Gazoo Racing, Lexus and Toyota Racing celebrate the soul of sportscar craftsmanship at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

• Gazoo Racing GR GT and GR GT3 road and race cars on show and in action – presented for the first time in Europe without camouflage*
• All-new Lexus LFA Concept electric supercar on public display
• Toyota Racing’s Le Mans-winning TR010 Hybrid on display
• Gazoo Racing star drivers demonstrating the speed, strength and handling of the GR Yaris Rally1 and DKR GR Hilux
• New GR Yaris Aero and all-new RAV4 GR Sport demonstrate how Gazoo Racing’s motorsport success feeds into performance and design for ever-better road cars

This year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed has the theme The Rivals – Epic Racing Duels, celebrating how rivalry can become a catalyst for progress, motivating competitors to learn faster, push harder and redefine what is possible. Gazoo Racing (GR) and Lexus will bring that idea to life, presenting three striking new sports cars at the festival, which takes place in the grounds of Goodwood House in Sussex from 9 – 12 July.

Born from motorsport rivalry and shaped by uncompromising feedback from the world’s most demanding circuits, the GR GT and GR GT3 embody Gazoo Racing’s philosophy of learning through competition. The Lexus LFA Concept builds on competition-honed insights and technologies, translating them into values that resonate directly with driver in an immersive, multi-sensory experience in which man and machine can feel as one.

They follow a bloodline established by past icons such as the Toyota 2000GT and Lexus LFA, reflecting the belief of Chairman Akio Toyoda, aka Master Driver Morizo, that the skills of sports car craftsmanship must be nurtured and passed on to future generations.

It’s an approach inspired by the principle of Shikinen Sengu, an ancient Japanese ritual in which a Shinto shrine is dismantled and rebuilt once in every generation to preserve and enhance the craftsmanship skills used in its creation.

The GR GT is a track-inspired road car with racing DNA, powered by a new 4.0-litre V8 twin-turbo engine paired with a single-motor hybrid system. In addition to high power and torque for exceptional performance, the car’s development focused on achieving a low centre of gravity, low weight with high rigidity, and aerodynamic performance.

The GR GT3 shares the GR GT’s core elements but has a different profile as a track-focused race car. It’s engineered to be highly competitive and deliver accessible performance.

Looking ahead, the Lexus LFA Concept presents Lexus’ vision for a next-generation electric sports car. It shares common technologies and aspirations with the GR GT and GR GT3, while blending advanced performance with emotional appeal and invoking the spirit of the original LFA. It aims to exceed customers’ expectations, drawing the driver into an immersive experience like no other.

The GR GT and GR GT3 will be on show and in action at the festival, appearing in the Supercar Paddock and making speed runs on the famous hill climb. Defined by steep gradients, tight corners and unforgiving barriers, the hill climb is one of motorsport’s most technical short courses for demonstrating acceleration, agility, aerodynamic stability and driver confidence. This will be the first European dynamic uncamouflaged appearance for both models. Meanwhile, visitors will be given a first close-up view of the Lexus LFA Concept in the Supercar Paddock.

Gazoo Racing’s competition stars

Gazoo Racing’s participation at the top tiers of international motorsport will be celebrated at the festival with appearances by the GR Yaris Rally1, the car which has delivered multiple World Rally Championship titles for Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team (TGR-WRT), and the DKR GR Hilux, a winning contender in the FIA World Rally-Raid Championship. 

A line-up of championship-winning and internationally renowned drivers will be demonstrating the cars’ performance on the hill climb and rally stage. Subject to confirmation, it will include all TGR-WRT’s drivers: the nine-time and reigning World Rally Champion Driver Sébastien Ogier; current WRC leader Elfyn Evans; Japanese star Takamoto Katsuta; team newcomer and Rallye Monte-Carlo victor Oliver Solberg; and Sami Pajari, a past WRC Junior and WRC2 champion. Henk Lategan, a winner with TOYOTA Gazoo Racing in the FIA World Rally-Raid Championship and four-time South African champion, is set to take the wheel of the DKR GR Hilux. 

Toyota Racing: from Le Mans podium to Goodwood 

Toyota Racing will display the No7 TR010 Hybrid that recently achieved Toyota’s sixth victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours, driven by Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries. The team’s hard-fought victory in one of the world’s most challenging circuit races took the team to the top of the driver and manufacturer championship standings in the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship. The car will be on static view alongside the GR Yaris Rally1 and DKR GR Hilux. 

Road cars infused with Gazoo Racing performance and design

The knowledge and experience gained by Gazoo Racing in the heat of competition feeds directly into the development of ever-better cars for the road. At Goodwood, this philosophy will be demonstrated by the GR Yaris Aero Performance, the latest development of the multi-award-winning performance hatchback. Also taking part in the festival’s “First Glance” programme will be the all-new RAV4 GR Sport, a version of the plug-in hybrid SUV that benefits from both GR-themed design details and a chassis and suspension tuned for sportier handling.

*The GR GT and GR GT3 cars appearing at the festival will be prototype/development vehicles.

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