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KAZUKI
NAKAJIMA
Japanese racing driver (born 1985)
Career Note
Kazuki Nakajima is a Japanese motorsport executive and former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 2007 to 2009. In Japanese motorsport, Nakajima won the Super Formula Championship in 2012 and 2014 with TOM'S. In endurance racing, Nakajima won the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship, and is a three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which he won consecutively from 2018 to 2020, all with Toyota. Since 2022, Nakajima has served as vice-chairman of Toyota in WEC, winning three consecutive World Manufacturers' Championship titles from 2022 to 2024.
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Each season is a star — sized by overall wins, positioned by championship rank, coloured by primary class. Gold ring marks championship-winning campaigns; silver ring marks top-three finishes.
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Drivers · 4 min read
Which driver has the most WEC overall race wins?
[Sebastien Buemi](/drivers/sebastien-buemi) holds the record for the most overall WEC race wins with 27 victories, ahead of his long-time Toyota team-mate [Brendon Hartley](/drivers/brendon-hartley) on 24. The top five is rounded out by [Mike Conway](/drivers/mike-conway) with 19, [Kamui Kobayashi](/drivers/kamui-kobayashi) with 18 and [Kazuki Nakajima](/drivers/kazuki-nakajima) with 17. All five drove for Toyota Gazoo Racing across some part of the LMP1-Hybrid era.
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.