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GAZOO Racing HANDBOOK FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP 2017

http://toyotagazooracing.com Toyota consolidated all of its True to Toyota founder Kiichiro the slogan, “the road strengthens . Taking our shortcomings motorsports activities under Toyoda’s belief that “motorsport people and people strengthen the seriously, we solemnly promise to in 2015. activity is essential for the evolution cars,” an embodiment of the idea examine and remedy them and try While competing again in the of car making and the development that motorsports provides a complex again to win. It has been decided World Rally Championship after of the auto industry,” TOYOTA set of variables that push cars, as that we will be competing with three an 18-year hiatus this year, Toyota GAZOO Racing embraces the well as people, to their limits, and cars in rounds two and three, to be will continue its involvement in the ideals of racing as a means for that these people will in turn be held at Spa-Francorchamps and Le World Endurance Championship “making better cars” and “creating driven to create “better cars”. Mans, respectively. We ask for your (WEC) and the 24 Hours of Le automobile enthusiasts”. TOYOTA In this past season of the WEC, continued support of TOYOTA GAZOO Mans race as opportunities for GAZOO Racings aims to contribute we fell short of our greatest goal, Racing for 2017, as we take on the About TOYOTA GAZOO Racing furthering its hybrid technology. to “making better cars” under which was to win the 24 Hours of WEC and the !

2 3 Type LMP1-H ( - Hybrid) TOYOTA TS050 HYBRID 2017 Specs Bodywork Carbon fibre composite Windscreen Polycarbonate Gearbox Transversal with 6 gears, sequential Gearbox casing Aluminium Drive shafts Constant velocity tripod plunge-joint drive shafts Clutch Multidisc Differential Mechanical locking type Suspension Independent front and rear double wishbone, pushrod-system Springs Torsion bars Anti roll bars Front and rear Steering Hydraulically assisted Brakes Callipers Dual circuit hydraulic braking system, Akebono mono-block light-alloy brake callipers front and rear Brake Discs Carbon ventilated front and rear Wheels RAYS magnesium alloy Front wheels 13 x 18 inch Rear wheels 13 x 18 inch Tyres Michelin radial Front tyres 31/71-18 Rear tyres 31/71-18 Length 4650mm Width 1900mm Height 1050mm Fuel capacity 62.5litres Powertrain TOYOTA HYBRID System - Racing (THS-R) Engine V6 DI(direct injection) twin-turbo Engine capacity 2.4litre Power 368kw / 500PS Fuel Petrol Valves 4 per cylinder Hybrid power 368kw / 500PS (front and rear combined) Overall maximum power (engine and hybrid motor) 735kw / 1000PS Battery High-powered lithium-ion battery Front hybrid motor AISIN AW Rear hybrid motor DENSO 4 5 Drivers 7 José María López

6 7 Drivers

7New Trio Features Three-time World Touring Car Champion Mike Conway / Kamui Kobayashi / José María López

Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi, whose victory at the turned out to be the only WEC win for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing last season, will be joined by Argentinian José María López, who holds three consecutive drivers’ world titles for the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). Conway’s background includes test-driving in Formula 1, four wins in the IndyCar Series, the top formula car series in the United States, and solid achievements in WEC’s LM P2 class. Conway was brought on board in 2014. Kobayashi made his debut as a regular driver for the WEC last season. In last year’s 6 Hours of Fuji, Kamui, taking the last stint of the race, finished with an astonishingly close 1.439 second lead, showing his prowess as a driver who has taken a podium finish in F1. The new trio—Mike, Kamui, and WEC rookie José María Lopez, a.k.a. Pechito—are faced with the dual challenge of winning the drivers’ title, lost last year by a small margin, and victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Mike Conway José María López Kamui Kobayashi Birthday Aug.19,1983 Birthday Apr.26,1983 Birthday Spt.13,1986 Nationality British Nationality Argentine Nationality Japanese Height 1.73m Height 1.74m Height 1.68m Weight 64kg Weight 69kg Weight 57kg

8 9 Drivers Sébastien Buemi 8

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8Solid Trio to Avenge 2016 Loss at Le Mans Sébastien Buemi / Anthony Davidson / Kazuki Nakajima

Ex-F1 drivers Sébastien Buemi, Anthony Davidson and Kazuki Nakajima will be teaming up together for the third year this season for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing. Davidson and Buemi together are responsible for bringing home to Toyota both the WEC Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ titles in 2014, winning four of the eight races. Buemi was also crowned champion in this past season of FIA , a formula car series for electric vehicles that he participates in alongside the WEC. Kazuki Nakajima has also entered the SUPER FORMULA and SUPER GT series of his native Japan, concurrently with the WEC. He has been crowned Drivers’ Champion twice in the SUPER FORMULA series, which is known as one of the most competitive formula car series in the world. The trio displayed outstanding teamwork at last year’s Le Mans 24 Hours, leading the race until being felled by technical trouble in the very last lap. They will strive to get that win at Le Mans this year, with the new TS050 HYBRID.

