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Founded 1979
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Team principal(s) Kamui Kobayashi (2022–present)
Current series FIA World Endurance Championship
FIA World Rally Championship
Former series Formula One
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Website www.tgr-europe.com


Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe GmbH (TGR-E),[1][2] formerly Andersson Motorsport GmbH and Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG), is a fully-owned and controlled entity of Toyota Motor Corporation, based in Cologne, Germany, which provides motorsport and automotive services to fellow Toyota companies and to outside clients, employing around 350 people in a 30,000 m2 factory.

As of the 2020 season, TGR-E currently operates Toyota's FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) factory team under the name Toyota Gazoo Racing, and develops and manufactures the engine for Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.[2] TGR-E's WEC team is not to be confused with the Finland-based World Rally Championship team, which is not operated by TGR-E.

Andersson Motorsport GmbH was responsible for Toyota's World Rally Championship cars starting from the 1970s until the 1990s. In addition, since 1994, TMG has developed a tuning business for Toyota road cars, offering complete vehicle service, tuning and sports accessories. However TMG is not to be confused with TRD (Toyota Racing Development) in the United States. As they are a separate entity and another department owned and controlled by Toyota Motor Corporation Japan which is taking care of the company's involvement in American motorsports, most popular one being NASCAR. TRD are also well known for designing and developing tuning & high-performance autoparts for a variety of Toyota-Lexus vehicles including road cars, sportscars and off-roading pickup trucks and SUV's. In 1999 the company stopped participating in rallying, in order to prepare for a switch to Formula One (F1) in 2002. From 2002 to 2009, TMG operated its company's Formula One team named Panasonic Toyota Racing, starting 139 Grands Prix. In that time, they finished on the podium 13 times, earned three pole positions and scored a total of 278.5 points. TMG also provided their Toyota F1 engines to the Jordan Formula One Team in 2005, which was then sold out and was renamed as Midland F1 Racing in 2006, but continued using Toyota F1 engines until their withdrawal from F1 at the end of 2006, Williams Formula One Team were also TMG's customers for their Toyota F1 engines from 2007 to 2009. On 4 November 2009, Toyota announced their withdrawal from F1.[3]

In the meantime, it entered sports car racing and the 24 Hours of Le Mans: in 1998 and 1999, finishing 2nd in 1999 with their Toyota GT-One. TMG has moved back into sports car racing as an exclusive engine supplier from 2011 onwards to Lola Cars, powering Rebellion Racing. In 2012 TMG fully returned to sports car competition with the Toyota TS030 Hybrid.

In addition to its motorsport activities, Toyota Motorsport also undertakes production vehicle analysis and development on behalf of Toyota, providing "highly skilled and rapidly reacting engineering" services. A range of modified Toyota-Lexus road cars is also available from the Cologne factory.

Rally history[]

Toyota Celica Gr

Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 Group A in Safari Rally trim

Toyota Celica rally

TTE's Celica GT-Four ST185 Group A in Safari Rally trim

Toyota Monte-Carlo 1999

TTE Corolla WRC at the Monte-Carlo Rally

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Main article: Toyota Motorsport WRC results

Toyota Team Europe (TTE) was started in London in 1972 when Toyota representatives and Ove Andersson, who won the Monte Carlo Rally in 1971, decided that he should drive a Toyota Celica in the RAC Rally in the autumn of that year. Andersson came ninth, beating other Japanese top teams who mostly worked with the Datsun 240Z.

The Toyota Celica had to travel from Japan to the European events all the time, which was not good for the car, so Andersson set up a workshop of his own, Andersson Motorsport, which became Toyota's first European team. It was founded in 1973 with its workshop in Uppsala, Sweden. Shortly thereafter it moved to Brussels, Belgium. It ran Corollas and Celicas from this location, with some help from Japan for major events.

TTE began in February 1975. In August of that year, Hannu Mikkola won TTE's first rally, the 1000 Lakes Rally in a Corolla 1600, where the competition used 2.0 L engines.

