Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe
Motorsport and automotive research and development facility owned by Toyota
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| 2022 | Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe's Cologne facility began providing engines for the new hybrid Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 car used in the World Rally Championship. |
| 2021 | Toyota GR010 Hybrid competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship under the new Le Mans Hypercar regulations, featuring a 3.5L V6 twin-turbo petrol engine with a hybrid battery system connecting front and rear wheels. |
| 2021 | Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe (TGR-E) took over the management of the World Rally Championship (WRC) team from Tommi Mäkinen Racing, consolidating Toyota's rally racing operations under a single entity. |
| April 2020 | Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) was renamed to Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe (TGR-E), marking a significant organizational restructuring for Toyota's European motorsport operations. |
| 2017 | Toyota Motorsport developed an early prototype Toyota Yaris WRC in preparation for Toyota Gazoo Racing's entry into the World Rally Championship, with TMG producing the engine while Tommi Mäkinen Racing Oy developed the car body. |
| 2016 | Toyota developed the TS050 Hybrid racing car for the FIA World Endurance Championship, featuring a new 2.4L V6 twin-turbo petrol engine (H8909) and a 2.22 kWh battery hybrid system. |
| 2015 | Toyota announced their return to the World Rally Championship in 2017 with a Yaris WRC, with TMG responsible for engine development. |
| 2014 | Toyota introduced the TS040 Hybrid, a sophisticated racing prototype featuring a 3.7L V8 normally aspirated petrol engine driving the rear wheels and innovative regenerative-braking technology enabling temporary four-wheel drive capabilities. |
| 2013 | Toyota finished the WEC season in second place, winning two races at the rain-shortened events in Fuji and Shanghai. |
| October 2013 | Toyota announced its continued participation in the World Endurance Championship for the 2014 season, revealing the new Toyota TS040 Hybrid race car designed to comply with updated LMP1 racing regulations. |
| June 2013 | At the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Toyota achieved its fourth second-place finish with a revised Toyota TS030 driven by Stéphane Sarrazin, Anthony Davidson, and Sébastien Buemi. The sister car finished fourth. |
| 2012 | Toyota returned to top-tier sports car racing at Le Mans after a decade-long hiatus. |
| 2012 | Toyota competed in the remainder of the WEC season with a single car, collecting three wins, including the 6 Hours of Fuji. |
| 2012 | Toyota returned to top-tier sports car racing after a decade-long hiatus, marking the end of their GT-One program absence. |
| June 2012 | At the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Toyota's two TS030 cars failed to finish. The #8 car, driven by Anthony Davidson, was involved in a massive crash with a Ferrari 458, which also resulted in Davidson fracturing two vertebrae. The No. 7 car hit the DeltaWing and later retired with an engine failure. |
| April 2012 | Toyota experienced a severe setback with a crash that prevented the debut of the TS030 at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. |
| August 2011 | Toyota Motorsport set a new lap record for an electric vehicle at the Nürburgring Nordschleife with the TMG EV P001, completing the track in 7 minutes 47.794 seconds, demonstrating the competitive potential of their electric vehicle technology. |
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