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The Toyota TS050 - Hybrid raced 75 times in the World Endurance Championship between 2016-2020. For its full race history, browse the Toyota profile or any season's calendar.
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Drivers · 5 min read
Who is Kamui Kobayashi?
[Kamui Kobayashi](/drivers/kamui-kobayashi) is a Japanese endurance racing driver and the team principal of [Toyota Gazoo Racing](/teams/toyota-gazoo-racing) Europe. He holds the WEC's all-time race fastest-lap record at 23 and shares the all-time pole record at 17 with his long-time team-mate [Mike Conway](/drivers/mike-conway). Kobayashi won the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans with the No. 7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid, set the all-time Le Mans qualifying record of 3:24.408 in 2022, and remains on the WEC grid in 2026 with the No. 7 entry he has driven since 2017.
Manufacturers · 5 min read
What was the Toyota TS050 Hybrid era like?
The [Toyota TS050 Hybrid](/cars/toyota-ts050-hybrid) era ran from 2016 to 2020 in the WEC's LMP1-Hybrid class. The car took 21 race wins across five WEC seasons, three consecutive 24 Hours of Le Mans victories (2018, 2019, 2020), three Manufacturers' championships (2017, 2018-2019, 2019-2020) and three Drivers' championships. The TS050 is also the car associated with one of the most infamous late-race losses in Le Mans history, the 2016 power-system failure that handed [Porsche](/manufacturers/porsche) the win with three minutes to run.
Events · 5 min read
What happened at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans?
The 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans produced one of motorsport's most-replayed late-race losses. The leading No. 5 [Toyota TS050 Hybrid](/cars/toyota-ts050-hybrid) of [Anthony Davidson](/drivers/anthony-davidson), [Sebastien Buemi](/answers/who-is-sebastien-buemi) and [Kazuki Nakajima](/drivers/kazuki-nakajima) suffered a power-system failure on the Mulsanne straight with three minutes to run, while leading by more than a lap. The car rolled to a stop at the pit-lane entry. The No. 2 [Porsche 919 Hybrid](/answers/what-was-the-porsche-919-hybrid-era), which had been more than a lap down, took the win. Nakajima rolled the dead Toyota across the finish line but the car was not classified.