Toyota Racing brought the TS030 HYBRID to the inaugural FIA World Endurance Championship LMP1 class in 2012 — Japan's factory answer to Audi's diesel dynasty, pairing a 3.4-litre V8 with a supercapacitor energy-recovery system rather than the battery packs rivals favoured. Car #7 wore Denso and Aisin partner branding, Michelin on the splitter, and the HY marker that told the paddock this was hybrid hardware, not marketing garnish. The programme delivered pole positions and heartbreak at La Sarthe before the TS040 successor took the baton. This poster freezes that pioneer season on warm cream — sweeping red stripes, the 2012 WEC LMP1-entry laurel, and Hybrid pioneer stamped beneath the title block.