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HIRAKAWA
Japanese racing driver (born 1994)
Career Note
Ryo Hirakawa is a Japanese racing driver who is currently competing for Toyota Gazoo Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He was Super GT GT500 champion in 2017, and finished runner-up in Super Formula in 2020. He has competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship in the Hypercar class since 2022, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in his debut season and the championship title in 2022 and 2023 alongside co-drivers Sébastien Buemi and Brendon Hartley. Hirakawa is also signed to Haas F1 Team as a reserve driver for the 2025 Formula One season.
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Career Constellation
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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FIA driver categorisation per event: Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze, or Member. Sourced from Al Kamel entry-list PDFs.
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Questions about this driver
Events · 5 min read
Who has won WEC races in 2026?
Through the 2026 Barcelona round, 3 manufacturers have won the 7 WEC races of 2026 in WEC Engine's archive. Toyota has 4 wins, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, BMW 2 and Ferrari 1. The calendar's last two rounds are six-hour races at Barcelona on 18 October and Monza on 8 November.
Drivers · 3 min read
Who has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Hypercar era?
Two manufacturers have won the 24 Hours of Le Mans since the Hypercar class arrived in 2021. Toyota won in 2021, 2022 and 2026, and Ferrari won three in a row from 2023 to 2025 with the 499P. Through the 2026 race, Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi are the only drivers to have won it twice in the Hypercar era.
Manufacturers · 5 min read
Which teams race in the WEC Hypercar class in 2026?
Nine teams run 17 full-season Hypercars in the 2026 WEC, representing eight manufacturers: Toyota, Ferrari, BMW, Cadillac, Alpine, Aston Martin, Peugeot and newcomer Genesis. Ferrari fields three cars across two teams, and every other manufacturer two. All 17 cars started each of the first six rounds, from Imola to Fuji, and Cadillac added an 18th car at Le Mans. Porsche, which raced 963s in every 2025 round, has no Hypercar entry.
Circuits · 3 min read
What is the history of the 6 Hours of Fuji?
The [6 Hours of Fuji](/circuits/fuji-speedway) has been part of the WEC in every calendar year from 2012 to 2026 except 2020 and 2021, and WEC Engine's archive holds 13 WEC races at Fuji Speedway in Japan. Toyota, which owns the circuit, has won 10 of them. Porsche has 2 Fuji wins and Alpine 1.
Events · 4 min read
What is the closest finish in WEC history?
The closest overall finish in WEC history came at the [2014 6 Hours of São Paulo](/events/2014-r08-interlagos), where the No. 14 Porsche 919 Hybrid beat the No. 8 Toyota TS040 Hybrid by 0.170 seconds after 249 laps. It was the 919's first WEC win. Up to the 2026 Fuji round, only two other races in WEC Engine's archive of 106 had finished with a margin under one second, most recently the [2026 6 Hours of Fuji](/events/2026-r06-fuji-speedway) itself at 0.591 seconds.