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Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe GmbH
FormerlyAndersson Motorsport GmbH
Toyota Motorsport GmbH
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAutomotive
FounderOve Andersson
HeadquartersWEC
Cologne, Germany
Susono, Japan
WRC
Jyväskylä, Finland
OwnerToyota Motor Corporation
ParentToyota Motor Europe
SubsidiariesToyota Gazoo Racing WRT Oy
Websitewww.tgr-europe.com
Footnotes / references
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Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe GmbH (TGR-E) is an automotive engineering and motorsport services facility based in Cologne, Germany. It is fully-owned and controlled by Toyota Motor Corporation.[2][3][4]

TGR-E's principal operation is technical development of motorsport vehicles and their competitive entries on behalf of Toyota's Gazoo Racing brand in the FIA's World Endurance Championship (WEC) and World Rally Championship (WRC). The latter is run from a satellite facility in Jyväskylä, Finland, known as Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.[3][5]

TGR-E was also previously known as Andersson Motorsport and Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG), both of which ran Toyota Team Europe (TTE) entries in the WRC.

History

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Andersson Motorsport

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TGR-E began as Andersson Motorsport in Sweden, a company established by rally driver Ove Andersson for his own motorsport career. His relationship with Toyota began in 1972 when he was offered a Toyota Celica to drive in the RAC Rally in the autumn of that year. The relationship developed and from 1973, Andersson Motorsport was appointed for responsibility of Toyota's works entries in the then new World Rally Championship, competing in the name of Toyota Team Europe (TTE).[6][7] In 1975, the team and organisation moved to Brussels, Belgium; then again in 1979 to Cologne, Germany where it was established as Andersson Motorsport GmbH.[8]

Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG)

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In 1993, Toyota Motor Corporation bought Andersson Motorsport GmbH and renamed it to Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG). Andersson remained as team manager of TTE.[9][10] At this time, as a fully owned part of Toyota, TMG were employing 300 staff from 17 nations.[citation needed]

In 1998 and 1999, TMG entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 2nd in 1999 with their Toyota GT-One.

After 1999, Toyota stopped participating in rallying and sportscar racing in order to prepare for a switch to Formula One (F1) in 2002 using existing TMG resources.[11] From 2002 to 2009, TMG operated its parent company's Formula One team named Panasonic Toyota Racing, starting 139 Grands Prix. In that time they finished on the podium 13 times, earned three pole positions and scored a total of 278.5 points. TMG also provided their Toyota F1 engines to the Jordan Formula One Team in 2005, which was then sold and renamed as Midland F1 Racing in 2006, but continued using Toyota F1 engines until their withdrawal from F1 at the end of 2006. Williams Formula One Team were also TMG's customers for their Toyota F1 engines from 2007 to 2009. On 4 November 2009, Toyota announced their withdrawal from F1.[12]

TMG moved back into sports car racing from 2011 as an engine supplier to Lola Cars, powering Rebellion Racing. In 2012, TMG fully returned to sports car competition entries with the Toyota TS030 Hybrid in the World Endurance Championship.[6]

In 2015, it was announced Toyota would return to the World Rally Championship in 2017 with a Yaris WRC built and prepared by TMG in Cologne.[13] However, several months later it was announced TMG would only be responsible for engine development whilst Tommi Mäkinen Racing Oy (TMR) would develop the car and run the entry from Finland.[14]

Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe

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TMG was renamed to Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe in April 2020.[10] In 2021, TGR-E assumed the running of the WRC team from Tommi Mäkinen Racing.[15]

Motorsport activities

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Toyota Gazoo Racing
Founded1979
BaseCologne, Germany (FIA WEC)
Jyväskylä, Finland (FIA WRC)
Team principal(s)Kamui Kobayashi (FIA WEC)
Jari-Matti Latvala (FIA WRC)
Current seriesFIA World Endurance Championship
FIA World Rally Championship
Former seriesFIA Formula One World Championship
Current driversNetherlands Nyck de Vries
United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
Japan Ryo Hirakawa
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
France Sébastien Ogier
United Kingdom Elfyn Evans
Finland Kalle Rovanperä
Japan Takamoto Katsuta
Teams'
Championships
FIA World Rally Championship: 1993, 1994, 1999, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
FIA World Endurance Championship: 2014, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021, 2022, 2023
Drivers'
Championships
FIA World Rally Championship: 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
FIA World Endurance Championship: 2014, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021, 2022, 2023
Websitewww.tgr-europe.com

Rally

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Toyota Team Europe

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Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 Group A in Safari Rally trim
TTE's Celica GT-Four ST185 Group A in Safari Rally trim

Toyota Team Europe (TTE) began in February 1975. In August of that year, Hannu Mikkola won TTE's first rally, the 1000 Lakes Rally in a Corolla 1600, where the competition used 2.0 L engines.

