Toyota: Le Mans pace was genuine

Toyota team boss Pascal Vasselon says the pace the TS030 showed as it took the fight to Audi in the first quarter of the Le Mans 24 Hours was absolutely genuine and not a bid for short-term glory in a car that was not likely to make the finish. With limited time between the approval of the TS030 programme and its race debut at Le Mans - plus the disruption of a massive testing crash - the new Toyota was always thought unlikely to last the full 24 hours, with some of its drivers admitting that qualifying might be their best chance to star

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Ignazio Giunti Timo Glock Helm Glöckler Paco Godia Carel Godin de Beaufort