FIA crowns TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Champions in three categories

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing concluded an exciting motorsport season characterised by technical prowess, team spirit and pulse-racing drama when it collected three World Championship trophies during the Federation International d’Automobile (FIA) annual prize giving ceremony.

The FIA Awards in Kigali, Rwanda on 13 December officially crowned the 2024 FIA World Champions in a range of disciplines and, of the six manufacturers’ world titles presented, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing participated in three FIA series in 2024 and won all three manufacturers’ titles, in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and FIA World Rally Raid Championship (W2RC). 

The top three in each drivers’ and co-drivers’ World Championship were also honoured, including Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin for second place in the WRC drivers’ and co-drivers’ standings, Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries for third place in the WEC drivers’ championship, as well as Lucas Moraes and Armand Monleon for third in the W2RC driver and co-drivers’ standings.

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing’s motorsport endeavours underline its commitment to making ever-better cars, and pioneering renewable technologies through competition. Reflecting Toyota’s multi-pathway approach towards carbon neutrality, which offers customers a variety of affordable and practical options to accelerate the pace of CO2 reduction, success in the WRC and WEC was achieved with hybrid power and 100% sustainable biofuel while its W2RC title was powered by a new fuel blend from partner Repsol which contains 70% renewable components.

A thrilling season of WRC action tested man and machine on some of the toughest roads in the world and the competition was decided on the very last stage, on Rally Japan. TOYOTA GAZOO Racing secured its fourth successive manufacturers’ title – the eighth for Toyota in WRC – after the GR YARIS Rally1 HYBRID won eight of the season’s 13 rallies.

In the WEC, the battle for manufacturers’ honours also went down to the wire. TOYOTA GAZOO Racing won its sixth consecutive manufacturers’ crown – and seventh in total – thanks to the GR010 HYBRID’s three wins from eight endurance races, as well as second place in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Completing a hat-trick of FIA manufacturers’ trophies in 2024, the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing team in the W2RC maintained its 100% record since the introduction of the series in 2022 by winning the manufacturers’ title for the third time, with the GR DKR Hilux Evo.