TOYOTA GAZOO Racing brought the curtain down on its record-breaking 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season with a successful test for two eye-catching rookie drivers at the Bahrain International Circuit. Seven-time World Champion Sébastien Ogier, who is already part of the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing family in rallying, drove a GR010 HYBRID Hypercar for the … Continue reading
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing remained on top in Bahrain when practice for the final race of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) began under lights. After securing the Hypercar World Championship thanks to a one-two victory in last Saturday’s six-hour race, the battle for drivers’ honours takes centre stage for the season finale, the 8 … Continue reading
Kazuki Nakajima, a founding member of TOYOTA GAZOO Racing and an endurance racing legend, will stand down from a FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) race seat after this week’s 8 Hours of Bahrain. Kazuki, 36, is one of Japan’s most decorated racing drivers who earned his place in the FIA Hall of Fame by winning … Continue reading
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing made endurance racing history as the first World Champions of the Hypercar era with a one-two victory in the 6 Hours of Bahrain. Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López won the penultimate round of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in their #7 GR010 HYBRID. Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima … Continue reading
The 6 Hours of Bahrain, the penultimate round of the FIA World Endurance Championship, ended with third place for the 488 GTE crewed by Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado. The final result was conditioned by the power reduction due to the Balance of Performance announced on the eve of the race. In the LMGTE … Continue reading
United Autosports finished fourth at the end of the penultimate round of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship in Bahrain yesterday. Phil Hanson, Filipe Albuquerque and Fabio Scherer brought their #22 Oreca 07 home in fourth place at the end of the six-hour race after starting second on the grid, thanks to a great qualifying … Continue reading
Facing difficult conditions, the Porsche GT Team has achieved its third win of the season in the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC. At the six-hour race in Bahrain, Frenchman Kévin Estre and Neel Jani from Switzerland in the No. 92 Porsche 911 RSR narrowly beat their works driver colleagues Gianmaria Bruni from Italy and Austrian … Continue reading
Iron Lynx’s 488 GTE, qualified by Rino Mastronardi, took the first pole position for the Italian team in the FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMGTE Am class. The two AF Corse Ferraris in the Pro class will start from row two, with Miguel Molina recording the third-fastest time ahead of Alessandro Pier Guidi. LMGTE … Continue reading
Works driver Kévin Estre has planted the No. 92 Porsche 911 RSR on pole position in qualifying for the six-hour race in Bahrain. In the close hunt for top times, the Frenchman only just outpaced his Italian brand colleague Gianmaria Bruni in the identical ca. 515 PS nine-eleven with the starting number 91. For Kévin … Continue reading
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing’s GR010 HYBRID Hypercar set the pace on its Bahrain debut during opening practice for the penultimate round of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). TOYOTA GAZOO Racing is closing in on Hypercar history at Bahrain International Circuit by winning the first world titles of WEC’s new era. They will be decided … Continue reading