It was towards the end of the 1980s that the Japanese firm, after having obtained homologation for its Celica GT-Four, achieved its most significant results. The car, which made its debut in 1988, became the most successful Toyota in the history of rallying. It won its first Drivers' World Championship in 1990 with Carlos Sainz (father of Ferrari's F1 driver for the 2021 season) and the Manufacturers' World Championship in 1993, 1994 and 1998; the Toyota Yaris won the 2018 title. In total, there have been four manufacturers' titles and five drivers' titles for Toyota. In 1998, the GT-One made its debut in endurance racing, achieving excellent times right from the start at Le Mans, but lacking in reliability. Of the three cars that started, only one finished, in ninth place. The following year, the brand came close to achieving the same result, even despite the fact that two cars retired. The remaining car continued to fight for victory until the very end, just one minute behind the leading car, when a puncture prevented it from finishing in a sprint, while leaving the car intact, so that following a pit stop it still managed to finish in second place. At the end of the season, the team abandoned endurance racing to concentrate on Formula 1. Toyota returned in 2013 with the new TS030 Hybrid (3.7-litre 8-cylinder engine), dropping out at Le Mans but winning three championship events. The year after Le Mans proved to be more successful, with the TS030s finishing second and fourth, while in the following races they scored two victories that ultimately secured the brand second place in the constructors' rankings, behind Audi.