6 Hours of Imola: Special - Toyota’s 100 hybrid WEC races in numbers
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The 2026 6 Hours of Imola is a milestone as the brand’s 100th WEC race with hybrid power. This is the story of that century of hybrid competition in numbers.
Toyota returned to top-level sportscar racing at the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours and since then has competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) exclusively with hybrid power. Fittingly for a pioneer of hybrid in road cars, Toyota has recorded more starts, titles and wins with this technology than any other manufacturer in WEC. The 2026 6 Hours of Imola is a milestone as the brand’s 100th WEC race with hybrid power. This is the story of that century of hybrid competition in numbers.
293,796 kilometres – A combined distance of 293,796 km has been completed by hybrid-powered Toyotas in WEC races since 2012. That is the equivalent of driving around the circumference of the earth seven times.
40254 laps – A combined 40254 of laps were completed by Toyotas in total in those races.
872 hours – The scheduled combined race length of the 99 hybrid WEC races Toyota has competed in is 872 hours.
109 podiums – Since its first at Silverstone in 2012, Toyota has stood on the podium 109 times with hybrid power in WEC.
100 races – The 6 Hours of Imola represents Toyota’s 100th race in WEC with hybrid power.
49 victories – From its breakthrough win in Sao Paulo in 2012 to the 2025 finale in Bahrain, a total of 49 races have been won.
42 pole positions – Toyota has earned 42 pole positions in WEC since 2012.
15 racetracks – Toyota has raced on 15 different WEC circuits since 2012, excluding the official Prologue venues Paul Ricard and Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya which did not host races.
14 seasons – The Imola race will begin Toyota’s 14th season competing with a high-performance hybrid powertrain in WEC.
14 drivers – A total of 14 drivers, from nine different nationalities, have raced hybrid-powered Toyotas in WEC.
13 world titles – Toyota has won a total of 13 World Championships in WEC; seven manufacturers’ and six drivers’.
5 Le Mans wins – From 2018, the team won five consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours.
5 cars – From the TS030 HYBRID in 2012 to the 2026 TR010 HYBRID, Toyota has competed with five different cars in WEC, based on chassis designation.
2 technical centres – Since its first season, the team has benefited from two bases. The hybrid powertrains are designed and built at Higashi-Fuji in Japan, while the chassis is developed in Cologne, Germany, where the team also operates from.
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