In 1979 TTE moved 11 of the 20 employees from Brussels to Cologne, where the Toyota Allee was created. This was also the first time it used a Celica Turbo, and TTE won the next two Safari Rallies.

In September 1987, TTE moved to a larger premises, in which they still reside. It was also the time they revealed their first four wheel drive car, the Toyota Celica GT-Four, driven by Juha Kankkunen and Kenneth Eriksson. Carlos Sainz won the 1990 FIA World Rally Championship Title for Drivers with ST165. The newer GT-Four, ST185, made its debut at the 1992 Rallye Monte Carlo, culminating in Sainz again winning the title in this year. The ST185 also won the WRC Driver's and Manufacturer's Titles in 1993 with Juha Kankkunen, and in 1994 with Didier Auriol.

In 1993 Toyota Motor Corporation bought TTE which then renamed Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG). At this time, as a fully owned part of Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motorsport were employing 300 staff from 17 nations.

In 1995 TTE was banned for 12 months[4] from the World Rally Championship (WRC) for cheating by designing an illegal air restrictor[5] on the ST205 that included both a bypass mechanism and spring-loaded devices to conceal it from scrutineers.[6] In the 1996 and 1997, despite lack of works team appearance in 1996 due to the ban, TTE supported the Celica ST205 rallied by Italian HF Grifone Team, Toyota Team Sweden, Marlboro Toyota Team Belgium, and Tein Sport in the selected WRC events, before introduced the Corolla WRC in the 1997 Rally of Finland. When they returned to the WRC for 1998, they did so with a Corolla WRC driven by the crews of Carlos Sainz/Luis Moya and Didier Auriol/Denis Giraudet. They finished the season in second overall in both the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships.

In 1999, however, the manufacturers championship was taken, the third in TTE's existence.

Sports car racing history[]

Toyota GTone

The Toyota GT-One

In addition to spearheading Toyota's efforts in the World Rally Championship, the group has also developed and run the Toyota GT-One and Toyota TS030 Hybrid in sports car racing. The GT-One entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans in both 1998 and 1999, and the TS030 Hybrid made its début in 2012.

GT-One[]

Introduced in time for Le Mans in 1998, the GT-One first appeared at the official testing days for the race held in May. Three GT-Ones appeared, setting the second, fifth, and tenth best times, easily beating out custom built prototypes which were meant to be the superior class. For the race week itself, all three cars performed admirably in qualifying by continuing their quick pace, qualifying second, seventh, and eight, being beaten only by their GT class competitor, Mercedes-Benz. For the race itself, the No. 28 GT-One suffered from a high speed accident halfway through the race, taking it out of competition. The two other entrants continued to fight on, both remaining in the top 10. However, within the closing hours, the higher ranked No. 29 GT-One suffered a gearbox failure while in competition for the race win. Thus Toyota was left to take ninth place in the race with the lone No. 27 entry, which ended the race 25 laps behind the winning Porsche 911 GT1.

Their 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans started bitterly after the team was plagued by multiple Michelin tyre failures, the situation becoming somewhat reminiscent of 1998, when the No. 1 and No. 2 car were retired. Martin Brundle in the No. 1 Toyota suffered a puncture at high speed on the Mulsanne Straight, the cars rear suspension was badly damaged and he was unable to get back to the pits. The No. 2 Toyota being driven by Thierry Boutsen was next to go when he suffered a high speed crash under the Dunlop bridge due to a rapid deflation. The car was destroyed and Boutsen suffered injury to his lower back. At the break of dawn, the No. 15 BMW was almost a lap ahead of the No. 3 Toyota which had been quietly cruising around at a steady pace. With this sniff of a win Ukyo Katayama put the foot down in the Toyota and set the fastest lap of the race. He narrowed the gap to less than a minute till again a tyre blowout befell the Toyota team again. Katayama was however able to return to the pits for new tyres and continued. He managed to finish second after a valiant effort placing first in the GT-P class. However, they fell short of the overall victory at Le Mans, which would have made them only the second Japanese manufacturer to get an overall win (Mazda being the first in 1991).

