24h Le Mans
Sausages or sushi at Silverstone? The question may seem silly, but reading the tweets between Toyota and Porsche explains everything…
First let's set the scene! Porsche, winner of a one-two at the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans, and Toyota, World Endurance Constructors Champion, will present their respective cars for the 2016 season on March 24th at Le Castellet. Toyota will go first with the new TS 050 Hybrid and will therefore be in "pole position" so to speak, as highlighted by Porsche's first tweet.
Then followed an exchange of tweets ripe with humour and a bet was put on the table by Toyota: if the Toyota TS050 Hybrid clinches the pole at Silverstone, opening round of the 2016 World Endurance Championship (WEC) season, the Porsche team will bring the sushi and if a Porsche 919 Hybrid snatches the pole, Toyota will bring on the sausages!
This duel shows that in endurance, even though the competition reaches a fever pitch on the track, particularly at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, a good rapport is the way of things in the paddock. The WEC has even launched a poll about the poleman at Silverstone!
Cécile Bonardel / ACO - Translation by Nikki Ehrhardt / ACO
PHOTO: LE MANS (SARTHE, FRANCE), CIRCUIT DES 24 HEURES, 24 HOURS OF LE MANS, WEDNESDAY JUNE 10 2015, FREE PRACTICE. Just like in the photo, Toyota will present its car for the 2016 season before Porsche.
Only 9 days until the TS050 launch! #CountdownToLaunch#TS050 @FIAWEC pic.twitter.com/Pov1oVeWz9
— TOYOTA WEC Team (@Toyota_Hybrid) 15 mars 2016
You are on pole that day @Toyota_Hybrid with the #Porsche919Hybrid following at 2pm. Are you scared? :-) @FIAWEC https://t.co/vfaDnEQsug
— Porsche LMP1 Team (@Porsche_Team) 15 mars 2016
@Porsche_Team @FIAWEC Hopefully not the only time we are on pole this season :-)
— TOYOTA WEC Team (@Toyota_Hybrid) 16 mars 2016
Let's all go for it #ChallengeAccepted @FIAWEC #LeMans https://t.co/ucJarRDaR4
— Porsche LMP1 Team (@Porsche_Team) 16 mars 2016
@Porsche_Team @FIAWEC Game on! If we're on pole at Silverstone, you're buying the sushi. If it's a 919 Hybrid, we'll buy the bratwurst :-)
— TOYOTA WEC Team (@Toyota_Hybrid) 16 mars 2016
Getting an @Audi_Sport on pole @SilverstoneUK would save @Toyota_Hybrid and us some money @FIAWEC #ChallengeAccepted https://t.co/STGR6QVcMr
— Porsche LMP1 Team (@Porsche_Team) 16 mars 2016
