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Racing Team India will embark on a historical outing as the first all-Indian team to compete internationally in endurance racing, participating in the 2021 Asian Le Mans Series, with an eye on the fabled 24 Hours of Le Mans. And as the team’s three drivers – Karthikeyan, Arjun Maini and Naveen Rao – explain to us, this is only the beginning of what they’re hoping will inspire a whole new generation of young racers in the country to adopt endurance racing.
GR010 Hybrid will be derived from the GR Super Sport hypercar being developed for sale 21 January 2021 - 05:01 Phuti Mpyane Toyota’s new Le Mans car has 500kW at the rear wheels and 200kW at the front.
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The Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) team has unveiled its challenger for the Le Mans 2021 season, the GR010 Hybrid.
It is the racing version of Toyota’s upcoming hypercar road car, and the company hopes the new car will allow it to defend its Le Mans and World Endurance Championship (WEC) titles, which it won with the old TS050 Hybrid racer.
The striking new look of the racing prototype reflects the appearance of its inspiration, the GR Super Sport hypercar, which made its public debut with a demonstration run at the 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours and is currently in development.
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As we bid farewell to the Le Mans Prototype 1 class (LMP1), which will be replaced by the new Hypercar class alongside the equally new Le Mans Daytona Hybrid (LMDh) class starting this season, we take a look at the new powertrain regulations which should make the competition appealing for major manufacturers once again. 9 photos
Following the exit from the world of endurance racing of legendary carmakers like Audi and Porsche, which pulled out their works teams in 2016 and 2017, the Automobile Club de l Ouest (ACO) and the Fédération Internationale de l Automobile (FIA), the governing bodies behind the 24 Hours of Le Mans and World Endurance Championship, begun discussions aimed at revamping the top class to make it more appealing and cost-effective.
Here’s How the Second-Gen Ford GT’s Revolutionary Race-Inspired Suspension Works 11 Jan 2021, 11:05 UTC ·
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During its development stage, the GT was one of the best-kept secrets in the automotive industry. No more than a dozen key people knew about the existence of the project, and everything was kept airtight until its official unveiling.
After almost a decade since the last unit of its direct predecessor rolled off the assembly line, the new Ford GT was introduced to the world in 2015, at the North American International Auto Show held in Ford’s home city of Detroit, Michigan.
Fans and critics alike were in awe of what they saw. The new GT was arguably the most beautiful supercar ever created by the American manufacturer, blending cutting-edge aerodynamics with proven racecar technology.