Toyota unveils radical hydrogen WEC-based car at Le Mans

Toyota is displaying 🌞its new development car at Le Mans

Toyota GR2 LH Racing Concept
Toyota GR2 LH Racing Concept
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Toyota has unveiled a hydrogen powered race car based on its current World Endurance Championsh🀅ip challenger for testing on Wednesday at the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The Japanese manufacturer has been very active in the field of hydrogen developmeওnt, firstly with a Corolla th💦at races in the Super Taikyu series.

It brought its hydrogen𒁏🔥 powered Corolla to Le Mans for a demonstration lap on the 24-hour circuit two years ago, while it has also conducted a demo of its GR Yaris H2 rally car in 2022 at the Ypres Rally.

The continuation of that develop🧜ment has brought Toyota to the GR LH2 Racing Concept, which is a hydrogen-engined car based on the GR010 HYBRID Hypercar it currently compet💙es with in the World Endurance Championship.

The radical test car will be used🅰 by Toyota as a development bed for a𒉰 potential future hydrogen class at Le Mans.

The GR LH2 Racing Concept is is powe𒊎red by a liquid hydrogen engine and a hybrid system.

This✅ unve🌞il comes as part of Toyota’s 40th anniversary celebrations of its first entry at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The team will also run a special livery on its WEC challenger during this week’s 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans as part of those 40th anni🤪versary celebrations.

The 8 Toyota of Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa topped t♐he Hypercar class in Sunday’s official Le Mans test day with a 3m26.246s.

Despite its strong run in 🤡the test, it moved to quash talk that it progressed into the event proper as the fastest car.

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