On this day in 2008, Lewis Hamilton finished fifth in the last race of the 2008 F1 championship in Brazil after he overtook Timo Glock in Toyota in the last lap and became the youngest F1 champion of all time.

The first Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was held in 2009., the race after the Brazilian Grand Prix decided Drivers' and the Constructors' Championship. Jenson Button, who has won six of the first seven races, became the tenth British champion in the history of Formula 1 and Brawn GP became the constructors' champions

On this day in 2009 Jenson Button won the Bahrain GP starting from fourth place, beating two Toyota drivers who locked out the front row for the first time, and cemented his championship lead after first four races of the season.

Fernando Alonso secured his first victory in his title winning season from pole position on this day in 2005, confirming that Renault will compete for the championship title while Jarno Trulli finished second and gave Toyota's first Formula 1 podium.

Sebastian Ogier and his co-driver Julien Ingrassia are the winners of the first WRC race in Croatia after beating team-mates Elfyn Evans and his co-driver Scott Martin in a tense fight for just six tenths of a second.

McLaren boss Zak Brown says he doesn't mind that Fernando Alonso will contest 26 races this season, including five WEC races, and believes the Spaniard has freedom to decide how he spends his spare time.

The fourth race of the WEC superseason 2018/2019 was shifted for a week for Fernando Alonso to have no overlap with the F1 race for the US GP in Austin.

Toyota has shown the first photos of their new LMP1 car TS050 Hybrid with which it will compete in the 2018/2019 WEC superseason and which Fernando Alonso will drive in four races, including Le Mans 24h.

Two time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso will perform at this year's edition of the legendary 24h Le Mans endurance race with Toyota in the highest LMP1 category.