TOYOTA GAZOO Racing is a racing company positioning motorsports activities as the basis of our quest to create ever-better cars. From products developed through these activities to the establishment of the GR Garage, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing's motorsports activities have been promoted as a comprehensive method of increasing numbers of car fans.
At last month's North American International Auto Show in Detroit, we unveiled the new "Supra," which is set to become the first global model in the GR series line-up. The new Supra incorporates the knowledge and know-how that TOYOTA GAZOO Racing has accumulated thus far, and has been developed with the goal of enabling customers to fully experience the joy of driving. We have positioned the new Supra as our flagship model and, by feeding back knowledge gained through motorsports activities into the development of new products, we intend to further expand the GR series line-up.
In 2018, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing achieved the long-desired goal of winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans and also secured the WRC manufacturers' title, demonstrating that the challenges we have embarked on are leading to concrete results. However, we will not rest on our laurels. In order to deliver the anticipation and excitement of driving to a wider audience, we will engage in the motorsports activities listed below in 2019. TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will compete in the 2019-2020 WEC season. (The driver line-up will be announced at a later date.)With team line-ups, we will also compete in the Nürburgring 24 Hours Endurance Race and other races in Japan respectively. In addition, we will focus on "e-Motor Sports" in collaboration with Gran Turismo SPORT and other racing games. We are engaging in such various motorsports activities to e-Motor Sports.
Class | Team | Vehicle | No. | Driver | Tires |
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GT500 | LEXUS TEAM LEMANS WAKO'S | WAKO'S 4CR LC500 | 6 | Kazuya Oshima (Japan) | BS |
Kenta Yamashita (Japan) | |||||
LEXUS TEAM WedsSport BANDOH | WedsSport ADVAN LC500 | 19 | Yuji Kunimoto (Japan) | YH | |
Sho Tsuboi (Japan) | |||||
LEXUS TEAM au TOM'S | au TOM'S LC500 | 36 | Kazuki Nakajima (Japan) | BS | |
Yuhi Sekiguchi (Japan) | |||||
LEXUS TEAM KeePer TOM'S | KeePer TOM'S LC500 | 37 | Ryo Hirakawa (Japan) | BS | |
Nick Cassidy (New Zealand) | |||||
LEXUS TEAM ZENT CERUMO | ZENT CERUMO LC500 | 38 | Yuji Tachikawa (Japan) | BS | |
Hiroaki Ishiura (Japan) | |||||
LEXUS TEAM SARD | DENSO KOBELCO SARD LC500 | 39 | Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) | BS | |
Yuichi Nakayama (Japan) |
Tire BrandBSBridgestone,YHYokohama
Class | Team | Vehicle | No. | Driver | Tires |
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GT300 | apr | TOYOTA GR SPORT PRIUS PHV apr GT | 30 | Hiroaki Nagai (Japan) | YH |
Manabu Orido (Japan) | |||||
31 | Koki Saga (Japan) | BS | |||
Yuki Nakayama (Japan) | |||||
Panther arto Team Thailand | arto RC F GT3 | 35 | TBD | YH | |
TBD | |||||
LM corsa | SYNTIUM LMcorsa RC F GT3 | 60 | Hiroki Yoshimoto (Japan) | DL | |
Ritomo Miyata (Japan) | |||||
K-tunes Racing | K-tunes RC F GT3 | 96 | Morio Nitta (Japan) | BS | |
Sena Sakaguchi (Japan) |
Tire BrandBSBridgestone,YHYokohama,DLDunlop
Team | No. | Driver |
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KONDO RACING | 3 | Kenta Yamashita (Japan) |
4 | Yuji Kunimoto (Japan) | |
TEAM LEMANS | 7 | Artem Markelov (Russia) |
8 | Kazuya Oshima (Japan) | |
carrozzeria Team KCMG | 18 | Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) |
TEAM IMPUL | 19 | Yuhi Sekiguchi (Japan) |
20 | Ryo Hirakawa (Japan) | |
VANTELIN TEAM TOM'S | 36 | Kazuki Nakajima (Japan) |
37 | Nick Cassidy (New Zealand) | |
JMS P.MU/CERUMO・INGING | 38 | Hiroaki Ishiura (Japan) |
39 | Sho Tsuboi (Japan) |
Team | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing | ||
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Vehicle / Class | Lexus LC (scheduled to compete in the SP-PRO class) | Supra (scheduled to compete in the SP8T class) | |
Main Specifications | Engine | 2UR-GSE modified | Confidential |
Tires | Bridgestone | Confidential | |
Driver | Takeshi Tsuchiya (Japan) | Masahiro Sasaki (Japan) | |
Naoya Gamo (Japan) | Uwe Kleen (Germany) | ||
Takamitsu Matsui (Japan) | Herwig Daenens (Belgium)*1 | ||
Yuichi Nakayama (Japan) | Hisashi Yabuki (Japan)*2 |
*1A member of Toyota Motor Europe
*2A member of Toyota Motor Corporation
Region | Series | Class | Team | Number of Vehicles |
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U.S. | IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | GTD | AIM VASSER SULLIVAN | 2 |
Europe | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Japan | SUPER GT | GT300 | See "1) SUPER GT (2) GT300 Class" | 3 |
