Two-time Le Mans winner Mike Conway to retire at end of 2026 WEC season

Conway's retirement plan and remaining schedule

Mike Conway has confirmed he will retire from full-time racing at the conclusion of the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship season. The 43-year-old British driver will contest the championship's final two rounds at Barcelona and Monza before stepping out of the cockpit. Conway framed the decision in personal terms, saying the journey to this point was "one that I'm really proud of," and highlighted the years spent with Toyota as a period he "can call home."

Career highlights and Toyota tenure

Conway has been a Toyota factory driver for 13 seasons, racing the TS040, TS050, GR010 and TR010 in LMP1 and later Hypercar competition. Across 92 WEC starts he has accumulated 20 overall race wins, 51 overall and class podium finishes, two World Drivers' Championships and two Le Mans overall victories, the most recent coming earlier this year in June. Beyond Toyota, he won four races in the LMP2 class with G-Drive Racing in 2013 and earned three podium finishes at the Sebring 12 Hours and Petit Le Mans in IMSA.

His resume also includes a British Formula 3 title, a Macau Grand Prix victory, and stints in GP2 and IndyCar. Between 2009 and 2014, Conway raced for Dreyer & Reinbold, Andretti, AJ Foyt, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, Dale Coyne and Ed Carpenter, taking four IndyCar wins at Long Beach, Detroit and Toronto, with the final victory coming in Toronto. A heavy last-lap crash at the 2010 Indianapolis 500, which hospitalized him, shaped his later decision to sit out IndyCar oval events, a stance he made public during the 2012 season.

Tributes and succession plans

Toyota has not yet named a replacement for Conway ahead of the 2027 WEC season, leaving its Hypercar line-up in transition. A team representative paid tribute to his consistency and character, saying Toyota had "shared so many emotional moments together, particularly at Le Mans" and that "nothing lasts forever in motorsports," wishing Conway "a deserved, and very happy, retirement with his family."

Evidence gap on the 2027 line-up

Coverage across outlets did not specify who might fill the seat alongside Toyota's other Hypercar drivers for 2027, leaving the manufacturer's post-Conway driver pairing an open question heading into the off-season.