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Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet Toyota left the inaugural 6 Hours of Barcelona with a one-two finish and the 2026 Hypercar Manufacturers’ World Championship, its eighth title in 14 seasons. The #8 Toyota TR010 Hybrid of Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa won by 0.583 seconds from the sister #7 car, in a race that started wet and dried out. In LMGT3, the #92 The Bend Manthey Porsche of Yasser Shahin, Riccardo Pera and Richard Lietz took a dominant win, which keeps t

Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet Genesis has its first pole position in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Mathys Jaubert put the #17 Genesis GMR-001 on top of the Hypercar order for the 6 Hours of Barcelona, and at his age he is also the youngest driver ever to start a WEC race from pole. Toyota’s #8 TR010 was second, with the second Genesis in third. In LMGT3, Tom Fleming delivered pole for Garage 59 after arriving at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya only on Saturday mornin

Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: GT Report by Jacob Suter Toyota converted a late safety car into a shock 6 Hours of Fuji victory, with a bold fuel-only strategy elevating the #8 TR010 Hybrid from sixth to the win in the race's closing stages. In LMGT3, Team WRT's Augusto Farfus produced a stunning late charge to snatch victory in the #32 BMW M4, capping a frantic finish shaped by the same late-race safety car period. Hypercar Alpine controlled the bulk of the six hours, with the #

Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet Antonio Giovinazzi delivered Ferrari pole position for the 2026 FIA WEC season opener at Imola, but the story of a remarkable Hyperpole session was the 0.011 seconds separating the reigning world champion from Ryo Hirakawa's Toyota — and four different manufacturers filling the top five grid slots. Giovinazzi set his pole lap of 1:30.127 on his final run in the #51 Ferrari AF Corse 499P, vaulting from third to first in the closing moments. Hirakawa