Toyota In World Championship Sportscar Racing: 100 Races Up
Photography by Toyota
The Portimao 8 Hours marks the 100th World Championship Sportscar event for Toyota, including the World Sportscar Championship of the Group C era, and, since 2012, the FIA World Endurance Championship.
The first win for the marque came in 1992 with the V10-powered TS010 for Geoff Lees and Hitoshi Ogawa, this the first of 31 overall wins so far, 30 of which have been in the WEC.
That tally of victories has seen Toyota claim FIA World Drivers Championship titles for Fernando Alonso (2018/19), Sebastien Buemi (2014, 2018/19), Mike Conway (2019/20), Anthony Davidson (2014), Kamui Kobayashi (2019/20), Jose Maria Lopez (2019/20) and Kazuki Nakajima (2018/19) and three world Manufacturer titles (2014, 2018/19 and 2019/20)
Here’s a full list of the results of the first 99 World Championship races.
And with thanks to Toyota Gazoo Racing here’s a gallery that includes pics of each different car involved in the history, not quite every race, but every car. Here’s to 100 more!
1984 Fuji Toyota Dome 84C
1985 Le Mans 85C #36
1985 Fuji Toyota Tom’s 85C
1986 Le Mans 24 Hours – Dome Toyota 86 C-L
1986 Fuji 86C #37
TIFF NEEDELL/MASANORI SEKIYA/KAURO HOSHINO
TOYOTA 87C / 2.1 LITRE TURBO
24 HEURES DU MANS, LE MANS 1987
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GEOFF LEES/MASANORI SEKIYA/KAURO HOSHINO
TOYOTA 88C / 2.1 LITRE TURBO
LE MANS 1988
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1988 Fuji Toyota 88C
1990 Suzuka 90C-V #36
1992 Le Mans TS010
2012 Le Mans TS030
2012 Silverstone TS030
2012 Sao Paolo TS030
2012 Bahrain TS030
2012 Fuji TS030
2012 Shanghai TS030
2013 Silverstone TS030
2013 Spa TS030
2013 Le Mans TS030
2013 Sao Paolo TS030
2013 Austin TS030
2013 Fuji TS030
2013 Shanghai TS030
2013 Bahrain TS030
TS040
World Endurance Championship
17th-20th April 2014. Silverstone, UK
World Endurance Championship
1st-3rd May 2014. Spa Francorchamps, Belgium.
Le Mans 24 Hours
8th-15th June 2014. Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France.
Toyota Hybrid Racing
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of The Circuit of the Americas. 18th-20th September 2014. Texas, USA.
Toyota Hybrid Racing
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Fuji. 9th-12th October 2013. Fuji Speedway, Japan.
Toyota Hybrid Racing
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Shanghai. 30th October – 2nd November 2014. Shanghai Circuit, China.
Toyota Hybrid Racing
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Brazil. 27th-30th November 2014. Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Toyota Racing TS040 World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Silverstone 9th-12th April 2015. Silverstone, UK
Toyota Racing TS040
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Spa
29th April – 2nd May 2015. Circuit Spa Francorchamps, Belgium.
Le Mans 24 Hours
8th-14th June 2015. Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France.
Toyota Racing TS040
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Nurburgring
27th-31st August 2015. Nurburgring Circuit, Germany.
Toyota Hybrid Racing
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of The Circuit of the Americas. 16th-19th September 2015 Texas, USA.
Toyota Hybrid Racing
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Fuji. 8th-11th October 2015. Fuji Speedway, Japan.
Toyota Hybrid Racing
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Shanghai. 29th October – 1st November 2015. Shanghai International Circuit, China.
Toyota Hybrid Racing
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Bahrain. 18th-21st November 2015. Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain.
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
World Endurance Championship.Silverstone 6 Hours.
Silverstone, United Kingdom. 14th to 17th April 2016
Toyota Racing TS050
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Spa
4th – 7th May 2016. Circuit Spa Francorchamps, Belgium.
Le Mans 24 Hours
12th- 19th June 2016. Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France.
Toyota Racing TS050
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Nurburgring
21st – 24th July 2015. Nurburgring Circuit, Germany.
Toyota Racing TS050
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Mexico
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
1st-3rd September 2016
Toyota Racing TS050
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Circuit of The Americas
Circuit of The Americas, Austin, Texas, USA.
14th-17th September 2016
Kamui Kobayashi (JPN)
Toyota Racing TS050
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Fuji
Fuji Speedway, Japan
13th-16th October 2016
Toyota Racing TS050
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Shanghai
Shanghai International Circuit, China.
3rd-6th November 2016
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing TS050
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Bahrain
Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain.
16th-19th November 2016
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Silverstone. 13th to 17th April 2017. Silverstone, UK
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Spa. 3rd-6th May 2017. Spa Francorchamps, Belgium.
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
Le Mans 24 Hours Race, 12th to 18th June 2017
Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France.
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
6 Hours of Nuerburgring. 13th to 16th July 2017
Nuerburgring, Germany.
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Mexico. 1st-3rd September 2017. Mexico City, Mexico
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Circuit of The Americas
14th to 16th September 2017.
Austin, Texas, USA
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Fuji
12th-15th October 2017
Fuji International Speedway, Japan
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Shanghai
2nd – 4th Novemer 2017
Shanghai International Circuit, China.
Kazuki Nakajima (JPN) and Anthony Davidson (GBR) celebrate with Sebastien Buemi (SUI)
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Bahrain
15th – 18th November 2017
Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain.
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Spa.
2nd to 5th May 2018
Spa Francorchamps, Belgium.
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
Le Mans 24 Hours Race, 11th to 17th June 2018
Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France.
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
World Endurance Championship. Silverstone 6 Hours.
Silverstone, United Kingdom.16th to 19th August 2018
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Fuji
Fuji International Speedway, Gotemba, Japan.
11th to 14th October 2018.
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Shanghai
15th to 18th Novemer 2018
Shanghai International Circuit, China.
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
World Endurance Championship. 1000 Miles of Sebring
13th to 15th March 2019
Sebring International Raceway
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours of Spa
1st to 4th May 2019
Spa Francorchamps Circuit, Spa, Belgium
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
World Endurance Championship
4 Hours of Silverstone
29th August to 1st September 2019
Silverstone, UK
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
World Endurance Championship
6 Hours of Fuji
3rd to 6th October 2019
Fuji International Speedway, Japan
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
World Endurance Championship
4 Hours of Shanghai
7th to 10th November 2019
Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China.
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
World Endurance Championship
8 Hours of Bahrain
11th to 14th December 2019
Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
World Endurance Championship
WEC 6 Hours of COTA
20th to 23rd February 2020
Circuit of The Americas, Texas, USA
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
Le Mans 24 Hours
World Endurance Championship
16th to 20th September 2020
Le Mans, France
Sebastien Buemi (SUI) Brendon Hartley (NZL) Kazuki Nakajima (JPN) Mike Conway (GBR) Jose Maria Lopez (ARG) Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) celebrate on the podium and in parc ferme.
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
World Endurance Championship
8 Hours of Bahrain
11th to 14th November 2020
Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing.
World Endurance Championship.
6 Hours of Spa.
29th April to 1st May 2021
Spa Francorchamps Circuit, Spa, Belgium
