Toyota GR H2 Racing Concept 2023

Developed with future competition in its sights, the GR H2 Racing Concept’s unveiling was spurred by a announcement by the ACO, the organizer of Le Mans 24 Hours, that it would allow hydrogen-engine vehicles to compete – in addition to fuel cell electric vehicles – in the race’s hydrogen category.

Speaking at a press conference of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) at Circuit de la Sarthe in western France, Akio Toyoda, Toyota Motor Corporation Chairman, congratulated the ACO on the centenary of the Le Mans 24 Hours (Le Mans) endurance race and expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to hone cars through the race.

Toyota has been competing using a hydrogen-engine Corolla in the Super Taikyu Series since Round 3 of the 2021 season and raced the same car in the IDEMITSU 1500 SUPER ENDURANCE 2022 at Thailand’s Chang International Circuit in December 2022. By doing so, it has been honing its technologies in the harsh environment of motorsports and, with like-minded partners in and outside the automotive industry, accelerating its efforts for producing, transporting, and using hydrogen toward the realization of a carbon-neutral society. Toyota intends to further advance such efforts for making ever-better motorsports-bred cars and realizing a carbon-neutral society and it looks forward to taking on the challenge of a new generation of Le Mans 24 races.

Source: Net Car Show