Toyota and Lexus Top of the Class at Nürburgring

Toyota and Lexus celebrated a successful outing at last weekend's 24 Hours of Nürburgring race, racking up four class victories in total.

   

GAZOO Racing, Toyota Motor Corporation’s grassroots motorsport division, showed a particularly strong performance at “The Green Hell” with three first place finishes in all three classes entered with the Lexus LFA, LFA Code X and Toyota 86.

In addition to the class victories, the GAZOO Racing LFA Code X and LFA finished 11th and 13th overall respectively, well at the top of the field of 110 total finishers.

Toyota Swiss Racing Team locked down the top two positions in the V3 class with Toyota GT86 race cars outfitted by Toyota Motorsport GmbH.

In its first outing at the world-renowned 24-hour race, Toyota Team Thailand proved to be a reliable contender, occupying the final place in the SP3 class.

   

#	Class	Car	Position in Class	Position Overall	Laps
134	SP3	Toyota Corolla Altis	7	109	99

 

GAZOO Racing

#	Class	Car	Position in Class	Position Overall	Laps
48	SP8	Lexus LFA	1	13	148
53	SP-PRO	Lexus LFA Code X	1	11	151
86	SP3	Toyota 86	1	54	133
52	SP8	Lexus IS F	-	-	11

 

Toyota Swiss Racing Team

#	Class	Car	Position in Class	Position Overall	Laps
191	V3	Toyota GT86	1	75	126
192	V3	Toyota GT86	2	79	124
51	SP8	Lexus IS F CCS-R	-	-	53

 

TMG GT86 Cup

#	Class	Car	Position in Class	Position Overall	Laps
208	V3	Toyota TMG GT86 CS-V3	4	83	122
199	V3	Toyota TMG GT86 CS-V3	5	86	122
202	V3	Toyota TMG GT86 CS-V3	6	90	119
207	V3	Toyota TMG GT86 CS-V3	7	93	117
201	V3	Toyota TMG GT86 CS-V3	-	-	55
200	V3	Toyota TMG GT86 CS-V3	-	-	32

This weekend, Toyota and Lexus race cars are descending on a small village in Germany to take part in one of the world’s most grueling motorsport events: the 24 Hours of Nürburgring.

The 20.8 kilometer Nordschleife (“North Loop”), nestled in the dense forests of the Eifel Mountains, is so demanding that Sir Jackie Stewart, one of the circuit’s most illustrious alumni, dubbed it “The Green Hell”.

With 156 turns and elevation changes of over 300 meters, the legendary circuit is the ultimate testing ground for the automotive industry. Prototype vehicles and production cars are regularly put to the test by manufacturers throughout the year.

Lexus famously developed its standard-bearing LFA supercar on the German racetrack; click here to watch the LFA Nürburgring Package completing a lap in just 7:14:64.

A total of 10 Toyota and four Lexus race cars will compete in this weekend’s 42nd running of the 24-hour race. The entrants hail from across the world, the furthest coming from Toyota Motor Thailand and GAZOO Racing, the grassroots motorsport division of Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) in Japan.

Toyota Team Thailand

Toyota Team Thailand is one of the most successful racing teams in Thailand since Toyota Motor Thailand began its motorsport activities in 1986. The team has won several competitions, both domestically and in Southeast Asia, including the Macau Grand Prix. The 42nd running of the 24 Hours of Nürburgring represents the team’s first step into international motorsports.

More information (in Thai): https://th-th.facebook.com/ToyotaMotorsportThai
 

#	Class	Car	Drivers
194	SP3	Toyota Corolla Altis	Suttipong Smittachartch Nattavude Charoensukhawatana Nattapong Hortongkam Sak Nana

GAZOO Racing

GAZOO Racing is about communicating the fun and passion of motoring to a new generation. Through numerous motorsport events in Japan as well as at the Nürburgring, GAZOO Racing provides a forum for fans to share their passion. Drivers and mechanics are professionals and Toyota employees, and are aiming to hone their skills on the racetrack.

More information: http://gazooracing.com/detail/2936533

 

 

#	Class	Car	Drivers
48	SP8	Lexus LFA	Takayuki Kinoshita Hiroaki Ishiura Kazuya Oshima Masahiko Kageyama
52	SP8	Lexus IS F	Yoshinobu Katsumata Minoru Takaki
53	SP-PRO	Lexus LFA Code X	Akira Iida Juichi Wakisaka Takuto Iguchi Hiroaki Ishiura
86	SP3	Toyota 86	Masahiko Kageyama Kumi Sato Naoya Gamo Yoshinobu Katsumata

 

 

Toyota Swiss Racing Team

This is the Toyota Swiss Racing team’s third consecutive year at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. The team is made up of employee drivers and technicians from Toyota AG, Toyota’s distributor in Switzerland. Toyota Swiss Racing won the V3 class in the 24-hour endurance race in 2012 and 2013.

More information (in German): http://www.toyotaswissracingteam.ch/

#	Class	Car	Drivers
51	SP8	Lexus IS F CCS-R	Helmut Baumann Horst Baumann Lorenz Frey Fredy Barth
191	V3	Toyota GT86	Roland Schmid Roger Vogeli Olivier Burri Frederic Yerly
192	V3	Toyota GT86	Christoph Wuest Rene Luthi Christoph Lotscher Mark Benz

TMG GT86 Cup

Organized by Toyota Motorsport GmbH, the TMG GT86 Cup is the first competition focusing exclusively on the GT86, Toyota’s rear-wheel drive sports coupe. Using the TMG-developed GT86 CS-V3, the GT86 Cup pits drivers and teams against each other in identical machines for challenging long-distance races. Although the 24-hour race is not part of the Cup, a number of participants will compete with their customer cars on the German circuit.

More information: http://www.toyota-motorsport.com/motorsport/en/gt86-cup/tmg-gt86-cup

#	Class	Car	Drivers
199	V3	Toyota TMG GT86 CS-V3	Dierk Moller-Sonntag Florian Wolf
200	V3	Toyota TMG GT86 CS-V3	Hans-Martin Gass Heiko Hahn Roland Konrad Kristian Vetter
201	V3	Toyota TMG GT86 CS-V3	Reiner Bardenheuer Alexander Kudrass Florian Wolf Christian Leutheuser
202	V3	Toyota TMG GT86 CS-V3	Olivier Muytjens Brody
207	V3	Toyota TMG GT86 CS-V3	Maciej Dreszer Francesco Fanari Dirk Heldmann Stefan Kenntemich
208	V3	Toyota TMG GT86 CS-V3	Philipp Goschel Rolf Scheibner Frank Weishar