THE IToyota uye wasondela ekuphumeleleni iiHora ze-24 zeLe Mans ngamaxesha amaninzi - waqala ukuthatha inxaxheba kwinqanaba elisemthethweni kwi-1987 - kodwa okwangoku akazange aphumelele. Kwakukho intetho yesiqalekiso, ngakumbi emva kokuphela okumangalisayo kwe-2016, apho ngaphezu kwemizuzu emithathu ukusuka ekupheleni kogqatso, xa uqala i-lap yokugqibela, i-TS050 Hybrid yahambisa "umphefumlo kumdali".
Kodwa kulo nyaka “oothixo” bebekunye neToyota. Kunokuthiwa ngaphandle kwePorsche kwakulula, kodwa siyazi ukuba iLe Mans ngokwayo "umchasi" wokubetha. Isantya asizange sibe yingxaki nge-TS050, kodwa ngaphandle kweengxaki zoomatshini, akukho ntlitheko kwaye kungekho mntu unokuyinqanda, uloyiso lwaluqinisekisiwe. IToyota TS050 #8 ngu Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima, Fernando Alonso iphumelele, ilandelwa yi TS050 #7.
Uloyiso lokuqala lweToyota luhlala lusembalini - olokuqala luphunyezwe ngumenzi waseJapan ngo-1991 nguMazda -; kunye nokuthatha inxaxheba kokuqala kunye nokunqoba kukaFernando Alonso - ngubani ofuna "i-Triple Crown" ngokunqoba kwi-Monaco GP, iiyure ze-24 ze-Le Mans kunye neekhilomitha ze-500 zase-Indianapolis, ziswele kuphela ugqatso lwaseMelika ukwenza njalo.
Malunga ne "Cold Start". Ukususela ngoMvulo ukuya ngoLwesihlanu eRazão Automóvel, kukho “iSiqalo esibandayo” ngentsimbi yesi-9:00 kusasa. Ngelixa usela ikofu yakho okanye uqokelela isibindi sokuqala usuku, hlala usexesheni ngeenyani ezinomdla, iinyani zembali kunye neevidiyo ezifanelekileyo ezivela kwihlabathi leemoto. Konke kumagama angaphantsi kwama-200.