In September 1987, TTE moved to a larger premises, in which they still reside. It was also the time they revealed their first four wheel drive car, the Toyota Celica GT-Four, driven by Juha Kankkunen and Kenneth Eriksson. Carlos Sainz won the 1990 FIA World Rally Championship Title for Drivers with ST165. The newer GT-Four, ST185, made its debut at the 1992 Rallye Monte Carlo, culminating in Sainz again winning the title in this year. The ST185 also won the WRC Driver's and Manufacturer's Titles in 1993 with Juha Kankkunen, and in 1994 with Didier Auriol.

In 1995 TTE was banned for 12 months[16] from the World Rally Championship (WRC) for cheating by designing an illegal air restrictor[17] on the ST205 that included both a bypass mechanism and spring-loaded devices to conceal it from scrutineers.[18]

In 1996 and 1997, Toyota Motorsport supported the Celica ST205 rallied by Italian HF Grifone Team, Toyota Team Sweden, Marlboro Toyota Team Belgium, and Tein Sport in selected WRC events.[citation needed]

Toyota Castrol Team

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Toyota Castrol Team Corolla WRC at the 1999 Monte-Carlo Rally

In the new World Rally Car era of the WRC, Toyota introduced the Corolla WRC in the 1997 Rally of Finland with a new team name sponsored by the lubricants company, Castrol. The team however, did not enter the manufacturer's championship that year. When they returned to contest the championship in 1998, they did so with the Corolla WRC driven by the crews of Carlos Sainz/Luis Moya and Didier Auriol/Denis Giraudet. They finished the season in second overall in both the Drivers' and Manufacturers' Championships.

In 1999 however, the manufacturers championship was taken, the third in TTE's existence. Toyota withdrew from rallying at the end of the 1999 season in order for Toyota Motorsport GmbH to focus on entries in Formula One and CART.[19] The facility continued to provide services and support to customer teams within the sport.

Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team

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Toyota Motorsport developed an early prototype Toyota Yaris WRC in preparation for the Toyota Gazoo Racing entry in the 2017 World Rally Championship.[13] Ultimately, TMG only produced the engine whilst Tommi Mäkinen Racing Oy of Finland (TMR) developed a new Yaris WRC around it. In 2021, following the purchase by Toyota, TMR was subsequently renamed to Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team Oy, and it became a branch of TGR-E. The facility in Cologne continued to provide engines for the new hybrid Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 car used in WRC from 2022.[20]

Formula One

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Sports car racing history

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The Toyota GT-One

In addition to spearheading Toyota's efforts in the World Rally Championship, the group has also developed and run the Toyota GT-One and Toyota TS030 Hybrid in sports car racing. The GT-One entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans in both 1998 and 1999, and the TS030 Hybrid made its début in 2012.

GT-One

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Introduced in time for Le Mans in 1998, the GT-One first appeared at the official testing days for the race held in May. Three GT-Ones appeared, setting the second, fifth, and tenth best times, easily beating out custom built prototypes which were meant to be the superior class. For the race week itself, all three cars performed admirably in qualifying by continuing their quick pace, qualifying second, seventh, and eighth, being beaten only by their GT class competitor, Mercedes-Benz. For the race itself, the No. 28 GT-One suffered from a high speed accident halfway through the race, taking it out of competition. The two other entrants continued to fight on, both remaining in the top 10. However, within the closing hours, the higher ranked No. 29 GT-One suffered a gearbox failure while in competition for the race win. Thus Toyota was left to take ninth place in the race with the lone No. 27 entry, which ended the race 25 laps behind the winning Porsche 911 GT1.