The GT-One raced only once more, a single entrant appearing in the 1999 Le Mans Fuji 1000km. Although the race mostly consisted of Japanese teams, thus leaving out most of the manufacturers that had competed at Le Mans, Toyota still had to compete against rival Nissan, who also entered their R391. In the end the GT-One would fall short once again, finishing second and only one lap behind the winning R391.

The GT-One program was not continued into 2000, Toyota instead turning TTE into leaders of the new Toyota F1 team. This would mark a hiatus in Toyota's attempts at Le Mans until the 2012 season, over a decade later, when Toyota decided to once again contest at the top tier of sports car racing.

Toyota TS030 Hybrid[]

Toyota TS030 Hybrid 2012 WEC Fuji FP1

Toyota TS030 Hybrid LMP1

In October 2011, Toyota announced its return to Le Mans in 2012 after twelve-year hiatus, with a hybrid-powered Le Mans Prototype, sporting a petrol engine similar to that found in their customer P1 car. The car would be entered in the inaugural season of the FIA World Endurance Championship, though it would miss the first round of the series.

Toyota suffered a severe setback with a crash in late April preventing the debut of the car at the 2012 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, but managed to get two TS030s ready by Le Mans. Unfortunately, neither car finished the race: the #8 car being driven by Anthony Davidson suffered a massive crash with a Ferrari 458 (which also fractured two of Davidson's vertebrae), while the No. 7 car hit the DeltaWing and later retired with an engine failure.

Toyota continued to compete in the rest of the WEC season with a single car, collecting three wins including the 6 Hours of Fuji.

At the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans Toyota achieved its fourth second-place finish at Le Mans with a revised Toyota TS030 driven by Stéphane Sarrazin, Anthony Davidson and Sébastien Buemi. The sister car finished in fourth several laps down.

Toyota finished the WEC season in second place again, taking two wins at rain-shortened Fuji and Shanghai.

Toyota TS040 Hybrid[]

Toyota announced in October 2013 that it would continue racing in the World Endurance Championship in 2014. In order to comply with new-for-2014 LMP1 rules, Toyota revealed its new car, the Toyota TS040 Hybrid. The car has a 3.7L V8 normally aspirated petrol engine powering the rear wheels, and regenerative-braking devices at both axles to allow temporary four-wheel drive.

Toyota TS050 Hybrid[]

The Toyota TS050 Hybrid was developed for the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was powered by the H8909 2.4L V6 twin-turbo petrol engine for the first time and a 2.22 kWh battery hybrid system.

Toyota GR010 Hybrid[]

The Toyota GR010 Hybrid will compete at the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship under the new Le Mans Hypercar regulations. It has a 3.5L V6 twin-turbo petrol engine connected to the rear wheels, and a battery hybrid system connected to the front wheels.[7]

