Toyota Racing

Toyota Racing is the factory team of the Japanese automotive corporation in endurance racing and ranks among the most established major teams of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). The entry into the top category of endurance racing took place within the framework of its commitment at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where Toyota built its own prototype division over the years. From this engagement, a full-fledged factory team gradually developed, which has since competed as TOYOTA GAZOO Racing and consolidates the corporation’s motorsport activities.

A distinctive chapter in the team’s history is the addition of «GAZOO Racing» to the team name. The name goes back to an internal initiative within Toyota that originally served as a platform for engineers and developers to test vehicles under real competitive conditions. From this testing culture, its own motorsport brand grew over time, which today stands worldwide for the corporation’s sporting activities, from the endurance championship to rally and GT programs. This origin in the development department shapes the team’s working methods to this day, which closely links technical innovation and racing operations.

The team’s most successful period so far began with the introduction of hybrid prototypes in the top class and resulted in repeated successes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. During this era, a driver roster established itself that provided consistency and competitiveness at the front of the field over several seasons. Names like Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima, and Fernando Alonso stand for this time, when Toyota Racing positioned itself as a permanent fixture in the battle for the WEC overall championship and gained international recognition as a serious factory racing team.

In the current era, Toyota Racing continues to compete in the WEC’s top class and relies on an experienced driver roster that continues the continuity of recent years. The team’s operational leadership lies in the hands of an experienced management team that coordinates the technical development of the hypercar with the sporting focus on the WEC calendar. The focus is on both the fight for race wins and the longer-term alignment of the vehicle platform for upcoming regulatory cycles.

With a view to the 2026 season, Toyota Racing is working on the further development of its hypercar program to remain competitive in the increasingly crowded top class field. The consistency in driver lineup and the close connection to the GAZOO Racing philosophy are intended to help build on past successes. For WEC fans and observers, Toyota Racing thus remains one of the traditional factory teams whose next chapters are awaited with great interest.