A GT Ferrari driven by a B-Spec guy crashed and totalled #8 Toyota. And in the restart following the yellow flag period caused by that incident, the #7 Toyota took out the Deltawing. The former spent some 2 hours in the garages, and the latter is out of the race.
A GT Ferrari driven by a B-Spec guy crashed and totalled #8 Toyota. And in the restart following the yellow flag period caused by that incident, the #7 Toyota took out the Deltawing. The former spent some 2 hours in the garages, and the latter is out of the race.
I had a feeling something would happen with Toyota, they built the car in 9 months and just jumped into the deep end right away, obviously they won't tolerate this and I have a feeling they'll be back next year with a better car, strategy, etc. Gotta applaud them for their efforts though. Hopefully next year they completely destroy Audi, or someone else does. I like Audi, but enough is enough.
I think the proof is the fact you refer to them "returning to Le Mans" when they already have several GT cars in the race right now .
Like I said, the past decade has been pretty low key for them, they haven't really had any proper factory entries and they generally seem to prefer selling their cars to teams rather than directly taking part.
I had a feeling something would happen with Toyota, they built the car in 9 months and just jumped into the deep end right away, obviously they won't tolerate this and I have a feeling they'll be back next year with a better car, strategy, etc. Gotta applaud them for their efforts though. Hopefully next year they completely destroy Audi, or someone else does. I like Audi, but enough is enough.
I wouldn't say they jumped in the deep end. They had originally planned this year as a development year only running 1 car. They were pressured into running 2 cars and making a more serious effort this year by the ACO.
I think they deserve a lot of credit simply for going for it in the first few hours. They could have easily just sat back and let Audi drive off as they probably knew they weren't going to finish the race at Audi-beating pace, but they didn't and they went full steam and gave us some excitement.
Quite saddened that Toyota retired of the race. I really wanted to see them finish But I guess it's for the best, considering the Davidson and Deltawing incidents. Hope I get to see them again next year or the year after, stronger and more counteractive!
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But I guess it's for the best, considering the Davidson and Deltawing incidents. Hope I get to see them again next year or the year after, stronger and more counteractive!
