Toyota 87C

[1][2][3][4] In the winter of 1986/1987, those responsible for motorsport at Toyota decided to step up their commitment to the sports car world championship.

After the first test drives, the wall thickness of the engine block was increased, which made the unit heavier but also more durable.

However, the 87C lacked sufficient downforce from the start; the main reason why the cars were too slow on the fast Le Mans circuit.

In 1987 Toyota was almost exclusively interested in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where overall victory has been the big goal since entering sports car racing.

In the second race, the Japanese championship round in Fuji, there was a surprising overall victory for Jones, Lees, and Masanori Sekiya.

The car with the number 37 was driven by the two Japanese Masanori Sekiya and Kaoru Hoshino and the Englishman Tiff Needell.

Alan Jones, Geoff Lees, and Dome works driver Eje Elghthe prototype with the number 36.

The sister car drove only twenty laps longer, then the drive ended with an engine failure.