With the 35-car 2026 FIA WEC entry list now out, a heap of driver news has also arrived ahead of the new season. The number of vacant seats is reducing rapidly now as the off-season rolls on and the new year approaches, with the majority of factory seats now taken...

Two-time FIA World Endurance Champion Jose Maria Lopez will drive the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 at this weekend’s Twelve Hours of Sebring, replacing an injured Ben Barnicoat.Barnicoat suffered injuries in a mountain biking accident, and a timeline for his return to racing has not been determined.The...

After suffering two punctures in the second half of the race, the No. 7 Toyota looked down and out. Yet here we are, at the end, with rain coming down and super-sub Jose Maria Lopez handed a shot at glory amid perhaps the most spirited drive of his career.How did...

Toyota Gazoo Racing has revealed a revise driver lineup for its 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship Hypercar program. Nyck de Vries returns to the team to take a spot in the No. 7 GR010 HYBRID alongside Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi in the seat previously filled by Jose Maria Lopez.Lopez,...

Toyota's dominant 1-2 finish in the season-opening Sebring 1000 Miles showed the rest of the FIA WEC Hypercar field what Toyota is capable of, race winner Jose Maria Lopez told RACER after Friday's eight-hour event.The Japanese team controlled the race almost from start to finish, with both its GR010 HYBRIDs...

Toyota Gazoo Racing’s GR010 HYBRIDs led the way in the first of four FIA WEC Prologue test sessions at a sunny and hot Sebring.The highly-experienced Japanese factory team, which has the most tried and tested car in the new-look Hypercar class, set the pace as the WEC’s class of 2023...

The FIA WEC 1000 Miles of Sebring has been red flagged after 112 laps following a big off into the barriers for Jose Maria Lopez in the No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010 HYBRID.The incident occurred while Lopez was leading the race and trying to get past the No. 88...

With the IMSA-IndyCar conflict between the 12 Hours of Sebring and Texas Motor Speedway, and no way to have drivers do both, IMSA teams that rely on IndyCar drivers to supplement their regular drivers for endurance races are having to make changes.To that end, Action Express Racing (AXR) has enlisted...

Toyota claimed a comfortable 1-2 finish in the FIA World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Bahrain, sealing the Le Mans Hypercar manufacturers' title in the penultimate round of the season. Despite sweltering heat at the Sakhir-based circuit, there were no major incidents and all 32 cars finished the race.Taking Toyota’s...

The Toyota pair pitted, Kamui Kobayashi and Sebastien Buemi (who’d had an extended time in the car through safety periods), handing over their cars to Jose Maria Lopez and Fernando Alonso respectively. Though No. 7 TS050’s lead was now 50 seconds, Alonso was nevertheless lapping at 3m19.933s, quicker than for...