Super Taikyu | ST-X | Max Racing | 1 | |
Asia | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Team | No. | Driver |
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Joe Gibbs Racing | 11 | Denny Hamlin (U.S.) |
18 | Kyle Busch (U.S.) | |
19 | Martin Truex Jr. (U.S.) | |
20 | Erik Jones (U.S.) | |
Leavine Family Racing | 95 | Matt DiBenedetto (U.S.) |
Driver | Co-driver |
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Takamoto Katsuta (Japan) | Daniel Barritt (UK) |
Driver | Race Category | Team | Remarks / 2018 Results |
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Kenta Yamashita | SUPER GT (GT500) | LEXUS TEAM LEMANS WAKO'S |
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Japanese Super Formula Championship | KONDO RACING | ||
Sho Tsuboi | SUPER GT (GT500) | LEXUS TEAM WedsSport BANDOH |
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Japanese Super Formula Championship | JMS P.MU/CERUMO・INGING | ||
Ritomo Miyata | Japanese Formula 3 Championship | Corolla Chukyo KuoTEAM TOM'S |
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SUPER GT (GT300) | LM corsa | ||
Kazuto Kotaka | Japanese Formula 3 Championship | Corolla Chukyo Kuo TEAM TOM'S |
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Driver | Race Category | Team |
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Kazuki Nakajima | FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing |
SUPER GT (GT500) | LEXUS TEAM au TOM'S | |
Japanese Super Formula Championship | VANTELIN TEAM TOM'S | |
Kamui Kobayashi | FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing |
Japanese Super Formula Championship | carrozzeria Team KCMG | |
Hiroaki Ishiura | SUPER GT (GT500) | LEXUS TEAM ZENT CERUMO |
Japanese Super Formula Championship | JMS P.MU/CERUMO・INGING | |
Kazuya Oshima | SUPER GT (GT500) | LEXUS TEAM LEMANS WAKO'S |
Japanese Super Formula Championship | TEAM LEMANS | |
Yuji Kunimoto | SUPER GT (GT500) | LEXUS TEAM WedsSport BANDOH |
Japanese Super Formula Championship | KONDO RACING | |
Ryo Hirakawa | SUPER GT (GT500) | LEXUS TEAM KeePer TOM'S |
Japanese Super Formula Championship | TEAM IMPUL | |
Yuichi Nakayama | SUPER GT (GT500) | LEXUS TEAM SARD |
Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing |
(All Toyota Young Drivers Program graduates are Japanese)
Formula Toyota Racing School (FTRS)
FIA F4 Japanese Championship
Year | Continent | Distance driven | Number of days driven | Characteristics |
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2014 | Australia | Approx. 20,000 km | 72 days | Deserts, poorly maintained roads, and other rough terrain were navigated in a region that is said to encapsulate a variety of roads from around the world. |
2015 | North America | Approx. 28,000 km | 109 days | The North American leg was divided into a summer and winter season: Death Valley and other regions of intense heat were tackled in the summer, while Alaska and eastern Canada were driven in the winter. |
2016 | Latin America | Approx. 20,000 km | 84 days | Mud roads in the tropics, mountain passes at an altitude of 5,640 meters, deserts, and other roads were traveled. |
2017 | Europe | Approx. 21,000 km | 85 days | In the birthplace of the automobile, Toyota cars were compared to their European counterparts as they strove to enhance the collection and analysis of driving data. Divided into summer and winter seasons, participating cars drove highways and embarked on long-distance journeys. |
2018 | Africa | Approx. 21,000 km | 49 days | Commuter and daily use roads, unpaved roads, high-altitude mountain roads, safaris, deserts, and other road types unique to Africa. |
Information from this point onwards has already been announced
Team name | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team (WRT) |
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Team chairman | Akio Toyoda |
Team principal | Tommi Mäkinen (Finland) |
Vehicle | Yaris WRC (length: 4,085 mm; width: 1,875 mm) |
Engine | GI4A (1.6-liter direct-injection turbo with a maximum output of at least 380 horsepower) |
Tires | Michelin |
No. | Driver / Co-driver | |
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8 | Driver | Ott Tänak (Estonia) |
Co-driver | Martin Järveoja (Estonia) | |
10 | Driver | Jari-Matti Latvala (Finland) |
Co-driver | Miikka Anttila (Finland) | |
5 | Driver | Kris Meeke (UK) |
Co-driver | Seb Marshall (UK) |
Team | Vehicle | No. | Driver |
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TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (2018-2019 season) | TS050 HYBRID | 7 | Mike Conway (UK) |
Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) | |||
José María López (Argentina) | |||
8 | Sébastien Buemi (Switzerland) | ||
Kazuki Nakajima (Japan) | |||
Fernando Alonso (Spain) |
2019-2020 season's line-up will be announced at a later date.
