Toyota’s Barcelona 1–2 Secures WEC Manufacturers’ Title; Porsche Wins LMGT3

Toyota Racing sealed the 2026 FIA World Endurance manufacturers’ championship with a one-two finish at the 6 Hours of Barcelona on October 18. The organizer’s same-day race announcement credits the No. 8 crew of Sébastien Buemi, Ryō Hirakawa and Brendon Hartley with victory.

Nyck de Vries, Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway brought the sister No. 7 Toyota home second. Antonio Fuoco, Nicklas Nielsen and Miguel Molina completed the Hypercar podium in Ferrari AF Corse’s No. 50.

A championship decided, another still open

WEC describes the result as Toyota’s eighth team title in the championship, including five in the Hypercar era. It was No. 8’s third win of the season and second in succession. The manufacturers’ crown is distinct from the drivers’ championship: the announcement says the No. 8 trio head to the finale with an advantage over their Toyota teammates, not that the drivers’ title is already settled.

The published race classification is marked provisional. It lists 198 laps for the winning Toyota and a 0.583-second margin over No. 7, with the third-placed Ferrari 39.725 seconds behind. Those are classified gaps, not a claim that the two Toyotas fought wheel-to-wheel for victory at the finish.

Porsche keeps the LMGT3 contest alive

Richard Lietz, Yasser Shahin and Riccardo Pera won LMGT3 for The Bend Manthey. WEC’s results overview lists the No. 92 Porsche ahead of Garage 59’s No. 10 McLaren by 4.750 seconds, followed by Team WRT’s No. 69 BMW. It says the result delays Corvette’s championship celebration rather than clinching the GT title for Porsche.

The official calendar lists Monza’s six-hour finale for November 8. Barcelona’s outcome follows a very different qualifying order: read our report on Genesis’s first Hypercar pole.

Archive photo: Toyota’s No. 8 TR010 Hybrid at the Le Mans test day, June 7, 2026—not the Barcelona race. Photo: T GOUREAU / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; resized for display.