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Originally Posted by TF110
Toyota have given up on this year's car. Unlike Audi and Porsche 9-figure budgets, they spend at most $80 or 90 million. Those two have brand new cars but Toyota runs mostly a refined '14 car. They will step it up in 2016. I think the fact that lmp2 was nearly as fast as the non hybrid lmp1's is more a concern than Toyotas pace.
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Well, those refinements are 2-3 sec improvement from last year, so that is not a small deal for guys in development.
I've talked to Litjens on friday and he did confirmed that there will be no more improvements on 2015 car. They feel that investing in this car still wont get them in position to get victory race pace.
On the other hand, looks like that 2016 car will be heavily improved on almost all accounts. Looks like budget is better for 2016.