World Endurance Championship 2014

Toyota's pending double championship win with a car producing significantly more horspower than Mercedes-Benz' F1 car validates the company's hybrid technology at the highest level

Automotive

Toyota wins "battle of hybrids" and World Endurance Drivers Title

Toyota won the Bahrain Six Hours yesterday, giving Anthony Davidson and Sébastien Buemi the 2014 WEC drivers' title and almost guaranteeing it win the manufacturers' title, validating the TS040's Hybrid technology at the highest level.

Opening its 2014 WEC campaign with back-to-back wins has been a dream start for Toyota, the world's largest hybrid manufacturer

Automotive

Toyota TS040 draws first blood in modern-day battle of the hybrids

With the 2014 World Endurance Championship underway, all eyes are fixed on three mainstays of automotive engineering: Porsche, Audi and Toyota. At the 6 Hours of Spa-on the weekend it was the TS040 Hybrid that outperformed its counterparts to nab the Toyota team its second victory in as many starts.

The 919 Hybrid is the result of a carefully balanced overall concept: from the combustion engine to the energy recovery systems, chassis and running gear, aerodynamics and driver ergonomics (Photo: CC Weiss/Gizmag.com)

Automotive

Inside Porsche's 919 hybrid LMP1, and a closer look at the competition

The all-time endurance racing champion (Porsche) is returning to endurance racing in 2014, taking on the all-conquering Audi team and the world's largest automaker (Toyota). All will be running state-of-the-art hybrid cars ... here's a rundown on the technologies involved and what to expect.