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We have to remember at LM that at the race start, Toyota gambled on running the treadless intermediates, while Audi ran on race slicks. In the full wet, Toyota certainly were no faster on equal tires.
And even with traction control, Toyota still have to deal with the hybrid system, which automatically kicks in 250-300bhp and god knows how much torque out of slow corners--not where you want to deal with that stuff. If the ASR fails or even if they have the wrong map selected, the TS030 will probably be a handful. Certainly at Silverstone Toyota had a hard time keeping up with Audi during the rain shower on slicks. Only a brief gamble on intermediates allowed them to un-lap themselves, and like at LM, that backfired, too.
Another thing that's disconcerting about Toyota is, that like all of this year when they run two cars, one is significantly faster than the other. If their fast car hits problems, can the team mate pick up the slack.
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