24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

Year Entrant No Car Drivers Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1998 25px Japan Toyota Motorsports
25px Germany Toyota Team Europe
27 Toyota GT-One 25px Japan Ukyo Katayama
25px Japan Toshio Suzuki
25px Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya
GT1 326 9th 8th
28 Toyota GT-One 25px Great Britain Martin Brundle
25px France Emmanuel Collard
25px France Éric Hélary
GT1 191 DNF DNF
29 Toyota GT-One 25px Belgium Thierry Boutsen
25px Germany Ralf Kelleners
25px Great Britain Geoff Lees
GT1 330 DNF DNF
1999 25px Japan Toyota Motorsports
25px Germany Toyota Team Europe
1 Toyota GT-One 25px Great Britain Martin Brundle
25px France Emmanuel Collard
25px Italy Vincenzo Sospiri
LMGTP 90 DNF DNF
2 Toyota GT-One 25px Belgium Thierry Boutsen
25px Germany Ralf Kelleners
25px Great Britain Allan McNish
LMGTP 173 DNF DNF
3 Toyota GT-One 25px Japan Ukyo Katayama
25px Japan Toshio Suzuki
25px Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya
LMGTP 364 2nd 1st
2012 25px Japan Toyota Racing 7 Toyota TS030 Hybrid 25px Austria Alexander Wurz
25px Japan Kazuki Nakajima
25px France Nicolas Lapierre
LMP1 134 DNF DNF
8 Toyota TS030 Hybrid 25px Great Britain Anthony Davidson
25px Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
25px France Stéphane Sarrazin
LMP1 82 DNF DNF
2013 25px Japan Toyota Racing 7 Toyota TS030 Hybrid 25px Austria Alexander Wurz
25px France Nicolas Lapierre
25px Japan Kazuki Nakajima
LMP1 341 4th 4th
8 Toyota TS030 Hybrid 25px Great Britain Anthony Davidson
25px France Stéphane Sarrazin
25px Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
LMP1 347 2nd 2nd
2014 25px Japan Toyota Racing 7 Toyota TS040 Hybrid 25px Austria Alexander Wurz
25px France Stéphane Sarrazin
25px Japan Kazuki Nakajima
LMP1-H 219 DNF DNF
8 Toyota TS040 Hybrid 25px Great Britain Anthony Davidson
25px France Nicolas Lapierre
25px Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
LMP1-H 347 3rd 3rd
2015 25px Japan Toyota Racing 1 Toyota TS040 Hybrid 25px Great Britain Anthony Davidson
25px Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
25px Japan Kazuki Nakajima
LMP1 386 8th 8th
2 Toyota TS040 Hybrid 25px Austria Alexander Wurz
25px France Stéphane Sarrazin
25px Great Britain Mike Conway
LMP1 387 6th 6th
2016 25px Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 5 Toyota TS050 Hybrid 25px Great Britain Anthony Davidson
25px Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
25px Japan Kazuki Nakajima
LMP1 384 NC NC
6 Toyota TS050 Hybrid 25px France Stéphane Sarrazin
25px Great Britain Mike Conway
25px Japan Kamui Kobayashi
LMP1 381 2nd 2nd
2017 25px Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid 25px Great Britain Mike Conway
25px Japan Kamui Kobayashi
25px France Stéphane Sarrazin
LMP1 154 DNF DNF
8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid 25px Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
25px Great Britain Anthony Davidson
25px Japan Kazuki Nakajima
LMP1 358 8th 2nd
9 Toyota TS050 Hybrid 25px France Nicolas Lapierre
25px Japan Yuji Kunimoto
25px Argentina José María López
LMP1 160 DNF DNF
2018 25px Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid 25px Great Britain Mike Conway
25px Japan Kamui Kobayashi
25px Argentina José María López
LMP1 386 2nd 2nd
8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid 25px Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
25px Japan Kazuki Nakajima
25px Spain Fernando Alonso
LMP1 388 1st 1st
2019 25px Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid 25px Great Britain Mike Conway
25px Japan Kamui Kobayashi
25px Argentina José María López
LMP1 385 2nd 2nd
8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid 25px Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
25px Japan Kazuki Nakajima
25px Spain Fernando Alonso
LMP1 385 1st 1st
2020 25px Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid 25px Great Britain Mike Conway
25px Japan Kamui Kobayashi
25px Argentina José María López
LMP1 381 3rd 3rd
8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid 25px Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
25px Japan Kazuki Nakajima
25px New Zealand Brendon Hartley
LMP1 387 1st 1st
2021 25px Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid 25px Great Britain Mike Conway
25px Japan Kamui Kobayashi
25px Argentina José María López
LMH 371 1st 1st
8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid 25px Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
25px Japan Kazuki Nakajima
25px New Zealand Brendon Hartley
LMH 369 2nd 2nd
2022 25px Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid 25px Great Britain Mike Conway
25px Japan Kamui Kobayashi
25px Argentina José María López
LMH 380 2nd 2nd
8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid 25px Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
25px Japan Ryo Hirakawa
25px New Zealand Brendon Hartley
LMH 380 1st 1st

