This plucky little Toyota TMG EV P002 has knocked an astonishing 25 seconds from its own Nürburgring lap record. The new benchmark for electric powered vehicles now sits at a blindingly quick 7 minutes 22.329 seconds. Jochen Krumbach was at the wheel again for this new record and the TMG crew are just a little [...]

Toyota’s Gazoo Racing team sent three cars to the Nürburgring for the 24 hour race. Heading the list was the #83 Lexus LFA in the SP8 class, supported by a pair of GT86s in the SP3 category. So they’d be pretty happy with their return of two class wins. The Lexus LFA headed the #005 [...]

Toyota will be racing two of its new back-to-basics GT86 models at the 24 hour race this weekend. They’ve been entered under the Gazoo Racing banner, who are back with a V10-powered Lexus LFA. The Gazoo Racing GT86s have been entered in the SP3 class, while the Toyota Swiss Racing Team will have another two [...]

Thanks to Toyota Motorsport for this excellent photo of the Aussie flag at the Karussell. We first reported on our national emblem’s appearance at the Green Hell back in 2008. Best guesses tell us the flag first appeared on the armco in 2006, or thereabouts, and it’s been claimed it was painted by local fans [...]

Toyota’s radically styled TMG EV P001 has smashed the lap record for an electric vehicle at the Nürburgring. This is just the third genuine attempt at an EV record around the demanding Nordschleife, following MINI and Peugeot, but Toyota’s lap time of 7 minutes 47.794 seconds is going to take some beating! Jochen Krumbach was [...]

Toyota is shouting from its rooftop that it plans to claim a new Nürburgring record for the fastest lap set by an electric powered vehicle. It’s even named the date as well; mark down 29 August. The current electric lap record around the Nordschleife is 9:01.338 set by the radical Peugeot EX1. Toyota’s press release [...]

Among the disaster stories currently emanating from the Nürburgring we recently received a little gold nugget from Western Australia. It’s a great tale, posted to our Your Story section, from Joel Newman and introduces us to him and his Toyota Hilux which travelled from Fremantle to London. Along the way, as you can imagine, Joel [...]

It’s been a big week for Stu Jones and his mates at Osborne Motorsports. A long haul flight from Sydney to Frankfurt, a massive effort from everyone in the team to prepare, drive and repair the racecar in the 24 hour race and, now, another long haul flight back to Australia. But, if you’re like [...]

Pre-race nerves and waiting are the theme of Stu’s latest update, filed earlier this morning (German time). It’s a great read and gives a very good insight into the task ahead. He’s also included some images from their pit garage taken during yesterday’s qualifying session. Sadly, one of the cars sharing their pit space won’t [...]

Stu has just sent in his qualifying report and the good news is the car is running well and all gremlins appear to have been sorted. [Pic from 2008]

Another report from AUSringers’ man on the scene driver Stu Jones. This one takes us through night practice and the inevitable mechanical gremlins that tend to appear from time to time. UPDATE: New pics added. Take note of how tight the pit garages are. There’s not a lot of room to move!

Thanks to Stu Jones who was quick to send in a brief report from free practice. You can read his comments after the jump. [Pic from 2008]