TOYOTA RACING will start the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps from outside the top 10 after a difficult qualifying session for round two of the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season.
The team won the season opener at Imola three weeks ago after starting from the front row of the grid but qualifying for round two proved to be more challenging for the two TR010 HYBRIDs on the demanding Spa-Francorchamps circuit.
Kamui Kobayashi qualified 12th in the #7 TR010 HYBRID he shares with Mike Conway and Nyck de Vries, missing the top-10 Hyperpole shoot-out by just 0.029secs. Brendon Hartley was 16th in the #8 TR010 HYBRID he drives alongside Sébastien Buemi and Ryō Hirakawa.
“It’s been a tough day for us,” said Hartley. “I didn’t get my first lap together very well. The car was a bit challenging today, and we couldn’t get the set-up and all the tools working perfectly. We have put most of our focus on race set-up and we are going to fight hard tomorrow. Hopefully we can make our way through the field to get some points.”
After the low-key qualifying result, the team will focus on car set-ups, as well as maximising strategy and tyre management, to move up the field on race day.
As one of the team’s two home races – alongside Fuji Speedway – a large contingent of employees from its TOYOTA RACING GmbH operational base in Cologne and Toyota Motor Europe in Brussels will be in the grandstands to cheer on the two TR010 HYBRIDs. The race begins at 2pm local time.
6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps – Free Practice 3
1st #12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA 2mins 02.379secs
2nd #83 AF Corse +0.023secs
3rd #007 Aston Martin THOR Team +0.090secs
4th #38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA +0.104secs
5th #51 Ferrari AF Corse +0.252secs
6th #50 Ferrari AF Corse +0.503secs
13th #8 TOYOTA RACING +0.800secs
17th #7 TOYOTA RACING +2.358secs
6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps – Qualifying
1st #35 Alpine Endurance Team 2mins 00.808secs
2nd #94 Peugeot Totalenergies +0.215secs
3rd #36 Alpine Endurance Team +0.231secs
4th #50 Ferrari AF Corse +0.373secs
5th #93 Peugeot Totalenergies +0.402secs
6th #12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA +0.431secs
12th #7 TOYOTA RACING +0.784secs
16th #8 TOYOTA RACING +1.356secs
6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps – Hyperpole
1st #94 Peugeot Totalenergies 2mins 00.653secs
2nd #12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA +0.043secs
3rd #35 Alpine Endurance Team +0.078secs
4th #36 Alpine Endurance Team +0.185secs
5th #38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA +0.287secs
6th #009 Aston Martin THOR Team +0.360secs
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