Kazuki Nakajima Anthony Davidson Sébastien Buemi Birthday Jan.11,1985 Birthday Apr.18,1979 Birthday Oct.31,1988 Nationality Japanese Nationality British Nationality Swiss Height 1.75m Height 1.66m Height 1.75m Weight 62kg Weight 56kg Weight 68kg

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9A Third TS050 HYBRID, Mission: Le Mans Stéphane Sarrazin / /

The decision was made to enter a third TS050 HYBRID in hopes of ensuring victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.* The team consists of veteran Stéphane Sarrazin, 26-year-old Japanese driver and champion of Japan’s top formula car series, Yuji Kunimoto, and Nicolas Lapierre, who returns to the team after three years. Sarrazin is a seasoned veteran with backgrounds in a range of competitions, from F1 to WRC. In the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Sarrazin won the pole position three years straight, between 2007 and 2009. Lapierre joined the team at the outset of Toyota’s WEC campaign in 2012, and has six victories with the team so far. Additionally, Lapierre took the title in 2015 and 2016 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LM P2 class. Kunimoto’s racing career has been based in Japan with Toyota, as part of the Toyota Young Driver’s Program. Kunimoto was Drivers’ Champion of SUPER FORMULA, Japan’s most competitive formula car series. This season will mark his debut in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race.

*Only entering two races, the 6 Hours of Spa, and round three, Le Mans 24 Hours.

Nicolas Lapierre Stéphane Sarrazin Yuji Kunimoto Birthday Apr.2,1984 Birthday Nov.2,1975 Birthday Spt.12,1990 Nationality French Nationality French Nationality Japanese Height 1.70m Height 1.80m Height 1.68m Weight 69kg Weight 69kg Weight 62kg

14 15 Toyota and the WEC As the international pioneer of hybrid car 24 Hours of Le Mans, the longest race in distance and hybrid technology and winning the 24 Hours of Le technology with its Prius models, Toyota focused time in the WEC series and one where the highest Mans, Toyota introduced the new model TS050 HYBRID its attention on the Le Mans and WEC races as an possible levels of performance were necessary from with a thoroughly redesigned powertrain. That car ran Again in 2017, Toyota will participate in the 24 Hours opportunity to further develop its hybrid technology the hybrid system in order to be competitive, Toyota stunningly in the lead of that year's 24 Hours of Le of Le Mans race and the FIA World Endurance for higher efficiency and power output. In 2012, Toyota focused on developing its hybrid system and its race Mans race until just before the finish, when technical Championship (WEC) series the race is part of. This year, returned to Le Mans for the first time in 13 years to car to new heights amid the fierce competition with trouble took it out of the race just minutes before what Le Mans celebrates its 85th edition and features cars compete with its hybrid racing car model “TS030 the rival machines. These efforts paid off in 2014, when would certainly have been Toyota’s long-awaited first Le that represent the pinnacle of automotive technology. HYBRID" mounting its THS-R(TOYOTA HYBRID System the Toyota TS040 HYBRID was able to claim the title Mans victory. Determined to turn that disappointment Today, Le Mans and the WEC have also become fiercely - Racing) power system. This TS030 HYBRID battled of No. 1 hybrid racing car in the world by winning the into the seeds of new growth, Toyota has further refined competitive arenas for hybrid cars developed to deliver head-to-head with other hybrid racing cars developed WEC series championship title. and strengthened the TS050 HYBRID to compete in the unprecedented levels of performance. by the world's leading automakers. Particularly in the In 2016, with the aim of reaching new levels of 2017 WEC and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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2013 2016

16 17 History of TOYOTA HYBRID System - Racing (THS-R)