FIA World Endurance Championship results[]

Year Nat. Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Points Pos
2012 25px Austria
25px France
25px Japan
Alexander Wurz
Nicolas Lapierre
Kazuki Nakajima
7 SEB SPA LMS
Ret
SIL
2
SÃO
1
BHR
Ret
FUJ
1
SHA
1
96 2nd
25px Great Britain
25px Switzerland
25px France
Anthony Davidson
Sébastien Buemi
Stéphane Sarrazin
8 LMS
Ret
2013 25px Austria
25px France
25px Japan
Alexander Wurz
Nicolas Lapierre
Kazuki Nakajima
7 SIL
4
SPA
Ret
LMS
4
FUJ
1
SHA
2
BHR
Ret
142.5 2nd
25px Great Britain
25px Switzerland
25px France
Anthony Davidson
Sébastien Buemi
Stéphane Sarrazin
8 SIL
3
SPA
4
LMS
2
SÃO
Ret
COA
2
FUJ
27
SHA
Ret
BHR
1
2014 25px Austria
25px France
25px Japan
Alexander Wurz
Stéphane Sarrazin
Kazuki Nakajima
7 SIL
2
SPA
3
LMS
Ret
COA
6
FUJ
2
SHA
2
BHR
1
SÃO
4
289 1st
25px Great Britain
25px Switzerland
25px France
Anthony Davidson
Sébastien Buemi
Nicolas Lapierre
8 SIL
1
SPA
1
LMS
3
COA
3
FUJ
1
SHA
1
BHR
11
SÃO
2
2015 25px Great Britain
25px Switzerland
25px Japan
Anthony Davidson
Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
1 SIL
3
SPA
4
LMS
8
NÜR
5
COA
4
FUJ
5
SHA
6
BHR
4
164 3rd
25px Austria
25px France
25px Great Britain
Alexander Wurz
Stéphane Sarrazin
Mike Conway
2 SIL
4
SPA
6
LMS
6
NÜR
6
COA
Ret
FUJ
6
SHA
5
BHR
3
2016 25px Great Britain
25px Switzerland
25px Japan
Anthony Davidson
Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
5 SIL
16
SPA
17
LMS
NC
NÜR
5
MEX
Ret
COA
5
FUJ
4
SHA
3
BHR
4
229 3rd
25px France
25px Great Britain
25px Japan
Stéphane Sarrazin
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
6 SIL
2
SPA
Ret
LMS
2
NÜR
6
MEX
3
COA
3
FUJ
1
SHA
2
BHR
5
2017 25px Great Britain
25px Japan
25px Argentina
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
José María López
7 SIL
23
NÜR
3
MEX
4
COA
4
FUJ
2
SHA
4
BHR
4
286.5 2nd
25px Great Britain
25px Japan
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
SPA
2
25px Great Britain
25px Japan
25px France
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
Stéphane Sarrazin
LMS
Ret
25px Switzerland
25px Great Britain
25px Japan
Sébastien Buemi
Anthony Davidson
Kazuki Nakajima
8 SIL
1
SPA
1
LMS
6
NÜR
4
MEX
3
FUJ
1
SHA
1
BHR
1
25px Switzerland
25px Japan
25px France
Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
Stéphane Sarrazin
COA
3
25px France
25px Japan
25px France
Nicolas Lapierre
Yuji Kunimoto
Stéphane Sarrazin
9 SPA
5
25px France
25px Japan
25px Argentina
Nicolas Lapierre
Yuji Kunimoto
José María López
LMS
Ret
2018-19 25px Great Britain
25px Japan
25px Argentina
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
José María López
7 SPA
2
LMS
2
SIL
DSQ
FUJ
1
SHA
1
SEB
2
SPA
6
LMS
2
216 1st
25px Switzerland
25px Japan
25px Spain
Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
Fernando Alonso
8 SPA
1
LMS
1
SIL
DSQ
FUJ
2
SHA
2
SEB
1
SPA
1
LMS
1
2019-20 25px Great Britain
25px Japan
25px Argentina
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
José María López
7 SIL
1
FUJ
2
SHA
3
BHR
1
COA
3
SPA
1
LMS
3
BHR
1
241 1st
25px Switzerland
25px Japan
25px New Zealand
Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
Brendon Hartley
8 SIL
2
FUJ
1
SHA
2
BHR
2
COA
2
SPA
2
LMS
1
BHR
2
2021 25px Great Britain
25px Japan
25px Argentina
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
José María López
7 SPA
3
POR
2
MNZ
1
LMS
1
BHR
1
BHR
2
206 1st
25px Switzerland
25px Japan
25px New Zealand
Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
Brendon Hartley
8 SPA
1
POR
1
MNZ
4
LMS
2
BHR
2
BHR
1
2022 25px Great Britain
25px Japan
25px Argentina
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
José María López
7 SEB
Ret
SPA
1
LMS
2
MNZ
3
FUJ
2
BHR
147dagger 1stdagger
25px Switzerland
25px Japan
25px New Zealand
Sébastien Buemi
Ryo Hirakawa
Brendon Hartley
8 SEB
2
SPA
Ret
LMS
1
MNZ
2
FUJ
1
BHR

