Sports · Motorsport · 10 hrs ago
Toyota clinches WEC manufacturers’ title with Barcelona 1-2 finish
Toyota’s two cars finished first and second in the World Endurance Championship’s six-hour race in Barcelona.
Brendon Hartley, Sébastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa won in the #8 Toyota, ahead of the sister car driven by Kamui Kobayashi, Nyck de Vries and Mike Conway.
The race, the championship’s first visit to Barcelona, ran in changing wet and dry conditions.
The result secured Toyota the Hypercar manufacturers’ title with one round still to come.
The #8 crew has won three times this season and holds a 17-point lead in the drivers’ standings over its Toyota teammates.
The drivers’ title is now a contest between the two Toyota crews, and the season ends at Monza next month.
Toyota finished first and second at the World Endurance Championship race in Barcelona, clinching the Hypercar manufacturers’ title with one round remaining.
Brendon Hartley, Sebastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa won in the #8 Toyota TR010 Hybrid.
Their teammates Kamui Kobayashi, Nyck de Vries and Mike Conway finished second in changeable wet and dry conditions.
The #8 crew’s third win of the season put it 17 points ahead of its teammates in the drivers’ standings.
The two Toyota crews are the only ones still in contention for the drivers’ title before the Monza finale.
- Who
- Toyota’s Hypercar team; Brendon Hartley, Sebastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa won in the #8 car.
- What
- Toyota took a 1-2 finish and clinched the manufacturers’ title.
- When
- October 18, 2026. The six-hour race ended with one championship round remaining.
- Where
- Barcelona, Spain.
- Why
- The 1-2 result secured Toyota the Hypercar manufacturers’ title with a round to spare.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The field started on wet tyres after heavy showers, and Buemi took the lead in the #8 Toyota.
The race was neutralised after the #35 Alpine and #78 Lexus stopped following separate incidents.
Toyota established a 1-2, with Buemi leading and de Vries moving into second.
The leading Hypercars made their first full-service pitstops as the track dried and drivers switched to slick tyres.
The #8 Toyota won ahead of its sister car, securing the manufacturers’ title for Toyota.
- Race length
- Six hours
- Winning car
- #8 Toyota TR010 Hybrid
- Winning drivers
- Brendon Hartley, Sebastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa
- Winning crew’s season victories
- 3
- Advantage in drivers’ standings
- 17 points
- Next round
- Monza finale next month