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Why Kazuki Nakajima sees the 2016 Le Mans defeat as Toyota’s WEC highlight

Toyota is marking its 100th WEC start this weekend at Imola. Vice chairman and former driver Kazuki Nakajima has, somewhat surprisingly, pointed to Toyota's heartbreaking defeat at the 2016 Le Mans as the team’s 'highlight'

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Toyota’s 100th WEC race: The highs, lows and defining moments

This weekend’s Imola 6 Hours marks the 100th start for the longest-serving manufacturer in the World Endurance Championship. Here is a look at Toyota's most memorable and heartbreaking moments across LMP1 and Hypercar

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Toyota’s 2026 WEC objectives: Fix operational errors and win Le Mans again

Toyota has high expectations from the TR010 Hybrid as it enters the 2026 WEC

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How Toyota is revamping its GR010 Le Mans Hypercar for WEC 2026

After a frustrating 2025 campaign, Toyota is aiming to wrest back control of its destiny with an updated version of the GR010

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Toyota to update Le Mans Hypercar for 2026 WEC campaign

Toyota is planning to roll out an update for its Le Mans Hypercar, which was first introduced in 2021

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Toyota to introduce updated Le Mans Hypercar for WEC 2026

Toyota has not updated its Hypercar challenger since 2021

Autosport

Sho Tsuboi to make second F1 test outing with Haas at Silverstone

The Super Formula champion will line up for a second F1 test at the wheel of the Haas VF-23 at Silverstone next month

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Tsuboi set for second F1 test with Haas at Silverstone

Super Formula champion Sho Tsuboi lined up for second F1 test at the wheel of a Haas VF-23 next month at Silverstone

Autosport

Toyota unveils hydrogen-powered test car at Le Mans 24 Hours

Toyota has unveiled a hydrogen-powered prototype test car as the next step on the road to racing with the alternative fuel at the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Autosport

Toyota opts against hiring Leupen replacement for 2025 WEC campaign

Toyota is not planning to replace Rob Leupen as team director of its World Endurance Championship squad for next season.

Autosport

Le Mans 24 Hours: What's changed for WEC's main event in 2024?

The world’s most prestigious endurance race is back as this weekend drivers will tackle Circuit de la Sarthe for the Le Mans 24 Hours. Ferrari are the defending champions having won the race’s centenary edition in 2023, which was its first overall victory at Le Mans since 1965. But the…

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F1 drivers with the most grand prix starts before victory

Lando Norris finally became an F1 race winner after taking a long-awaited victory at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix. The win came during Norris’ sixth year in the series after being one of F1’s highest-rated drivers for several seasons and coming close to victory numerous times. So when Norris finally…

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Shock F1 call-ups: 10 times that reserve drivers started a grand prix

Oliver Bearman received a shock call-up to the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix when Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz withdrew because of appendicitis.

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10 times an F1 reserve driver competed in a grand prix

Oliver Bearman received a shock call-up to the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix when Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz withdrew because of appendicitis.

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Long-time Toyota technical director Vasselon replaced

Vasselon, 60, has been succeeded on a temporary basis by David Floury as the technical chief of the Cologne-based organisation that masterminds Toyota's World Endurance Championship programme, develops the engines for its World Rally Championship GR Yaris Rally 1 and builds the GR Supra GT4 customer racer. The move announced…

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Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #11 Ritomo Miyata

Toyota WEC junior Ritomo Miyata launched his career globally by winning both the Super Formula and Super GT titles in an accomplished campaign, becoming by far the youngest of the five drivers to have achieved the feat, at the age of 24.

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De Vries replaces Lopez in Toyota's WEC 2024 line-up

De Vries will share the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID with Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway for what will be his first full campaign in the WEC since he drove for the Racing Team Nederland LMP2 team in the 2019/20 season.

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Toyota hints new WEC junior Miyata could succeed Kobayashi

Japanese youngster Miyata, a race winner in both Super Formula and SUPER GT, was named as the latest member of Toyota’s WEC Challenge programme in the lead-up to last weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours, and was embedded within the team for the French classic.

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Celebrating 100 years since the first 24 Hours of Le Mans

This week marks a century since the first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held. From great feats of driving to fatal accidents killing dozens, the cultural icon has a storied history.

Autosport

Ranking the top 10 Le Mans races of all time

Ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Le Mans 24 Hours, Autosport has revisited and updated a top 10 list which first ran ahead of the 2019 race covering the greatest editions of the race in its history.

Motorsport

How Toyota’s Miyata is staking his claim to an overseas future

If you were to make a list of drivers yet to win a Super Formula race that were most likely to break their duck in 2023, TOM’S driver Ritomo Miyata would probably have been at the top.

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Toyota: Door still open for Yamashita to return to WEC

Toyota says the door is open for Kenta Yamashita to return to the FIA World Endurance Championship in future should the Japanese driver wish to do so.

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Toyota's Hirakawa 'didn't sleep for a week' amid Le Mans pressure

Toyota's FIA World Endurance Championship rookie Ryo Hirakawa admits he didn't sleep properly for a week in the lead-up to his Le Mans 24 Hours victory with Sebastien Buemi and Brendon Hartley.

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How many F1 drivers have won the Le Mans 24 Hours?

The Le Mans 24 Hours is one of the toughest r

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How many F1 drivers have won the Le Mans 24 Hours?

The Le Mans 24 Hours is one of the toughest races in motorsport, with a unique driving style needed to win. How many F1 drivers have won the race?

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