four-wheel drive hybrid technology, has completed over 25,000 km of testing in preparation for the first of eight WEC races this year, which includes the Le Mans 24 Hours.

High-downforce specification TS040 Hybrids will be used at Silverstone, providing better aerodynamic grip at the cost of top speed, with a low-downforce package already prepared for the high-speed Le Mans 24 Hours in June.

TS040 Hybrid #7 will be driven by Alex Wurz, Stéphane Sarrazin and Kazuki Nakajima while Anthony Davidson, Nicolas Lapierre and Sébastien Buemi share the #8 car.

Toyota Racing has finished on the podium in both its races at Silverstone so far, starting from one-two on the grid in 2013, and is targeting a victory to make a perfect start to the new season.