In the build up to last weekend’s VLN 4 hour race at the Nürburgring Dr Ulrich Bez, Aston Martin CEO, and Akio Toyoda, Toyota President, shared a drive in each other’s cars. The machines in question were ‘Zig’ the Aston Martin V12 Zagato and the Gazoo Racing Lexus LFA. Dr Bez explains, “When I learned [...]
As promised yesterday here is the footage from Lexus showing their LFA Nürburgring package lapping the Nordschleife in 7 minutes 14.64 seconds. As is the way these days when a manufacturer sets a quick lap at the Ring a record of some sort is generally claimed. Lexus say their time is the “fastest ever recorded [...]
A couple of days ago we heard the Lexus LFA Nürburgring Edition lapped the Nordschleife in 7 minutes 14 seconds. That’s pretty damn quick, of course, and places the LFA ahead of other supercars such as the Porsche 911 GT2 RS (7:18), Corvette ZR1 (7:19) and Nissan GT-R (7:24) on the unofficial lap chart. The [...]
Lexus are back at the Nürburgring again this year with two of their LFA supercars. The 2009 debut of Lexus at the N24 wasn’t an outstanding success, with one of the entries withdrawing due to mechanical issues and the other car placing fourth in class out of five finishers. With lessons learnt, they’ll be hoping [...]
Lexus, in partnership with Gazoo Racing, will return to the Nürburgring 24 hour race this year (13–16 May) with production versions of the LF-A supercar. The cars will be driven by a mix of Japanese and German drivers, including Toyota master test driver Hiromu Naruse, Takayuki Kinoshita, Akira Ida, Juichi Wakisaka, Armin Hahne, Jochen Krumbach [...]
Here is a nifty split screen clip of the Lexus LF-A lapping the Nürburgring during the 24 hour race earlier this year. If you can speak Japanese you’ll get plenty out of this as driver Takayuki Kinoshita provides commentary throughout the lap. If not, you’ll just have to make do with some quality in car [...]
Last month Lexus announced they would be entering a pair of LF-A pre-production racecars at this year’s Nürburgring 24 hour race. The cars are powered by a 500bhp V10 engine. With the race just days away they have now released a few images of the cars in full race livery. Extra pics and a brief [...]
A pair of prototype Lexus LF-A racers will be entered into this year’s Nürburgring 24 hour race. Lexus will treat the race as a development experience. You can be assured that 24 hours around the Nordschleife will be a stern test of the car’s 5.0 litre V10. The full list of drivers and plenty more [...]
