LEXUS Building Race Version Of LFA?

Toyota might just be getting back into the motorsports scene with a Lexus LFA entrant into the FIA’s GT2 for next year in order to bring the fight to the surreal Nissan GT-R.

Why Toyota would enter the LFA into the GT1 category is rather perplexing, since the FIA has decided to eliminate this race under the 2011 Le Mans rules due to the dwindling interests for this annual race category, which saw only six manufacturers fielding 4 cars each for a total of 24 cars which lined-up on the grid for this year’s 24 Heur du Mans (24 Hours of Le Mans).

The 6 marques that entered were as follows:

- Aston Martin (DBRS9)
- Corvette (Z06)
- Ford (GT)
- Lamborghini (Murcielago R-SV)
- Maserati (MC12)
- Nissan (GT-R)

Therefore, it makes better sense for Toyota to actually make an entry into the 24 Heur du Mans and receive their ‘baptism under fire’ by taking on the likes of Ferrari, Aston Martin and Porsche.

After having developed the LFA to this stage and having run in two 24 hour races at the Nürburgring, the LFA would already be relatively close to GT2 specs, which would greatly help in it getting prepped for the 2011 LMS race series.