dagger Season still in progress.

Current business[]

The company is headed by president Yoshiaki Kinoshita, the man formerly in charge of Toyota's global motorsports programme and previously its Champ Car engine development. Former Toyota F1 technical director Pascal Vasselon is general manager Chassis Engineering while Jens Marquardt, the former F1 team manager, has become the head of business development, although he joined BMW Motorsport in 2011.

Toyota Motorsport is working with "a few dozen" customers on various projects, not all of which are from the motorsport world. Several major projects, including an iQ sports conversion, are being carried out for parent company Toyota Motor Corporation. According to the company's 2010 annual review, Toyota Motorsport has hit its financial targets for the year.[8]

Toyota Motorsport provided their TF109 F1 car, which they developed and engineered for competing in the 2009 F1 season, to Pirelli for tyre testing at various circuits for the Italian company, F1's sole tyre supplier.[9] Few details are available regarding the identity of other customers, although media speculation says several leading F1 teams are using Toyota Motorsport's two modern wind tunnels and other testing rigs.[10] In 2011 Ferrari admitted that it was using the TMG wind tunnel[11] and was still it using in 2013 as it awaits the upgrade to its own wind tunnel.[12]

In October 2010, rumours appeared in the media that Toyota Motorsport had been sold to the HRT F1 Team. These were denied by Toyota Motorsport.[13] Their machinery was eventually acquired by Stefan Grand Prix, with TMG support.[14] After a failed bid for the 2010 season, Toyota and Stefan Grand Prix parted ways, closing out any possible chance to see Toyota Racing return in any form to Formula 1.[15]

Toyota Motorsport supplies and supports Toyota 3.4L V8s for Rebellion Racing as a partnership with Lola Cars. TMG also runs the Toyota TS030 Hybrid in the FIA World Endurance Championship in conjunction with Oreca as Toyota Hybrid Racing.

In 1997, it became the first motorsports business in the world to be ISO 9001 certified. TMG continues with a new business model, offering high-performance development, testing and production facilities for clients in the motorsport and automotive sectors

TMG EV P001 electric car[]

The company revealed in its annual review[when?] that it has developed an electric racing car based on the Radical sportscar, along with Cologne company e-Wolf. The TMG EV P001 was developed using knowledge Toyota Motorsport gained during its KERS development for F1 and used some of the company's dedicated engine dynos, including an 'EV component test rig'.[citation needed] In August 2011 it set a new lap record for an electric vehicle at the Nürburgring Nordschleife of 7mins 47.794secs.[16] The company says this proves the ability of their technology to be competitive in racing, and that they would like to enter an electric championship.[17]

List of rally wins[]

