🇯🇵 Ryo Hirakawa

Ryo Hirakawa is a Japanese racing driver who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota Racing. He came up through Japanese domestic categories, winning the Super GT GT500 championship in 2017 and finishing runner-up in Super Formula in 2020, before moving into Toyota's Hypercar program in the World Endurance Championship in 2022. His transition to international sports car racing proved immediate, with class success at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in his debut season alongside teammates Sebastien Buemi and Brendon Hartley. Hirakawa has also held a reserve driver role with the Haas Formula One team, reflecting a broader profile beyond endurance racing.[1]

Across 32 career starts in the series, Hirakawa has taken 7 wins and 16 podiums, and remains without a drivers' championship at the WEC level despite his consistent presence toward the front of the field. He carries a Racer Rating of 6,870, placing him 96th among active drivers on that scale. In the 2026 season, he has recorded 1 win and 2 podiums from 3 rounds, sitting third in the standings, a return that keeps him among the more reliable performers within the Toyota Racing lineup. Now firmly established as one of Toyota's key drivers in the Hypercar era, Hirakawa continues to build on a career that spans championship success in Japan and podium-level competitiveness on the world endurance stage.[2]