Team | Vehicle | Driver / Co-driver | Engineers and Mechanics |
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TOYOTA GAZOO Racing | TGR Vitz GRMN Rally | Tomoyuki Shinkai / Yuichi Ando | Toyota Employees |
Vehicle | Driver / Co-driver | Position in ProductionVehicleDivision1 | Position in DieselClass2 | Overall Position | |
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Car no. 350 | Driver | Christian Lavieille (France) | 1st | 1st | 24th |
Co-driver | Jean Pierre Garcin (France) | ||||
Car no. 349 | Driver | Akira Miura (Japan)3 | 2nd | 2nd | 29th |
Co-driver | Laurent Lichtleuchter (France) |
1Includes gasoline and diesel classes
2TLC competed in the diesel class of the production vehicle division
3Toyota Auto Body Employee
Vehicle | Driver / Co-driver | Overall Position | |
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Car no. 301 | Driver | N. Al-Attiyah (Qatar) | 1st |
Co-driver | M. Baumel (France) | ||
Car no. 304 | Driver | G. de Villiers (South Africa) | 9th |
Co-driver | D. Von Zitzewitz (Germany) | ||
Car no. 309 | Driver | B. Ten Brinke (Netherlands) | Retired |
Co-driver | X Panseri (France) |
Vehicle | Driver / Co-driver | Truck category (less than 10 liters displacement class) | |
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Car no. 510 | Driver | Teruhito Sugawara (Japan) | 1st |
Co-driver | Katsumi Hamura (Japan) | ||
Car no. 517 | Driver | Yoshimasa Sugawara (Japan) | Retired |
Co-driver | Ahito Sakurai (Japan) |
The 86/BRZ Race started in 2013 and is a one-make race in which only Toyota "86Racing" and Subaru BRZ RA Racing compete in. Since 2015, the race has been divided into the Professional Series and the Clubman Series. While many professional drivers who have raced in the Super GT and Super Formula compete in the Professional Series, only amateur drivers are allowed to compete in the Clubman Series.
The Netz Cup Vitz Race is an amateur race open to anyone who drives a "Vitz RS Racing" or "Vitz GR Sports" Racing Package and holds a class A license. A popular race with a strong and consistent fan-base, it started in 2000 and will mark its 20th year in 2019. The race is held at seven leading circuits nationwide, with more than half of the participants being beginner racers, and many female drivers participating as well.
The TGR Rally Challenge is a series of one-day rallies held only on Sundays for easy entry. It serves as an introduction to domestic rallies, and is held at locations across Japan. Part of the series' attraction lies in the fact that anybody with a class B license is eligible to enter with a hybrid or AT versions of 86, Vitz, and "Aqua" models.
This is a driving event designed to teach everything from the basic vehicle operations of driving, turning, and stopping, to high-level practical driving techniques, with lessons suited to a variety of skill levels.
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will hold Program 1, at which attendees can learn basic driving operations, at Mega Web; and Program 2, which is designed for sports driving beginners, and Program 3, which is aimed at experienced sports drivers, at circuits nationwide. We will also hold Program 4, which is a practical program for people intending to compete in the Netz Cup Vitz Race and the 86/BRZ Race, and a Special Program, at which attendees can experience the joy of cars in non-circuit environments.
1Test-drive vehicles will vary from garage to garage, depending on the models handled by the managing dealer.
2GR Garage shops and activities will vary according to the managing dealer. For further details, please ask your local GR Garage.
A festival for car fans and lovers, the event attracts a variety of different vehicles from racecars to the cherished cars of attendees. More than 40,000 people visit the festival every year; in 2019, the festival is scheduled to be held at Fuji Speedway in the beginning of December.
Featuring a range of hands-on activities that demonstrate the appeal of motorsports, this community-based event enables everyone―from children to adults―to enjoy cars and motorsports.
The events, which have close ties with local communities, seek to expand the horizons of car fans, and are scheduled to be held across Japan.
We will host booths at the Tokyo Auto Salon and Osaka Automesse, which are held every year in January and February respectively. The booths provide opportunities for the company to interact with car fans and car lovers and, at the same time, enable customer feedback to be incorporated into product planning.
MO-SPO Festival is a joint event held by TOYOTA GAZOO Racing, Honda Motor Co., Ltd., and Mobilityland Corporation (which operates Suzuka Circuit). Through the festival, the three companies aim to exceed their roles as manufacturers and communicate the attractions of a variety of motorsports, demonstrate the joy of driving cars, and inspire car-related hopes and dreams.
In 2019, the event is scheduled to be held at Suzuka Circuit on March 2 and 3.
* | Events (1) to (4) will be held in Japan. |
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