See also: Toyota World Rally Championship results


Year Event Driver/Co-driver Car Result
1973 Press On Regardless Rally (Detroit) W. Boyce / D. Woods Corolla (TE20) 1st
1975 1000 Lakes Rally H. Mikkola / A. Aho Corolla Levin (TE27) 1st
1979 National Gravel French Rally Championship J.-L. Therier / M. Vial Celica (RA20) 1st
1980 German Rally Championship A. Warmbold / W. Inhester Celica (RA40) 1st
  National Gravel French Rally Championship J.-L. Therier / M. Vial Celica (RA40) 1st
1982 Motogard Rally B. Waldegård / H. Thorzelius Celica 2000 GT (RA63) 1st
1983 Ivory Coast Rally B. Waldegård / H. Thorzelius Celica Twincam Turbo (TA64) 1st
1984 Safari Rally B. Waldegård / H. Thorzelius Celica Twincam Turbo (TA64) 1st
1985 Safari Rally J. Kankkunen / F. Gallagher Celica Twincam Turbo (TA64) 1st
  Ivory Coast Rally J. Kankkunen / F. Gallagher Celica Twincam Turbo (TA64) 1st
1986 Safari Rally B. Waldegård / F. Gallagher Celica Twincam Turbo (TA64) 1st
  Ivory Coast Rally B. Waldegård / F. Gallagher Celica Twincam Turbo (TA64) 1st
  Middle East Rally Championship M. Bin Sulayem / R. Morgan Celica Twincam Turbo (TA64) 1st
1987 Rally Hong Kong – Beijing B. Waldegård / F. Gallagher Supra 3.0i (MA70) 1st
  Middle East Rally Championship M. Bin Sulayem / R. Morgan Celica Twincam Turbo (TA64) 1st
1988 Safari Rally K. Eriksson / P. Diekmann
J. Kankkunen / J. Piironen
B. Waldegård / F. Gallagher
Celica Supra Turbo (MA70) Team Prize
  Cyprus Rally B. Waldegård / F. Gallagher Celica GT-Four (ST165) 1st
  Middle East Rally Championship M. Bin Sulayem Celica Twincam Turbo (TA64) 1st
1989 Rally Australia J. Kankkunen / J. Piironen Celica GT-Four (ST165) 1st
1990 Safari Rally B. Waldegård / F. Gallagher Celica GT-Four (ST165) 1st
  Acropolis Rally C. Sainz / L. Moya Celica GT-Four (ST165) 1st
  Rally New Zealand C. Sainz / L. Moya Celica GT-Four (ST165) 1st
  1000 Lakes Rally C. Sainz / L. Moya Celica GT-Four (ST165) 1st
  RAC Rally C. Sainz / L. Moya Celica GT-Four (ST165) 1st
  Middle East Rally Championship (Drivers) M. Bin Sulayem / R. Morgan Celica GT-Four (ST165) 1st
  Asian-Pacific Rally Championship (Drivers) C. Sainz / L. Moya   1st
  World Championship of Drivers C. Sainz / L. Moya Celica GT-Four (ST165) 1st
  World Championship of Manufacturers     2nd
1991 Monte Carlo Rally C. Sainz / L. Moya Celica GT-Four (ST165) 1st
  Portugal Rally C. Sainz / L. Moya Celica GT-Four (ST165) 1st
  Corsica Rally C. Sainz / L. Moya Celica GT-Four (ST165) 1st
  Rally New Zealand C. Sainz / L. Moya Celica GT-Four (ST165) 1st
  Rally Argentina C. Sainz / L. Moya Celica GT-Four (ST165) 1st
  Rally Catalunya A. Schwarz / A. Hertz Celica GT-Four (ST165) 1st
  World Championship of Drivers C. Sainz / L. Moya Celica GT-Four (ST165) 2nd
  World Championship of Manufacturers     2nd
1992 Safari Rally C. Sainz / L. Moya Celica GT-Four (ST185) 1st
