[WEC] Toyota LMP1 Discussion

[GTfour]

Good news. I geuss now only the new 4 wheel drive set up could cause teething troubles.
My money is on the Toyota's this year.

[TF110]

Originally Posted by GTfour

Good news. I geuss now only the new 4 wheel drive set up could cause teething troubles.
My money is on the Toyota's this year.

They had the 4wd on the Supra HVR which ran in 2007 with the predecesor of this capacitor. Then they tested 4wd in 2012 on the TS030 before the season. Probably still have some data to go on.

[TF110]

Sebastian Buemi getting seat fitting http://twitter.com/Sebastien_buemi/s...25969183584256

[TheNo1F1Fan]

Originally Posted by TF110

Sebastian Buemi getting seat fitting http://twitter.com/Sebastien_buemi/s...25969183584256

Hope the seat's gonna fit for the 5 others.

[TF110]

Alex Wurz also tweeted he was getting a seat fitting. I assume all drivers are going to be doing this in the coming days since theyll most likely will test next week.

[TheNo1F1Fan]

Originally Posted by TF110

Alex Wurz also tweeted he was getting a seat fitting. I assume all drivers are going to be doing this in the coming days since theyll most likely will test next week.

And four to go!

[deggis]

I know that was a joke but doesn't seat fitting usually mean just creating the "mold" for the removable seat?

Edit: yes, something like that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGzoOUoCOlk

[JoestForEver]

No idea about that. But in Porsche's teasers, seat fitting was carried out during the construction of tub, pretty early phase of development.

[silente]

Not a mold...

Single seater seats are normaly done with poliurethan, putting that into a big bag and letting it to expand around the driver.

i don't know about sports car though.

[Bandicoot17]

Wurz said he was getting a 'further fitting', which I take to mean that he's already had at least one done but obviously didn't like it.

[gustavobamba]

OK, nice to now they are "fitting" in new TS040, and spy pics... where are they?????????

Would the car be much diferent from last year???

With another hybrid system in front end, the front of the car should be diferent!!!!!!!

[TheNo1F1Fan]

Originally Posted by gustavobamba

OK, nice to now they are "fitting" in new TS040, and spy pics... where are they?????????

Would the car be much diferent from last year???

With another hybrid system in front end, the front of the car should be diferent!!!!!!!

Spy pics? Hehehehehehehe...if there are photos of the car before the launch date, Toyota might show these kind of pictures as secrets!

[JoestForEver]

TS030 has spare spaces for front wheel motors in sidepods but they later gave up that idea and shoved it away. So not really that different I doubt. Slimmer, higher, more 2012/13 F1-ish nose I guess.

[cmk]

It was my understanding that part of the change with the 2013 version of the car was removing the constraints on the design the trial of front and rear hybrid motors had imposed upon the 2012 car.

[Richard117]

Originally Posted by Bandicoot17

Wurz said he was getting a 'further fitting', which I take to mean that he's already had at least one done but obviously didn't like it.

Or other fittings like pedals and steering wheel?

[TF110]

Originally Posted by Richard117

Or other fittings like pedals and steering wheel?

He only mentioned the seat. Theres a chance we may see a glimpse of the car in this coming week at Toyota's 2014 motorsport activity show.

[TF110]

Seems like all the drivers are on their way or are arriving in Japan. Hope we get a treat! This should be a good read about Mike Conway http://www.toyotahybridracing.com/in-depth-mike-conway/ and some other questions here https://www.dailysportscar.com/?p=21520

[TF110]

Toyota announced its participation of two all new TS040 hybrid's for all of the WEC.
http://ms.toyota.co.jp/jp/news/other...ties-2014.html

[TF110]

Sorry for the quadruple post, but heres a fuzzy image of the TS040 shown at the 2014 Toyota Motorsport event

[TheNo1F1Fan]

Originally Posted by TF110

Sorry for the quadruple post, but heres a fuzzy image of the TS040 shown at the 2014 Toyota Motorsport event

Coolest sneak peak ever.

[kaivo]

[deggis]

Cockpit seems very bulbous.

With that kind of pics I can almost believe they might be actually hiding something and not just being late.

[TF110]

Toyota hybrid's press release; http://www.toyotahybridracing.com/hy...acing-in-2014/

Some interesting quotes

The addition of an Aisin AW motor/generator on the front axle, in combination with the DENSO unit at the rear, means the TOYOTA HYBRID System – Racing now provides power to all four wheels.

Intensive simulation and calculation work at TMG has refined the TS040 HYBRID, utilising hardware-in-the-loop technology to test individual components based on real track data and powerful calculation computers to optimise designs...

Such cutting-edge techniques are significantly more efficient than track testing, allowing TMG engineers to continue optimising all aspects of the TS040 HYBRID chassis and lay-out for longer than rivals relying on traditional methods.

John Litjens, Chassis Project Leader: “The TS040 HYBRID is the result of more than one year of development at TMG. We started the first design studies back in November 2012 and gradually increased our efforts on this car, with our energies becoming fully focused on the TS040 HYBRID soon after Le Mans last year. We are very lucky at TMG to possess such advanced calculation and simulation technology which allows us to develop a car in the virtual world. This enables more pure development work to be completed on the design before a car is even built and this is even more significant when managing a major regulation change like we faced for 2014.

[deggis]

http://www.toyotahybridracing.com/wp...m1421ja330.jpg

[Victor_RO]

Squint a bit and you can see some GT-One in that front end.