Toyota TS030 Hybrid

The Toyota TS030 Hybrid is a Le Mans Prototype 1 sports car that Toyota Motorsport GmbH built for the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2012 and 2013. It was the first all new Toyota prototype since the GT-One last raced in 1999 and the first petrol-hybrid car to take part in the championship. A regenerative braking system charged a supercapacitor, and the engine was a naturally aspirated 3.4 litre V8 that produced 530 horsepower and was based on Toyota's Super GT project. Design work began in late 2010 and was halted briefly by the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in 2011, and the car was shown to the press at Circuit Paul Ricard on 24 January 2012. Both cars failed to finish the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans, but a single car then took three victories that season, and in 2013 the cars won two of eight rounds and finished second at Le Mans. Toyota was second to Audi in the manufacturers championship in both years, and the TS040 Hybrid succeeded the car.