The core technology of the hybrid cars that Toyota builds for the world markets is the TOYOTA HYBRID System, or THS. From the second- generation Prius model, this system had evolved to become the THS-II. Since then improvements have continuously been made to improve not only system efficiency but also to increase powertrain performance. And as the system evolved through each new generation, importance is also placed on the pure driving enjoyment it brings to the car. In 2012, Toyota took the Prius THS and modified it for racing. The result was the THS-R (TOYOTA HYBRID System – Racing) that Toyota first used in competition on the racetrack. The experience gained from competing in the harsh conditions of the race arena went into determined development efforts to achieve high levels of performance, and in a short time a big boost in performance was achieved. Racing on the circuit demands hard braking from speeds of more than 300 km/h, which produces huge amounts of deceleration energy. This energy, which would normally be lost as heat, however, the hybrid race machine that Toyota uses in the LM P1-H class of the World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the 24 Hours of Le Mans adopts “kinetic energy recovery” technology that enables the conversion of that energy into acceleration force for the . Since then, Toyota has been working to develop and perfect this technology. The 2012 race machine TS030 HYBRID had a naturally aspirated V8 engine linked to the hybrid system that featured a capacitor, as opposed to the batteries on the production models, as the electrical storage device. However, in accordance with a regulation change, the 2016 race model TS050 HYBRID mounted a newly developed six-cylinder 2.4-liter direct- injection twin turbo engine. As with the production models, this was coupled with a high power lithium ion battery that enabled longer periods of electrical discharge to complete the new-generation THS-R hybrid racing system. For 2017, the same basic system is adopted, but with improvements in the engine’s thermal efficiency and an electric motor that is more compact and efficient, the overall performance of the THS-R has been increased.

18 19 Looking back on the 2016 battle for the 24 Hours of Le Mans

It was with great determination that the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing team decided to take on the challenge of the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans. And as soon as the race started the new Toyota “TS050 HYBRID" machine with its newly developed hybrid powertrain began to show its prowess. In the early stages of the race, car No. 6 was running strongly from its 3rd position start on the grid. It held its own in a close fight with its rivals for the lead. Then, with the timing of its pit stops, the TS050 HYBRID surprised everyone with its advantage. While the rivals were able to run 13 laps on one fueling, the TS050 HYBRID proved capable of outdoing the field running one lap more, a 14th lap. It was clear that Toyota's hybrid system build around a newly developed direct-injection V6 2.4-liter engine employing turbo-charging technology boasted excellent fuel efficiency. With this advantage, the two Toyota TS050 HYBRID machines were dominating the race, and on the 81st lap the No. 6 Toyota (driven by Kamui Kobayashi) recorded the fastest lap of the entire race. Also, on the 315th lap, the No. 5 Toyota (Anthony Davidson) succeeded in taking back the lead by catching its rival that had moved ahead of it due to pit timing and pass it on the straight. With this, the superiority of its aerodynamics package that had been specially developed for the Le Mans race and the strength of the powertrain had been proved unquestionably. Continuing to hold the lead, the No. 5 car entered the final stages of the race with Kazuki Nakajima in the driver's seat, powering on toward the victory checkered flag. But trouble struck with the pipe connecting the engine's turbocharger and intercooler with just three minutes remaining in the race. Nakajima stopped the car once and then made an effort to restart and get to the finish. However, because he failed to finish the last lap within the regulation time limit of six minutes, No. 5 was unable to officially finish the race. Meanwhile, car No. 6 tried desperately to catch up, but suffered a collision with a rival car that sent it off the track, and due to the lost time spent in repairing the damage, it finished the race in 2nd place.

20 21 About WEC 2017 WEC Schedule

WEC is the acronym for the FIA 2012 and enters its sixth season this manufacturer titles, etc. The names The 2017 season will see nine through its first half with races takes the series to North America World Endurance Championship, year. The races of the series are each of the classes are LM P1 and LM P2 races competed in nine different around Europe including the 24 and Asia before ending with the which is an endurance race series six hours long, with the exception of for the cars and LM countries. The season opener takes Hours of Le Mans in France with its final round in Bahrain at the Bahrain that includes the 24 Hours of Le the 24 Hours of Le Mans. GTE-Pro and LM GTE-Am for the GT place at the long tradition. International Circuit in November. Mans, a race hailed as one of the The cars competing in the cars. Each car bears stickers showing in the UK in April and continues The second half of the season three greatest car races in the world. WEC are divided into two types, the class it is participating in. The history of this series traces sports prototype cars and grand Also, the carmaker-based its roots back to the World Sports touring cars (GT cars) and these teams competing in the LM P1 class Car Championship launched in are divided into four classes based are required to enter hybrid cars, Round Round Round 1953, and changes in its name and on regulations concerning the car which to be competitive must mount 4.14–16 5.4–6 6.14–18 regulations, it continued until 1992. and drivers, etc., and each of these systems with the most advanced 6 Hours of Silverstone 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hours Le Mans The current WEC was started in classes is competed for driver and hybrid technologies.

Category Round Round Round 7.14–16 9.1–3 9.14–16 Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1-H / LMP1) Le mans Prototype2 (LMP2) 6 Hours of Nurburgring 6 Hours of P1 HY P2

Round Round Round 10.13–15 11.3–5 11.16–18 Le mans Grand Touring Endurance Pro (LMGTE Pro) Le mans Grand Touring Endurance Am (LMGTE Am) 6 Hours of Fuji 6 Hours of Shanghai 6 Hours of Bahrain PRO AM

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