WEC Imola 2026: Toyota wins, Ferrari second — the story of the 6 Hours

Imola, six hours at the heart: Toyota wins, Ferrari chases

Toyota takes the 2026 6 Hours of Imola in the WEC ahead of Ferrari 499P. A race of strategy, details and endurance told through emotion and technique.

Imola is not a circuit. It is a memory that breathes. It is a place where time bends through the corners and stretches along the Santerno. When the WEC Hypercars arrive, the 6 Hours becomes something that resembles a confession.

Toyota, this time, spoke clearly.

Toyota perfect at Imola: victory built on strategy

The #8 won with composure. Not just speed, but control.

Buemi, Hartley and Hirakawa drove a race without jolts, without mistakes, built in the silence of the right choices. An early stop, a constant pace, the ability to read the race better than the others.

In the WEC, the fastest does not always win. The winner is whoever understands when to be fastest.

And Toyota did that.

Ferrari 499P: pole position and second place that leaves everything open

Ferrari #51 had started the weekend with a thrilling pole. Eleven thousandths. A difference you do not count, you feel.

In the race it fought. Always.

Pier Guidi, Calado and Giovinazzi kept pace, staying in touch with Toyota until the end. Without yielding, without dropping out of the fight.

Second by just over thirteen seconds.

It is not a gap. It is a fine line between what has been and what can still happen.

The race: details, mistakes and a Ferrari #50 out of contention

At the start it looked like another story.

Ferrari #50 out front, aggressive, able to take the lead and try to build an advantage. But endurance races change shape. Always.

A penalty, a few details out of place. And the race shifts.

The six hours become a natural selection: only those who make the fewest mistakes remain.

And up front, the real duel remains.

Final standings 6 Hours of Imola 2026

🥇 Toyota #8

🥈 Ferrari #51

🥉 Toyota #7

A podium that speaks of balance. And promises a long season.

Imola: when the race becomes memory

Imola watches. It does not judge. It holds everything.

When Ferrari passes, the crowd does not just watch. It takes part. Because here Ferrari is not just a car. It is a shared story.

And when Toyota wins, there is respect. Because winning here means understanding the track. And accepting what it represents.

The 2026 WEC has only just begun

Imola has already said a lot.

Toyota is ready.
Ferrari is there.
The gap is minimal, the tension is at its highest.

The season is long. But some races stay with you.

They do not end with the chequered flag. They remain in the air.

Like an unfinished sentence.
Like Imola.