Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 1999 24 Hours na Le Mans ya fara da zafi bayan da tawagar ta sha wahala daga lalacewar taya na Michelin da yawa, halin da ake ciki ya zama abin tunawa da 1998, lokacin da aka yi ritaya da motar No. 1 da No. Martin Brundle a cikin Toyota mai lamba 1 ya sha wahala a cikin sauri a kan Mulsanne Straight, motar motar motar ta baya ta lalace sosai kuma bai iya komawa zuwa pits ba. Toyota mai lamba 2 da Thierry Boutsen ke tukawa ita ce ta gaba da za ta tafi lokacin da ya sha wahala a cikin haɗari mai sauri a ƙarƙashin gadar Dunlop saboda saurin raguwa. Motar ta lalace kuma Boutsen ya ji rauni a ƙasan baya. Da gari ya waye, BMW mai lamba 15 ta kusan zagaye daya a gaban Toyota mai lamba 3 wacce ke tafiya a hankali a hankali. Tare da wannan ƙanshin nasara Ukyo Katayama ya sa ƙafa a cikin Toyota kuma ya kafa mafi saurin zagaye na tseren. Ya rage tazarar zuwa kasa da minti daya har sai da sake fashewar taya ya sake afkawa kungiyar Toyota. Katayama duk da haka ya iya komawa zuwa pits don sababbin tayoyin kuma ya ci gaba. Ya yi nasarar gama na biyu bayan ƙoƙari mai ƙarfin hali na farko a cikin ajin GT-P. Duk da haka, sun kasa cin nasara a Le Mans, wanda zai sa su zama na biyu na masana'antun Japan don samun nasara gaba daya (Mazda shine na farko a 1991
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