Toyota has secured the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship Manufacturers’ title following a dominant performance at the 6 Hours of Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Japanese manufacturer completed a convincing one-two finish in the penultimate round of the season, demonstrating its superiority in both wet and dry conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Victory went to the No. 8 Toyota TR010 Hybrid driven by S\u00e9bastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa, who crossed the finish line just 0.583 seconds ahead of the sister No. 7 car shared by Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The No. 50 Ferrari 499P of Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen completed the podium, finishing approximately 39 seconds behind the winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The result secured Toyota’s eighth Manufacturers’ World Championship title in the WEC, underlining the Japanese manufacturer’s continued success in endurance racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The race began on a wet track, creating challenging conditions for the Hypercar field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Genesis, which had impressed in qualifying by securing pole position with the No. 17 car and third place with the No. 19, saw its hopes of a strong result quickly fade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daniel Juncadella made an excellent start in the No. 19 Genesis, taking the lead at the opening corner ahead of Buemi’s Toyota and Andr\u00e9 Lotterer’s sister Genesis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the Spaniard ran off the circuit at Turn 5 just moments later, dropping to the back of the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Buemi inherited the lead, while Lotterer gradually lost ground as the race progressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several neutralisations interrupted the opening hour, but Toyota remained firmly in contention. Meanwhile, Nyck de Vries produced an impressive recovery in the No. 7 car, climbing from ninth on the grid to second position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As conditions improved, teams began switching from wet-weather tyres to slicks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The No. 8 Toyota was forced to serve a five-second penalty for a starting procedure infringement, temporarily handing the lead to its sister car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brendon Hartley responded by closing the gap to Mike Conway before overtaking him to restore the No. 8 Toyota to first position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From that point onwards, the two Japanese Hypercars established a pace their rivals could not match, building an advantage of approximately 30 seconds over the No. 50 Ferrari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although the gap between the leading Toyotas narrowed during the closing stages, Buemi, Hartley and Hirakawa held on to secure victory by less than six tenths of a second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Behind the Toyota one-two, Ferrari claimed an important third-place finish with its No. 50 499P.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fuoco, Molina and Nielsen delivered a consistent performance, remaining among the leading contenders throughout the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Italian manufacturer secured the final podium position after the No. 36 Alpine, which had briefly moved into third through an alternative strategy, lost ground in the closing stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fourth place went to the No. 38 Cadillac V-Series.R entered by Hertz Team JOTA, ahead of the No. 83 AF Corse Ferrari shared by Robert Kubica, Yifei Ye and Phil Hanson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second Cadillac, No. 12, finished sixth, followed by the No. 15 BMW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alpine’s No. 36 car eventually crossed the line in eighth after requiring a tyre change during the final ten minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a more difficult race for the No. 51 factory Ferrari of Antonio Giovinazzi, James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi, which struggled with its race pace and encountered a pit-lane speed limiter issue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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