Mike Conway will retire from full-time competition at the end of the 2026 World Endurance Championship season. The British driver’s decision was confirmed by Toyota and the championship on 6 October, with his final race for the team scheduled to be the 6 Hours of Monza on 8 November.
Toyota credits Conway with 20 WEC victories since he joined in 2014, including outright Le Mans wins in 2021 and 2026. He also won the drivers’ world championship in 2019–20 and 2021, and contributed to seven manufacturers’ titles during his time with the team.
In comments published by WEC, Conway said that winning Le Mans for a second time this year helped him decide that the moment was right to step away. He wants to spend more time with his family after a career that began in karting and took him into several of motorsport’s leading categories.
From British single-seaters to endurance
Conway’s route to Toyota included titles in Formula Renault UK and British Formula 3, victory at the Macau Grand Prix and testing for Honda’s Formula 1 team in 2007 and 2008. He subsequently won four IndyCar races before establishing himself in endurance competition.
His first WEC season came with G-Drive in LMP2 in 2013. Four wins from eight rounds brought third place in that category’s championship. A part-time Toyota programme followed in 2014, when he took his first victory in the top class at Bahrain alongside Alexander Wurz and Stéphane Sarrazin.
Two races remain
Toyota’s current calendar lists Barcelona on 18 October before the Monza finale. The team says the Italian race will be Conway’s 94th appearance for Toyota, bringing a partnership that began in 2014 to a close.
Team principal and fellow driver Kamui Kobayashi paid tribute to Conway’s speed, consistency and contribution as a team-mate. Conway currently shares Toyota’s number seven TR010 HYBRID with Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries, giving that crew two remaining events together before his departure.