Record crowd in Imola: over 90,000 attendees during the WEC weekend
An extraordinary success, and a record audience with 92.175 total attendees at the Enzo and Dino Ferrari International Autodrome, for the FIA WEC 6 Hours of Imola
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Toyota Background: Kobayashi wanted to take a gamble to achieve the double
Kobayashi wanted to take a risk in the final part of the 6 Hours of Imola by not changing tires to secure a one-two finish at Ferrari’s home.
Salvi (Ferrari): “Toyota is the best car, the triple stint? Impossible according to our data, but when you’re behind, you bet”
Toyota outsmarted Ferrari in the 6 Hours of Imola with a triple stint that, according to the data available to the Prancing Horse, was impossible
Buemi: “Fantastic to win at Ferrari’s home in the 50th race out of 100 starts”
Toyota celebrates the winning debut of the TR010 Hybrid, winner of the 6 Hours of Imola with the #8 of Hartley, Hirakawa and Buemi
Kobayashi: “The TR010 is competitive and gives us confidence for the rest of the season”
Kamui Kobayashi, Toyota team principal and driver, commented on the success in the 6 Hours of Imola with car #8
Pier Guidi: “The Virtual Safety Car made us lose the first position”
The 2026 WEC World Championship opened with a victory for Toyota, which won the 6 Hours of Imola with the debuting TR010 Hybrid #8
Toyota beats Ferrari, Cannizzo: “The championship is long, we are competitive”
The Toyota TR010 Hybrid got the better of the Ferrari 499P in the season debut at the 6 Hours of Imola won by car #8
Coletta: “Second place was the most we could do, too bad about the penalty for #50”
Toyota beat Ferrari at home in Imola in the 6 Hours that inaugurated the WEC World Championship, here are the words of Antonello Coletta
Drivers and Manufacturers Standings after the 6h of Imola 2026
How do the rankings look at the end of the first event of the 2026 season?
6 Hours of Imola, Race: Toyota #8 wins its hundredth WEC race. Ferrari #51 second, Toyota #7 third.
The new Toyota TR010 debuts with a solid victory ahead of a tenacious Ferrari #51 which suffered from traffic, while the #50 was delayed by a drive-through