Toyota’s liquid hydrogen-powered GR Corolla H2 Concept enjoyed its strongest run in the Fuji 24 Hours yet last weekend, following a raft of improvements made to the car for its fifth outing in the Super Taikyu blue riband.

The No. 32 car fielded under the unified ‘Toyota Gazoo Rookie Racing’ (TG-RR) banner completed a total of 468 laps across a race that lasted for 23 hours after fog caused the start to be delayed by an hour, and which was also neutralized by two red-flag periods totalling almost three-and-a-half hours due to poor visibility.

That meant it fell just short of its previous record of 478 laps, set in 2022 when the car was still running on gaseous hydrogen, before the switch to liquid hydrogen in 2023.

However, in terms of the percentage of the winning car’s laps completed, this was by far the Corolla H2’s most impressive showing, as it completed 83.6 percent of the winning car’s laps, as opposed to 62.9 percent in 2022.