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Watch Real Onboard 4K Footage of a Gran Turismo Legend: The Toyota GT-One
New onboard 4K video of the famous Toyota GT-One Le Mans race car has emerged, with the car driven in anger for more than 20 years after it last raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans...
I think that if the Suzuki Escudo Pikes Peak Special got added, then it's highly likely that this car will be added, too. Especially with PD's current relationship with Toyota. But I would also hope that if the TS020 returns, the similarly-classed Bentley Speed 8 would be added, too.Now the big question. Is this coming to the game? Will this ever come to the game? 🤣
There have been soo many "what if" stories at Le Mans.Of those 3 that raced in 1999, the number #2 car is the only one that doesn't exist anymore. It was totalled during the 1999 race after it had a puncture and ended Thierry Boutsen's career, former F1 driver and 3x GP winner (1990 and 1991 with Williams IIRC).
The number #3 is the most famous, it's the only chassis that competed in both the 1998 and 1999 Le Mans of the 7 GT-Ones made and of course, it's the one that finished 2nd chasing down the leading BMW V12 LMR and also set the fastest lap of the race.
Also to note that pace wasn't this Toyota's problem against the V12 LMR, but the puncture problems and even more so, the fuel economy. The BMW could go on 1 or even 2 more laps per stint in comparison to the GT-One.
Like really, this is probably the best car that never won Le Mans. And it would've been even more of an icon than it already is if it had done so. What a huge shame.
I mean to be fair, I've had my share of wet Lobby races and watching people off in Turn 1 is par the courseLooks like a typical GT lobby with all those driving errors at the start.
It's more amazing that it is an icon considering its flaws and failures although I suppose its failures in 1999 were vastly overshadowed by the Mercedes-Benz CLR; the CLR really saved the TS020's blushes. Toyota could have kept working on it, I suppose, but they withdrew from sportscars to focus exclusively on their F1 project.Like really, this is probably the best car that never won Le Mans. And it would've been even more of an icon than it already is if it had done so. What a huge shame.