Lapho i- I-Toyota GR010 Hybrid ibhekene ne-8 Hours of Portimão ngempelasonto ezayo (Juni 12th and 13th), i-hypercar yohlobo lwase-Japan izobe yenza okungaphezu nje kokuncintisana emzuliswaneni wesibili we-World Endurance Championship (WEC).
Phela kusePortimão lapho kwaToyota bezobungaza imijaho eyikhulu ebibanjelwe kuWorld Endurance Championship, basayine esinye isahluko endabeni eyaqala ngo-1983 ngeToyota 83C.
I-Autódromo Internacional do Algarve (AIA) iphinde izuze ukubaluleka kokuba uhlobo “lwekhaya lesibili” le-Toyota: umjikelezo usetshenziselwe ukuthuthukisa ama-prototypes ayo okuncintisana eminyakeni yamuva.
Isifunda "somndeni".
Naphezu kokuthi iPortimão Circuit iyisidlali ekhalendeni le-WEC - kuzoba umjikelezo wama-21 lapho ama-Toyota prototypes azogijima khona selokhu kwaqala lo mkhiqizo kulo mqhudelwano - njengoba kushiwo, ithrekhi yamaPutukezi ayaziwa iToyota Gazoo Racing nangemva kokunqoba. emjahweni wokuqala wesizini e-Spa-Francorchamps, iqembu laseJapan lifika ezweni lethu linezifiso ezifanele.
Umpetha womhlaba esicongweni, iToyota ibhekene nezimbangi e-Algarve ezifana neScuderia Cameron Glickenhaus ne-Alpine (zombili ezinemoto eyodwa kuphela kulo mqhudelwano). Ukubhekana nabo, iToyota Gazoo Racing izoklelisa amaHybrid amabili e-GR10.
Eyokuqala, enenombolo yesi-8, ingeyabaholi bomqhudelwano wabashayeli, i-trio Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima noBrendon Hartley. KwaToyota ongunombolo-7 kukleliswe ompetha besicoco, abashayeli uMike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi noJosé María López, oqede umjaho wokuqala endaweni yesithathu.
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Njengoba kunemijaho engu-99 edlalwe kuWorld Endurance Championship, kwaToyota sebenqobe abangu-31 kanye nezinkundla ezingama-78 emijahweni engama-56.
Nakuba i-debut yenzeka ngo-1983, kwathatha u-1992, kanye nesizini yesithathu egcwele yohlobo lwe-Japanese emqhudelwaneni, ukubona imibala yakwaToyota isendaweni ephakeme kakhulu emsamo, ngokunqoba kwe-TS010 eMonza.
Kusukela lapho, u-Sébastien Buemi waseSwitzerland uye wazibonakalisa njengomshayeli owine kakhulu iToyota emqhudelwaneni (iwinile engu-18) kanye nowayevame ukulawula uhlobo lohlobo lwaseJapan, nemijaho engu-60 edlalwe kuze kube manje.
Ngemuva kwezinsuku ezintathu ihamba ngeloli, iToyota GR010 Hybrid yafika emzileni ngoLwesihlanu ntambama ngohlelo lwayo lokuqala lokuzilolonga. Kuhlelelwe ukuthi kube ngoMgqibelo bese kuthi ngeSonto, ngo-11 ekuseni, kuqale umjaho wakwaToyota we-100 weWorld Endurance Championship.