TOYOTA RACING clinched the World Endurance Championship Constructors’ title on Sunday (the 18th), after taking victory in the 6 Hours of Barcelona, the penultimate round of the 2026 season at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. In a race marked by unstable weather conditions, the manufacturer secured its fourth win of the season with the trio of Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley, and Ryo Hirakawa, sealing the eighth global crown for the squad.
Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries completed TOYOTA RACING’s one-two by finishing the race in second place. With only one race remaining in the season, the TR010 HYBRID No. 7 crew finds themselves 17 points behind the No. 8 outfit, in a championship in which other competitors had already been ruled out of the title in the drivers’ standings.
With these results, TOYOTA RACING wraps up the TR010 HYBRID’s debut season by securing titles in both championships on offer, in addition to triumphs at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the house race at Fuji.
“Congratulations to the entire team for winning in Barcelona and for already clinching the World Constructors’ title here. I’m incredibly proud of every member involved, in Cologne and at Higashi-Fuji, as well as the Toyota family, our partners, and, of course, Morizo-san and Nakajima-san,” said Kamui Kobayashi, driver and team principal of TOYOTA RACING.
“This is a huge achievement, winning Le Mans and now the constructors’ crown, especially after the challenges we faced last year. We rolled out the TR010 HYBRID, and it brought us back to the top. The drivers’ title is now within reach of our two cars, so I think we can make the most of the final round,” Kobayashi added.
The performance that delivered Barcelona’s victory was built on a strong opening hour, taking advantage of the changing track conditions by running wet-weather tires. After starting second, Buemi—who celebrated his 100th World Endurance Championship start—quickly seized the lead of the race. De Vries, who began from ninth, soon leaped to second place as the first hour concluded.
Buemi had to serve a five-second pit stop penalty during his second stop for a starting procedure infringement, though it did not dent the overall race lead. The event reached halfway with Hartley, replacing the Swiss driver, at the front, followed by Kobayashi in the second position after taking over from De Vries, just ten seconds behind. The opposition sat about twenty seconds adrift.
Despite a Safety Car that condensed the field with two hours remaining, both TR010 HYBRID cars managed to set faster laps and pull away once again from their rivals. The two drivers handled overtakes in traffic with care, maintaining a comfortable gap to the chasing pack. In the end, Hirakawa crossed the line 0.583 seconds ahead of De Vries, securing the first one-two for the team since Bahrain in 2025.
The contention between the two TR010 HYBRID driver trios will reach its final chapter at the 6 Hours of Monza, scheduled for November 8.
