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The fourth round of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship, the Six Hours of Silverstone will be staged this weekend in Great Britain.
TOYOTA Racing made its debut with the innovative TS030 HYBRID in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June, causing a surprise by leading its very first race before an accident and technical issue respectively eliminated both cars.
At Silverstone, the team will be present with one car; the No. 7 driven by Alex Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre and Kazuki Nakajima. Anthony Davidson, who is recovering well after his Le Mans accident, will lend his support to the team during the weekend.
Wurz and Lapierre got ready for the WEC Six Hours of Silverstone with a two-day testing session (14-15 August) at MotorLand Aragon in Spain, where an updated aerodynamic package was put through its paces.
This update has been developed using a combination of simulation technology and the wind tunnels at TOYOTA Motorsport GmbH (TMG); the team's home base in Cologne, Germany.
It features modified aerodynamics more suited to Silverstone's 5.891km Grand Prix circuit and the remaining WEC races, delivering more downforce compared to the Le Mans specification.
Wurz and Lapierre fine-tuned the revised TS030 HYBRID's handling at Silverstone track sessions in TMG's driving simulator, which accurately recreates car behaviour.
There will be four designated braking zones at Silverstone, where the TS030 HYBRID can recover up to 500Kj of energy, stored in super capacitors for automatic release as a power boost later in the lap.
TOYOTA Racing made its debut with the innovative TS030 HYBRID in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June, causing a surprise by leading its very first race before an accident and technical issue respectively eliminated both cars.
At Silverstone, the team will be present with one car; the No. 7 driven by Alex Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre and Kazuki Nakajima. Anthony Davidson, who is recovering well after his Le Mans accident, will lend his support to the team during the weekend.
Wurz and Lapierre got ready for the WEC Six Hours of Silverstone with a two-day testing session (14-15 August) at MotorLand Aragon in Spain, where an updated aerodynamic package was put through its paces.
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This update has been developed using a combination of simulation technology and the wind tunnels at TOYOTA Motorsport GmbH (TMG); the team's home base in Cologne, Germany.
It features modified aerodynamics more suited to Silverstone's 5.891km Grand Prix circuit and the remaining WEC races, delivering more downforce compared to the Le Mans specification.
Wurz and Lapierre fine-tuned the revised TS030 HYBRID's handling at Silverstone track sessions in TMG's driving simulator, which accurately recreates car behaviour.
There will be four designated braking zones at Silverstone, where the TS030 HYBRID can recover up to 500Kj of energy, stored in super capacitors for automatic release as a power boost later in the lap.