  Rally New Zealand C. Sainz / L. Moya Celica GT-Four (ST185) 1st
  Rally Catalunya C. Sainz / L. Moya Celica GT-Four (ST185) 1st
  RAC Rally C. Sainz / L. Moya Celica GT-Four (ST185) 1st
  World Championship of Drivers C. Sainz / L. Moya Celica GT-Four (ST185) 1st
  World Championship of Manufacturers     2nd
1993 Monte Carlo Rally D. Auriol / B. Occelli Celica GT-Four (ST185) 1st
  Swedish Rally M. Jonsson / L. Backman Celica GT-Four (ST185) 1st
  Safari Rally J. Kankkunen / J. Piironen Celica GT-Four (ST185) 1st
  Rally Argentina J. Kankkunen / N. Grist Celica GT-Four (ST185) 1st
  1000 Lakes Rally J. Kankkunen / D. Giraudet Celica GT-Four (ST185) 1st
  Rally Australia J. Kankkunen / N. Grist Celica GT-Four (ST185) 1st
  RAC Rally J. Kankkunen / N. Grist Celica GT-Four (ST185) 1st
  World Championship of Drivers J. Kankkunen / N. Grist Celica GT-Four (ST185) 1st
  World Championship of Manufacturers     1st
1994 Portugal Rally J. Kankkunen / N. Grist Celica GT-Four (ST185) 1st
  Safari Rally Ian Duncan / David Williamson Celica GT-Four (ST185) 1st
  Corsica Rally D. Auriol / B. Occelli Celica GT-Four (ST185) 1st
  Rally Argentina D. Auriol / B. Occelli Celica GT-Four (ST185) 1st
  Rallye Sanremo D. Auriol / B. Occelli Celica GT-Four (ST185) 1st
  World Championship of Drivers D. Auriol / B. Occelli Celica GT-Four (ST185) 1st
  World Championship of Manufacturers     1st
1995 Safari Rally (2-Litre Championship only) Y. Fujimoto / A. Hertz Celica GT-Four (ST185) 1st
  Tour de Corse D. Auriol / D. Giraudet Celica GT-Four (ST205) 1st
1996 European Rally Championship A. Schwarz / D. Giraudet Celica GT-Four (ST205) 1st
  RAC Rally (2-Litre Championship only) A. Schwarz / D. Giraudet Celica GT-Four (ST205) 1st
1998 Monte Carlo Rally C. Sainz / L. Moya Corolla WRC 1st
  Rallye Catalunya D. Auriol / D. Giraudet Corolla WRC 1st
  Rally New Zealand C. Sainz / L. Moya Corolla WRC 1st
  World Championship of Drivers C. Sainz / L. Moya Corolla WRC 2nd
  World Championship of Manufacturers     2nd
1999 Rallye Monte Carlo D. Auriol / D. Giraudet Corolla WRC 3rd
    Swedish Rally C. Sainz / L. Moya Corolla WRC 2nd
   Safari Rally Kenya D. Auriol / D. Giraudet Corolla WRC 2nd
   Rallye de Portugal C. Sainz / L. Moya Corolla WRC 2nd
   Rallye Catalunya D. Auriol / D. Giraudet Corolla WRC 2nd
   Tour de Corse C. Sainz / L. Moya Corolla WRC 3rd
   Rally Argentina D. Auriol / D. Giraudet Corolla WRC 3rd
   Acropolis Rally C. Sainz / L. Moya Corolla WRC 2nd
   Rally Finland C. Sainz / L. Moya Corolla WRC 3rd
   China Rally D. Auriol / D. Giraudet Corolla WRC 1st
   Rallye Sanremo D. Auriol / D. Giraudet Corolla WRC 3rd
   Rally Australia C. Sainz / L. Moya Corolla WRC 2nd
  World Championship of Drivers D. Auriol / D. Giraudet Corolla WRC 3rd
  World Championship of Manufacturers     1st

See also[]

  • Toyota in motorsport

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