Toyota takes first World Endurance win with TS030 supercapacitor hybrid

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The winning Toyota team

The Toyota TS030 at Interlagos in Sao Paulo

The Toyota TS030 led the Six Hours of Sao Paulo from flag to flag

Toyota takes first World Endurance win with TS030 supercapacitor hybrid

The Toyota hybrid TS030 team pushed the Audi Sport Team Joest teams off the top step of the podium for the first time

The Toyota team takes the flag in an historic first for the marque

The Toyota hybrid TS030 team leads Audi Sport Team Joest R18 e-tron quattro

The first lap of the event

The TS030 had a faster race pace than either of the Audi cars.

The first lap of the event

The Toyota TS030 at Interlagos

The Toyota TS030 took pole position at Interlagos

Typical Brazilian flair prior to the beginning of the event

The Toyota TS030 at Interlagos

The final race results for the 2012 "Six Hours of Sao Paulo" (Click image for larger view)

The two Audi cars - one with the hybrid system and one without

Victory was sweet for the Toyota team, and much earlier than expected

Article Summary

The battle of the hybrid racing cars in World Endurance Racing took an interesting turn this weekend when Toyota's TS030 Hybrid won the fifth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The TS030 Hybrid uses a THS-R (Toyota Hybrid System - Racing) comprising a gasoline-burning 3.4 liter V8 engine and a 500 kJ Nisshinbo supercapacitor energy recovery unit which supplies power to the rear wheels. The Audi uses a turbocharged 3.7 liter V6 diesel engine with a 500 kJ electric flywheel accumulator to store recovered energy and feed it to the front wheels to create four-wheel-drive. It seems Audi has a worthy adversary in Toyota and the remainder of the season will be worth watching.

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