Their 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans started bitterly after the team was plagued by multiple Michelin tyre failures, the situation becoming somewhat reminiscent of 1998, when the No. 1 and No. 2 car were retired. Martin Brundle in the No. 1 Toyota suffered a puncture at high speed on the Mulsanne Straight, the cars rear suspension was badly damaged and he was unable to get back to the pits. The No. 2 Toyota being driven by Thierry Boutsen was next to go when he suffered a high speed crash under the Dunlop bridge due to a rapid deflation. The car was destroyed and Boutsen suffered injury to his lower back. At the break of dawn, the No. 15 BMW was almost a lap ahead of the No. 3 Toyota which had been quietly cruising around at a steady pace. With this sniff of a win Ukyo Katayama put the foot down in the Toyota and set the fastest lap of the race. He narrowed the gap to less than a minute till again a tyre blowout befell the Toyota team again. Katayama was however able to return to the pits for new tyres and continued. He managed to finish second after a valiant effort placing first in the GT-P class. However, they fell short of the overall victory at Le Mans, which would have made them only the second Japanese manufacturer to get an overall win (Mazda being the first in 1991).

The GT-One raced only once more, a single entrant appearing in the 1999 Le Mans Fuji 1000km. Although the race mostly consisted of Japanese teams, thus leaving out most of the manufacturers that had competed at Le Mans, Toyota still had to compete against rival Nissan, who also entered their R391. In the end the GT-One would fall short once again, finishing second and only one lap behind the winning R391.

The GT-One program was not continued into 2000, Toyota instead turning TTE into leaders of the new Toyota F1 team. This would mark a hiatus in Toyota's attempts at Le Mans until the 2012 season, over a decade later, when Toyota decided to once again contest at the top tier of sports car racing.

Toyota TS030 Hybrid

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Toyota TS030 Hybrid LMP1

In October 2011, Toyota announced its return to Le Mans in 2012 after twelve-year hiatus, with a hybrid-powered Le Mans Prototype, sporting a petrol engine similar to that found in their customer P1 car. The car would be entered in the inaugural season of the FIA World Endurance Championship, though it would miss the first round of the series.

Toyota suffered a severe setback with a crash in late April preventing the debut of the car at the 2012 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, but managed to get two TS030s ready by Le Mans. Unfortunately, neither car finished the race: the #8 car being driven by Anthony Davidson suffered a massive crash with a Ferrari 458 (which also fractured two of Davidson's vertebrae), while the No. 7 car hit the DeltaWing and later retired with an engine failure.

Toyota continued to compete in the rest of the WEC season with a single car, collecting three wins including the 6 Hours of Fuji.

At the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans Toyota achieved its fourth second-place finish at Le Mans with a revised Toyota TS030 driven by Stéphane Sarrazin, Anthony Davidson and Sébastien Buemi. The sister car finished in fourth several laps down.

Toyota finished the WEC season in second place again, taking two wins at rain-shortened Fuji and Shanghai.

Toyota TS040 Hybrid

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2 Toyota TS040s Hybrid LMP1

Toyota announced in October 2013 that it would continue racing in the World Endurance Championship in 2014. In order to comply with new-for-2014 LMP1 rules, Toyota revealed its new car, the Toyota TS040 Hybrid. The car has a 3.7L V8 normally aspirated petrol engine powering the rear wheels, and regenerative-braking devices at both axles to allow temporary four-wheel drive.

Toyota TS050 Hybrid

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2 Toyota TS050 Hybrid LMP1

The Toyota TS050 Hybrid was developed for the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was powered by the H8909 2.4L V6 twin-turbo petrol engine for the first time and a 2.22 kWh battery hybrid system.

