The 1:43 scale model from Spark Model reproduces the exact car and livery that sealed a European GT4 championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing in 2022. It is a resin hand-built model depicting car number 90, driven throughout the DTM Trophy season by Tim Heinemann, whose title victory represented the high point of Toyota's factory-supported GT4 programme in Europe. The white-and-red TGR corporate livery is presented as it ran at every round of the 2022 campaign.
The Toyota GR Supra GT4: A90 Platform in Competition Trim
Built on the A90 generation GR Supra — internally coded J29 — the GT4-specification variant was engineered by Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe in collaboration with KW automotive and received FIA GT4 homologation in 2020. Power comes from the BMW-sourced B58 3.0-litre turbocharged inline-six, detuned to approximately 430 hp in race trim to meet GT4 Balance of Performance requirements. A steel roll cage and FIA-compliant safety package complete the conversion from road car to circuit competitor.
Number 90: Heinemann's Path to the 2022 DTM Trophy Crown
The DTM Trophy runs as a GT4 support series on the DTM calendar, visiting circuits across Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy. In 2022, Tim Heinemann steered the No. 90 Toyota Gazoo Racing entry to the drivers' championship, claiming the title at the season finale. The entry was part of Toyota's concerted push into European customer racing, and the championship win validated the GR Supra GT4's competitiveness in a class populated by strong rival machinery from BMW, Porsche and others. The white-and-red TGR livery with prominent Toyota Gazoo Racing branding was its identity throughout.
Spark Model's Hand-Built Resin Construction
Spark Model produces this piece in resin with photo-etched detail parts — the standard construction approach the French specialist applies to its 1:43 racing car catalogue. The resin medium allows fine surface reproduction of the TGR livery's graphic layers and panel lines of the A90 bodywork. The model is hand-assembled and carries the full No. 90 race livery as raced during the 2022 DTM Trophy season, making it a faithful record of the championship-winning specification.
In the Display Cabinet
This 1:43 Spark Model sits naturally alongside the broader 2022 DTM season in miniature — DTM main-series cars from that year form a coherent shelf companion, as do other GT4 competitors from the same Trophy campaign. Collectors focused on Toyota's motorsport history will find it pairs logically with GR Supra road-car models at 1:43. For those who track Tim Heinemann's career in German circuit racing, this is the defining piece — a title-winning car rather than a participant entry.
Häufig gestellte Fragen
Who drove the No. 90 Toyota GR Supra GT4 in the 2022 DTM Trophy?
Tim Heinemann drove car number 90 for Toyota Gazoo Racing throughout the 2022 DTM Trophy season, winning the European drivers' championship.
What is the DTM Trophy?
The DTM Trophy is a GT4-specification support series that runs on the DTM calendar at circuits across Europe. The 2022 season included rounds in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy.
What engine powers the Toyota GR Supra GT4?
The GR Supra GT4 uses the BMW-sourced B58 3.0-litre turbocharged inline-six, producing approximately 430 hp in GT4 race specification — the same engine family as the road-going GR Supra.
What material is the Spark Model 1:43 scale model made from?
The model is built in resin with photo-etched detail parts, which is the standard construction method Spark Model applies to its 1:43 racing car range.
