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Toyota Motorsport GmbH is a fully owned and controlled entity of the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota Motor Corporation, based in Cologne, Germany. It employs around 350 people in a 30,000m2 factory and provides motorsport and automotive services to fellow Toyota companies and to outside clients.
As of the 2018 season, TMG currently operates Toyota's FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) factory team under the name Toyota Gazoo Racing. TMG's WEC team is not to be confused with Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, which is Toyota's factory team in the FIA World Rally Championship and is not operated by TMG.
TMG was responsible, under the name Toyota Team Europe (TTE), for Toyota's World Rally Championship cars starting from the 1970s right up to the 1990s. In addition, since 1994, TMG has developed a tuning business for Toyota road cars, offering complete vehicle service, tuning and sports accessories. In 1999 the company stopped participating in rallying, in order to prepare for a switch to Formula One in 2002. From 2002 to 2009, TMG participated in Formula 1 under the team name Panasonic Toyota Racing, starting 139 Grands Prix. In that time, they finished on the podium 13 times, earned three pole positions and scored a total of 278.5 points. On 4 November 2009, Toyota announced their withdrawal from Formula 1.
In the meantime, it entered sports car racing and the 24 Hours of Le Mans: in 1998 and 1999, finishing 2nd in 1999 with their notably quick Toyota GT-One. TMG has moved back into sports car racing as an exclusive engine supplier from 2011 onwards to Lola Cars, powering Rebellion Racing. In 2012 TMG fully returned to sports car competition with the Toyota TS030 Hybrid.
In addition to its motorsport activities, Toyota Motorsport also undertakes production vehicle analysis and development on behalf of Toyota, providing "highly skilled and rapidly reacting engineering" services. A range of modified Toyota road cars is also available from the Cologne factory.
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