First Official images of Lexus LF-A for the Nürburgring 24-hour race

Gazoo Racing - Lexus LF-A

The Lexus LF-A concept car has never been camera shy, but it has not been seen like this before. Here for the first time is not one, but two of the sleek V10, 500bhp sportcars pictured parked side by side and in race livery ready for this weekend’s Nürburgring 24-hour race.

Entered by Gazoo Racing, the team hopes to repeat its class winning form in the 4-hour race earlier in the year. The team, made up of professional drivers, Toyota test drivers, dealers and one very enigmatic driver known only as “Morizo”, is tackling the race as part of the development programme for the 200mph+ car.

Gazoo is a Japanese market, Toyota-owned, e-commence website that aims to “create a new relationship between automobiles and people in the new IT era”. Gazoo has its own racing team and this will be the third attempt at the famous German race.

Specifications of Gazoo Lexus LF-A competing in the Nürburgring 24-hour Endurance Race :

Vehicle (racecar) name	Lexus LF-A (racing specs)
Entry category/class	Division 2 SP8 (engine ‘close-to-production’)
Team name	GAZOO Racing
Engine	V-10 Displacement: 4,805 cc Maximum engine output: over 500PS
Body	Total length: 4,530mm Total width: 1,880mm Total height: 1,200mm Wheelbase: 2,605mm Body: carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP)
Vehicle layout	Front-mid-engine, rear-mid-transaxle, rear radiator
Transmission	Paddle-shift sequential manual transmission
Tyres	Front/rear size: 305/30R20 Bridgestone racing tyres

[Source : LEXUS]