Welcome to Goodwood

Are you ready? It’s time for the annual motoring summer festival in the UK with Goodwood Festival of Speed. This year, we are bringing along a whole host of our iconic past, present and (possibly?) future road, race and rally cars to the event. If you’re coming along this year, be sure to stop by our new Toyota stand and check out what we have on offer there. Don’t worry if you can’t make it though, we will bring you all the action right here and on our Twitter feeds (list of our accounts at the end of this post). Read on after the break for all the juicy details.

GRMN Sports FR Concept on track

The all-new GRMN Sports FR Concept is a twincharged 320 PS track performer with its roots in the recently launched road-going Toyota GT86 sports coupe.  The concept, born as a design study for motorsports enthusiasts around the world, will be on display at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed (June 29 – July 1). In the mean time, here’s some more info and a full gallery from our recent photo shoot at Zolder Circuit in Belgium.

Toyota Racing pit garage

The race is over for Toyota Racing at the 80th 24 Hours of Le Mans. After being pushed right to the back of the LMP1 class after a protracted repair session, the #7 car was forced to retire with further issues. We will update you with the details shortly.

Update: 05:00 CET: Our final race report is now available after the break.

Anthony Davidson on the grid

I’d like to start this post with the following statement from Toyota Racing regarding Anthony Davidson‘s accident about three hours ago:

“Anthony Davidson was taken to the circuit medical centre following his accident during the Le Mans 24 Hours. Doctors at the circuit have confirmed that Anthony is suffering from shock and back pain, however there are no signs of any injuries and he is walking and talking with no problems. He will be taken to a local hospital for precautionary checks but the team is relieved and happy to hear he is okay. Further updates will follow in due course.”

Update: 00:30 CET: Anthony’s team mates Stéphane Sarrazin and Sébastien Buemi have visited him in a local hospital where he is undergoing precautionary checks. He will stay there until Monday.

We’re all very happy to hear that he is OK and we wish Anthony all the very best! Our report after 8 hours after the break.

Alex Wurz two times Le Mans winner

As Friday’s Toyota Racing press conference, Toyota TS030 HYBRID car #7 driver Alex Wurz - former F1 driver and two time Le Mans winner – gave us some of his time to explore yet another insight into the team’s current progress after a very impressive qualifying result for the team’s first time out – 3rd and 5th on the start grid. Interview in full after the break.