The Week in Cars #4
2018's new Le Mans Prototype contenders arrive and manufacturers announce hybrid next generation performance cars. The WEC is my favourite racing series. My special favourite is the 24hrs of Le Mans, due to the last-minute rivalries and overtakes, reliability troubles, madly brave drivers, the spaceships in the LMP1 and LMP2 classes, and the fact that it stays exciting through the whole 24(!) hours. Well, the LMP1 racers have just dropped, and it turns out that, although Audi ended an 18-year career as the most successful team ever and Porsche turned its back on two consecutive wins to both enter the electric Formula E series, the tragic tale of Toyota leading LM two years ago and breaking down on the final lap will live on. Toyota is sticking in the game for yet another year. Toyota's contender is once again called the TSO50, and is once again powered by a 2.4l twin-turbocharged V6, with the obligatory flywheel, battery or supercapacitor boost, with Toyota opting f