Thirty years after its first appearance at Le Mans, Toyota is still seeking its first win at the 24 Hours. A success for which the stakes are both motorsports-related and financial: to add the 24 Hours jewel to the 2014 driver and constructor double title crown, and reinforce Toyota's image and position as a premiere world constructor of hybrid road cars.
Sébastien Buemi-Anthony Davidson-Kazuki Nakajima (No. 1 Toyota TS040 Hybrid) - World endurance driver champions, Sébastien Buemi and Anthony Davidson have set the win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans as their main goal for 2015. The victim of an accident and a fractured vertebrae at Spa-Francorchamps, Kazuki Nakajima, who we hope to see perfectly healed and back to 100%, is looking to become the first citizen of his country to win at the 24 Hours, at the wheel of a Japanese car. For all three, it would be a first-time win at Le Mans.
Alexander Wurz-Stéphane Sarrazin-Mike Conway (No. 2 Toyota TS040 Hybrid) - The only former winner among the Toyota drivers, Alexander Wurz has made a third win at Le Mans his primary objective, after those in 1996 and 2009. He would win with a third different manufacturer, after TWR-Porsche and Peugeot. For Stéphane Sarrazin, a victory would reward one of the most impressive careers in endurance over the last decade, a highlight of which is three consecutive pole positions at the 24 Hours (an exploit only Jacky Ickx had achieved before him). As for Mike Conway, a big player in the LM P2 class in 2013 (four victories in the World Championship), a win at his first 24 Hours at the wheel of an LM P1 prototype would also be well-deserved.
Jean-Philippe Doret / ACO - Translation by Nikki Ehrhardt / ACO
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Photo: SPA (BELGIUM), SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS CIRCUIT, WEC 6 HOURS OF SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, SATURDAY MAY 2 2015, RACE. Fourth at the second round of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), Toyota led the 2014 24 Hours for 14 hours.