{"id":5777,"date":"2019-05-17T10:46:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T12:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=5777"},"modified":"2022-01-22T16:04:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T19:04:27","slug":"toyota-ts050-hybrid-8-spark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/toyota-ts050-hybrid-8-spark\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyota TS050 Hybrid #8 – Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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2017 Toyota TS050 Hybrid #8<\/strong>\nPilots: S. Buemi, A. Davidson, K. Nakajima\nTeam: Toyota Gazoo Racing<\/em>\nRace: 8th overall (2nd in LMP1-H) at Le Mans in 2017<\/strong>\nSpark - S5804 (resin) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Published 05\/17\/19<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The TS050 is the evolution of Toyota\u2019s TS040<\/a>, that the brand campaigned in the WEC in 2014 and 2015. Though the TS040 achieved consistent results, even with a third place at Le Mans in 2014, Toyota wanted a win. So the new car received quite a few changes. Probably the biggest was in the engine bay – gone was the aspirated V8, in came a bi-turbo V4. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Another victim of the red-white-black livery plague that affects current prototypes…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The new engine was a 90\u00b0 V4 displacing 2.4 liters, with 16 valves and direct fuel injection. With the two turbos it could produce up to 493 hp. But being a hybrid, the TS050 also counted on electric power, with one electric motor on each axle. These electric motors, powered by KERS<\/a>, allow a temporary burst of another 493 hp. So when the pilot wishes, the car becomes a 987 hp all-wheel drive monster. The chassis of the TS050 was a carbon fiber and aluminum honeycomb monocoque, enveloped in a carbon fiber composite body. 
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Though not as terrible as the 2016 race, 2017 was not Toyota’s year again.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The 24 Heures du Mans<\/em> of 2016 was heartbreaking, for Toyota and racing fans alike. To see the leading TS050 #5 stop on the track side<\/a> with only minutes to the end of the race\u2026 So Toyota didn\u2019t want to take any chances, and for 2017 Gazoo Racing had three cars<\/a> on the track. Unfortunately though, Le Mans is not an exact science, and only car #8<\/a> finished the race. Porsche won again and Toyota was still out of a Le Mans win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Spark at it’s finest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Fortunately however, in 1:43 scale, #8 is a winner. Spark once again did a fantastic job on the model, and it\u2019s stunning. Even so, I doubt this one will be of much interest, except for the Le Mans and\/or Toyota fan. And of course, it’s nice to see the evolution of the TS-020<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
2017 Toyota TS050 Hybrid #8 Pilots: S. Buemi, A. Davidson, K. Nakajima Team: Toyota Gazoo Racing Race: 8th overall (2nd in LMP1-H) at Le Mans in 2017 Spark – S5804 (resin) Published 05\/17\/19 The TS050 is the evolution of Toyota\u2019s TS040, that the brand campaigned in the WEC in 2014 and 2015. Though the TS040 … Continue reading “Toyota TS050 Hybrid #8 – Spark”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5777","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5777"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13402,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5777\/revisions\/13402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}