Akira Iida's "next challenge" LFA GTE Racecar??
10-30-12, 06:54 AM
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That's incredible. Exciting news that LFA is not dying after this year. For racing homologation purposes, they will be producing some variant of LFA next year.
11-08-12, 03:28 PM
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That's just a scale windtunnel model. The real thing will look way better. According to lexus enthusiast, GAZOO racing denies they'll use the LFA next year for the N24, which is what some have been saying this is for. So either they're not telling the truth, or they will enter this in some other racing series.
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11-09-12, 07:55 PM
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Awesome! Amazing to see they are actively testing it, and it's not just an abandoned project.
Akira Iida has never won at Le Mans or been on the podium (and I'm not sure if he's ever even raced at Le Mans), so this definitely would qualify as a "next challenge" for him.
If Gazoo Racing has said they won't be at next year's Nurburgring race, then it's a very good chance we will see this menacing LFA at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, together with Toyota's hybrid LMP1 prototype!
The LFA was never going to die after this year 
. The LFA team has been keeping busy this whole time, LFA's chief engineer himself has said so 
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Akira Iida has never won at Le Mans or been on the podium (and I'm not sure if he's ever even raced at Le Mans), so this definitely would qualify as a "next challenge" for him.
If Gazoo Racing has said they won't be at next year's Nurburgring race, then it's a very good chance we will see this menacing LFA at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, together with Toyota's hybrid LMP1 prototype!
. The LFA team has been keeping busy this whole time, LFA's chief engineer himself has said so .
11-09-12, 08:53 PM
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11-12-12, 11:15 AM
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That's just a scale windtunnel model. The real thing will look way better. According to lexus enthusiast, GAZOO racing denies they'll use the LFA next year for the N24, which is what some have been saying this is for. So either they're not telling the truth, or they will enter this in some other racing series.
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11-14-12, 11:23 PM
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Of course. Thanks to him and some senior members of the Toyoda family, the company is back on track and the Toyoda family is in charge of running things, not some misguided bean counters or greedy accountants.
12-11-12, 01:10 AM
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Some new info has surfaced from dailysportscar.com editor Graham Goodwin on the 'LFA GTE'; Nurb24 hours and certain VLN events looks to be what this car will be doing in 2013! https://twitter.com/dsceditor/status/278232070285840384