The collaboration between Repsol and Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) acquires a new dimension in which both companies will collaborate jointly in the development of specific products for high competition, such as renewable fuel and renewable lubricant. An agreement that began in 2024 with the Dakar Rally and that in 2025 will include the entire 2025 World Rally Raids, which includes five World Cup events, including the next Dakar 2025. This annual event with the desert and adventure, which will take place from January 3 to 17 in Saudi Arabia, will once again have the presence of Repsol thanks to its technological alliance with the Japanese manufacturer, one of the main candidates for victory.
Both companies share a joint long-term vision when seeking technological and innovative solutions that contribute to the decarbonization of high competition. Thanks to this common objective and the fact of being able to count on a key partner for Repsol in one of the most demanding competitions on the planet, the colors of the Spanish multi-energy company will gain presence on the Brazilian’s cars. Lucas Moraes (co-piloted by Armand Monleón) and the American Seth Quintero (accompanied by Dennis Zenz).
Racing at the highest level has always been the best setting for Repsol as a test bed for its technological development projects. For the multi-energy company, certify and improve the performance of your products In the most extreme competitions in the world, it is the natural way to bring renewable fuels to the streets that are already a solution for the mobility of the future. Not in vain, Repsol began to use renewable fuels with Toyota in competition since 2021 with the Repsol Rally Team and Isidre Esteve.
Long-term technology agreement
This new agreement between Toyota Gazoo Racing and Repsol will allow the engineers and scientists of the Repsol Technology Lab have an engine from the Japanese manufacturer. This is a demonstration of the shared will that Repsol and Toyota have to evolve towards new products that are even more efficient and with the same performance, such as renewable fuel and renewable lubricant. In 2025, the fuel used by Toyota Gazoo Racing cars will contain a 70% materials of renewable originand the intention is to continue this evolution and reach 100% renewable content, developing a quality fuel, whose properties, in addition to offering optimal performance, guarantee the correct care of the car engine.
Repsol’s relationship with the Dakar celebrates several decades in which no less than seven absolute victories have been obtained between the car and motorcycle categories, with drivers such as Nani Roma, Marc Coma, Stéphane Peterhansel and Luc Alphand showing off their colors. A past that also finds a relationship between Repsol and Toyota in the early ’90s, when Repsol became World Rally Champion on two occasions with Carlos Sainz and the legendary Toyota Celica.
Repsol is the only company in Spain and Portugal that has a plant completely dedicated to the production of renewable fuels on an industrial scale and is located in Cartagena. The new plant has the capacity to manufacture 250,000 tons per year of renewable fuels from waste such as used cooking oil. These renewable fuels can be used in airplanes, boats, buses, trucks, motorcycles or cars. Renewable fuels are one of the main levers of Repsol’s strategy to accelerate the transportation decarbonization and achieve being a net zero emissions company by 2050. Today, Repsol has 600 service stations that already supply 100% renewable Nexa Diesel throughout the Iberian Peninsula.
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