Toyota GR010 Hybrid

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Toyota GR010 Hybrid LMH

The Toyota GR010 Hybrid competed in the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship under the new Le Mans Hypercar regulations. It has a 3.5L V6 twin-turbo petrol engine connected to the rear wheels, and a battery hybrid system connected to the front wheels.[21]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Entrant No Car Drivers Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1998 Japan Toyota Motorsports 27 Toyota GT-One Japan Ukyo Katayama
Japan Toshio Suzuki
Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya
LMGT1 326 9th 8th
28 United Kingdom Martin Brundle
France Emmanuel Collard
France Éric Hélary
191 DNF DNF
29 Belgium Thierry Boutsen
Germany Ralf Kelleners
United Kingdom Geoff Lees
330 DNF DNF
1999 Japan Toyota Motorsports 1 Toyota GT-One United Kingdom Martin Brundle
France Emmanuel Collard
Italy Vincenzo Sospiri
LMGTP 90 DNF DNF
2 Belgium Thierry Boutsen
Germany Ralf Kelleners
United Kingdom Allan McNish
173 DNF DNF
3 Japan Ukyo Katayama
Japan Toshio Suzuki
Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya
364 2nd 1st
2012 Japan Toyota Racing 7 Toyota TS030 Hybrid France Nicolas Lapierre
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Austria Alexander Wurz
LMP1 134 DNF DNF
8 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
France Stéphane Sarrazin
82 DNF DNF
2013 Japan Toyota Racing 7 Toyota TS030 Hybrid France Nicolas Lapierre
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Austria Alexander Wurz
LMP1 341 4th 4th
8 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
France Stéphane Sarrazin
347 2nd 2nd
2014 Japan Toyota Racing 7 Toyota TS040 Hybrid Japan Kazuki Nakajima
France Stéphane Sarrazin
Austria Alexander Wurz
LMP1-H 219 DNF DNF
8 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
France Nicolas Lapierre
374 3rd 3rd
2015 Japan Toyota Racing 1 Toyota TS040 Hybrid Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
LMP1 386 8th 8th
2 United Kingdom Mike Conway
France Stéphane Sarrazin
Austria Alexander Wurz
387 6th 6th
2016 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 5 Toyota TS050 Hybrid Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
LMP1 384 NC NC
6 United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
France Stéphane Sarrazin
381 2nd 2nd
2017 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
France Stéphane Sarrazin
LMP1 154 DNF DNF
8 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
358 8th 2nd
9 Japan Yuji Kunimoto
France Nicolas Lapierre
Argentina José María López
160 DNF DNF
2018 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López
LMP1 386 2nd 2nd
8 Spain Fernando Alonso
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
388 1st 1st
2019 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López
LMP1 385 2nd 2nd
8 Spain Fernando Alonso
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
385 1st 1st
2020 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López
LMP1 381 3rd 3rd
8 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
387 1st 1st
2021 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López
Hypercar 371 1st 1st
8 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
369 2nd 2nd
2022 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López
Hypercar 380 2nd 2nd
8 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Japan Ryō Hirakawa
380 1st 1st
2023 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López
Hypercar 103 DNF DNF
8 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Japan Ryō Hirakawa
342 2nd 2nd
2024 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López
Netherlands Nyck de Vries
Hypercar 311 2nd 2nd
8 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Japan Ryō Hirakawa
311 5th 5th

FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Year Nat. Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Points Pos
2012 Austria
France
Japan
Alexander Wurz
Nicolas Lapierre
Kazuki Nakajima
7 SEB SPA LMS
Ret
SIL
2
SÃO
1
BHR
Ret
FUJ
1
SHA
1
96 2nd
United Kingdom
Switzerland
France
Anthony Davidson
Sébastien Buemi
Stéphane Sarrazin
8 LMS
Ret
2013 Austria
France
Japan
Alexander Wurz
Nicolas Lapierre
Kazuki Nakajima
7 SIL
4
SPA
Ret
LMS
4
FUJ
1
SHA
2
BHR
Ret
142.5 2nd
United Kingdom
Switzerland
France
Anthony Davidson
Sébastien Buemi
Stéphane Sarrazin
8 SIL
3
SPA
4
LMS
2
SÃO
Ret
COA
2
FUJ
27
SHA
Ret
BHR
1
2014 Austria
France
Japan
Alexander Wurz
Stéphane Sarrazin
Kazuki Nakajima
7 SIL
2
SPA
3
LMS
Ret
COA
6
FUJ
2
SHA
2
BHR
1
SÃO
4
289 1st
United Kingdom
Switzerland
France
Anthony Davidson
Sébastien Buemi
Nicolas Lapierre
8 SIL
1
SPA
1
LMS
3
COA
3
FUJ
1
SHA
1
BHR
11
SÃO
2
2015 United Kingdom
Switzerland
Japan
Anthony Davidson
Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
1 SIL
3
SPA
4
LMS
8
NÜR
5
COA
4
FUJ
5
SHA
6
BHR
4
164 3rd
Austria
France
United Kingdom
Alexander Wurz
Stéphane Sarrazin
Mike Conway
2 SIL
4
SPA
6
LMS
6
NÜR
6
COA
Ret
FUJ
6
SHA
5
BHR
3
2016 United Kingdom
Switzerland
Japan
Anthony Davidson
Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
5 SIL
16
SPA
17
LMS
NC
NÜR
5
MEX
Ret
COA
5
FUJ
4
SHA
3
BHR
4
229 3rd
France
United Kingdom
Japan
Stéphane Sarrazin
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
6 SIL
2
SPA
Ret
LMS
2
NÜR
6
MEX
3
COA
3
FUJ
1
SHA
2
BHR
5
2017 United Kingdom
Japan
Argentina
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
José María López
7 SIL
23
NÜR
3
MEX
4
COA
4
FUJ
2
SHA
4
BHR
4
286.5 2nd
United Kingdom
Japan
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
SPA
2
United Kingdom
Japan
France
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
Stéphane Sarrazin
LMS
Ret
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Japan
Sébastien Buemi
Anthony Davidson
Kazuki Nakajima
8 SIL
1
SPA
1
LMS
6
NÜR
4
MEX
3
FUJ
1
SHA
1
BHR
1
Switzerland
Japan
France
Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
Stéphane Sarrazin
COA
3
France
Japan
France
Nicolas Lapierre
Yuji Kunimoto
Stéphane Sarrazin
9 SPA
5
France
Japan
Argentina
Nicolas Lapierre
Yuji Kunimoto
José María López
LMS
Ret
2018-19 United Kingdom
Japan
Argentina
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
José María López
7 SPA
2
LMS
2
SIL
DSQ
FUJ
1
SHA
1
SEB
2
SPA
6
LMS
2
216 1st
Switzerland
Japan
Spain
Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
Fernando Alonso
8 SPA
1
LMS
1
SIL
DSQ
FUJ
2
SHA
2
SEB
1
SPA
1
LMS
1
2019-20 United Kingdom
Japan
Argentina
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
José María López
7 SIL
1
FUJ
2
SHA
3
BHR
1
COA
3
SPA
1
LMS
3
BHR
1
241 1st
Switzerland
Japan
New Zealand
Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
Brendon Hartley
8 SIL
2
FUJ
1
SHA
2
BHR
2
COA
2
SPA
2
LMS
1
BHR
2
2021 United Kingdom
Japan
Argentina
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
José María López
7 SPA
3
POR
2
MNZ
1
LMS
1
BHR
1
BHR
2
206 1st
Switzerland
Japan
New Zealand
Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
Brendon Hartley
8 SPA
1
POR
1
MNZ
4
LMS
2
BHR
2
BHR
1
2022 United Kingdom
Japan
Argentina
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
José María López
7 SEB
Ret
SPA
1
LMS
2
MNZ
3
FUJ
2
BHR
1
186 1st
Switzerland
Japan
New Zealand
Sébastien Buemi
Ryo Hirakawa
Brendon Hartley
8 SEB
2
SPA
Ret
LMS
1
MNZ
2
FUJ
1
BHR
2
2023 United Kingdom
Japan
Argentina
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
José María López
7 SEB
1
POR
9
SPA
1
LMS
Ret
MNZ
1
FUJ
1
BHR
2
217 1st
Switzerland
Japan
New Zealand
Sébastien Buemi
Ryo Hirakawa
Brendon Hartley
8 SEB
2
POR
1
SPA
2
LMS
2
MNZ
6
FUJ
2
BHR
1

† Season still in progress.

Other activities

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TMG EV P001 electric car

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The company revealed in its annual review[when?] that it has developed an electric racing car based on the Radical sportscar, along with Cologne company e-Wolf. The TMG EV P001 was developed using knowledge Toyota Motorsport gained during its KERS development for F1 and used some of the company's dedicated engine dynos, including an 'EV component test rig'.[citation needed] In August 2011 it set a new lap record for an electric vehicle at the Nürburgring Nordschleife of 7mins 47.794secs.[22] The company says this proves the ability of their technology to be competitive in racing, and that they would like to enter an electric championship.[23]

See also

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References

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