Hirakawa joins Alpine as F1 test and reserve driver Le Mans 24 Hours winner Ryo Hirakawa has joined Alpine’s Formula 1 team as its test and reserve driver. Autosport · Jan 9, 2025
F1's Abu Dhabi post-season test: Who is driving in 2024 and more The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is set to close the 2024 Formula 1 campaign, but teams and drivers will still be hard at work with the post-season test. Autosport · Dec 6, 2024
Ocon and WEC star Hirakawa to drive for Haas in Abu Dhabi F1 test Esteban Ocon will get his first taste of Haas machinery in the end-of-season Formula 1 test in Abu Dhabi, and will be joined by Toyota World Endurance Championship driver Ryo Hirakawa. Motorsport · Dec 4, 2024
Ocon and WEC star Hirakawa to drive for Haas F1 in Abu Dhabi test Esteban Ocon will get his first taste of Haas machinery in the end-of-season Formula 1 test in Abu Dhabi, and will be joined by Toyota World Endurance Championship driver Ryo Hirakawa. Autosport · Dec 4, 2024
Toyota announces unchanged Hypercar line-up for 2025 WEC season Toyota will go into the 2025 World Endurance Championship with an unchanged driver line-up. Autosport · Nov 13, 2024
Buemi had lost hope before comeback drive gave Toyota WEC title Sebastien Buemi believed Toyota was out of contention for the World Endurance Championship manufacturers’ crown when he began the comeback that yielded the Japanese car maker the title in Bahrain. Autosport · Nov 3, 2024
WEC Bahrain: Toyota wins thriller to secure manufacturers' crown, Porsche seals drivers' Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre and Andre Lotterer wrapped up the World Endurance Championship Hypercar drivers' title in the eight-hour Bahrain season finale, but Toyota snatched the manufacturers' crown from Porsche. Motorsport · Nov 2, 2024
Explained: How the Haas-Toyota F1 alliance is actually going to work Haas’s new alliance with Toyota is a seismic moment in the short history of Formula 1’s youngest team. Autosport · Oct 11, 2024
Estre: Hirakawa was 'blocking me everywhere' in Fuji despite blue flags Porsche’s Kevin Estre felt Toyota rival Ryo Hirakawa was “blocking me everywhere” despite being shown blue flags on an outlap in Sunday’s Fuji WEC race. Motorsport · Sep 16, 2024
WEC Fuji: Porsche extends points lead with win, disaster for Toyota Porsche claimed victory in the penultimate round of the World Endurance Championship at Fuji to close in on the 2024 drivers’ title. Motorsport · Sep 15, 2024
Buemi: Austin clash with Estre "looked worse than it was" Toyota driver Sebastien Buemi believes his late-race clash with Kevin Estre’s Porsche at the Austin World Endurance Championship round “looked worse than it was”. Autosport · Sep 12, 2024
Toyota seeking WEC damage limitation at COTA Toyota is aiming for damage limitation in this weekend’s Austin round of the World Endurance Championship as it aims to keep its title chances alive. Autosport · Aug 30, 2024
Haas to stick with Ferrari in F1 through to 2028, Toyota talks ongoing The Haas team has extended its Formula 1 technical partnership with Ferrari through to the end of the 2028 season, with talks about potential opportunities to work with Toyota ongoing. Autosport · Jul 16, 2024
Hartley concedes WEC title despite Toyota #8 winning at Interlagos Reigning World Endurance Championship title winners Brendon Hartley, Sebastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa have all but conceded the crown despite winning Sunday’s Interlagos round. Motorsport · Jul 15, 2024
Autosport · Jun 17, 2024 Toyota says it had pace for 2024 Le Mans win without various issues The Japanese manufacturer’s two driver crews pointed to multiple incidents and issues as the reason they failed to reverse last year’s defeat to Ferrari in the French enduro.
Motorsport · Jun 16, 2024 Le Mans 24h, H18: Porsche surges ahead of Toyota as safety car returns The factory #6 Porsche Penske 963 of Laurens Vanthoor was circulating a few seconds clear of the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID driven by Ryo Hirakawa after 18 hours of racing at Le Mans, with marshals still replacing the barriers at Indianapolis under the caution period.
Autosport · Jun 15, 2024 Le Mans 24h, H9: Toyota leads Porsche after Kubica penalty for causing crash After nine hours of frantic action, Toyota’s Ryo Hirakawa led in its #8 car after erstwhile leader Kubica was given a 30s stop/go penalty for causing a huge crash on the Mulsanne Straight.
Motorsport · May 15, 2024 Barnicoat: Hard to prepare for "extreme" Super Formula debut after late call-up Team Impul revealed on Tuesday that Barnicoat will step into its #19 car for this weekend’s second round of the season, following last week’s news that Theo Pourchaire will not return to the Japanese series to focus on IndyCar with Arrow McLaren.
Autosport · Apr 3, 2024 Pirro leaves role as McLaren F1 academy chief The McLaren driver development programme was overhauled at the start of 2023 to better support those at a karting level and help facilitate a plausible climb to F1.
Motorsport · Nov 29, 2023 2024 F1 season driver line-up and calendar: Everything you need to know Last year was dominated by Max Verstappen and Red Bull, with a few teams such as McLaren and Ferrari starting to improve their car towards the end of the year.
Autosport · Nov 27, 2023 Everything you need to know about the 2024 F1 season: Driver line-up and calendar The 2023 Formula 1 season has come to its conclusion in Abu Dhabi, with many eyes now turning to the start of 2024. The year was dominated by Max Verstappen and Red Bull, with a few teams such as McLaren and Ferrari starting to improve their car towards the end…
Motorsport · Nov 24, 2023 Super Formula driver market: Toyota set for major reshuffle Miyata will not defend his Super Formula title as he embarks on a double programme in F2 and the European Le Mans Series, opening up a desirable seat at TOM’S.
Motorsport · Nov 24, 2023 The Top 10 SUPER GT/Super Formula drivers of 2023 Super Formula fans were treated to their best title battle in years after some one-sided contests in 2021 and '22, and while SUPER GT had a more turbulent year filled with red flags and incidents, the series still produced a championship battle that went down to the wire. This year's…
Autosport · Nov 20, 2023 Toyota star Miyata gets dual F2, ELMS programme in 2024 Miyata has been offered a chance to race in Europe following a stellar domestic season in 2023 in which he became only the fifth driver to win titles in both Super Formula and SUPER GT in the same calendar year - and by far the youngest to do so.
Autosport · Nov 20, 2023 De Vries replaces Lopez in Toyota's WEC 2024 line-up De Vries will share the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID with Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway for what will be his first full campaign in the WEC since he drove for the Racing Team Nederland LMP2 team in the 2019/20 season.