WRC News Latvala’s take on his best ever start to a season He remembered. Of course he remembered. Jari-Matti Latvala might only have competed on a rally based out of Costa Brava once, but he forgets nothing…. Read more by David Evans March 17, 2025 5 min
WRC News The start of Latvala’s new era Even for Jari-Matti Latvala, this is a bit much. Lancia? Couple of Stratoses and a Delta do you? Alongside a pair of three-liter Porsches, a… Read more by David Evans March 12, 2025 2 min
WRC News Latvala and Hänninen reunite inside Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala just cannot resist getting back in the driver’s seat as often as his professional commitments allow. This year Latvala will… Read more by Mark Paulson March 3, 2025 2 min
WRC News Latvala: Katsuta ready to win WRC events One year ago, Takamoto Katsuta’s world was collapsing around him. He’d gone toe-to-toe with Esapekka Lappi for the lead of Rally Sweden, then buried his… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay February 19, 2025 2 min
WRC News Did Rovanperä’s circuit racing affect his Monte? Two weeks prior to the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally, Hyundai’s trio of drivers were putting the i20 N Rally1 through its paces. Toyota’s drivers were… Read more by Luke Barry January 31, 2025 2 min
News Latvala: I blame myself for Toyota’s Monte crashes With just seconds to go before he was due to head off, Takamoto Katsuta emerged from the darkness, phone in hand. Flashlight activated, he aimed… Read more by Luke Barry January 28, 2025 3 min
WRC News Why Toyota expects Evans to be faster this year Pressure is for tires… apparently, according to impassioned commentary comments from former England soccer star Alan Shearer. Technically, he’s not wrong. Elfyn Evans was, like… Read more by Luke Barry January 14, 2025 2 min
WRC News The season that cost Latvala his passion First stage after lunch on Friday afternoon in Sardinia five years ago – that’s where Jari-Matti Latvala’s career ended. Remember that one? Tula, second time… Read more by David Evans December 22, 2024
WRC News Latvala keen for more Monza-style events in WRC Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala would like to see events like Monza included in future World Rally Championship calendars. Rally Monza was drafted into the… Read more by Luke Barry December 12, 2024
WRC News Toyota was ready to demote Katsuta, but he saved himself The stakes were astronomical. Toyota headed to its home round of the World Rally Championship, Japan, knowing it needed a near-perfect rally to retain the… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay December 1, 2024 5 min
WRC News Toyota appoints Kankkunen as deputy team principal Four-time World Rally champion Juha Kankkunen will return to the service park with Toyota next season when he joins Jari-Matti Latvala as deputy team principal…. Read more by David Evans November 25, 2024 2 min
WRC News Katsuta cleared to push for Rally Japan win It’s not really a team order, it’s more of an advisory. But it’s one that will be music to the ears of Japanese rally fans… Read more by David Evans November 17, 2024 2 min
WRC News Toyota: Pressure is on Hyundai not us in Japan Hyundai is in the winning position, but it has the most to lose. That’s the mindset Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala is carrying into next… Read more by Luke Barry November 14, 2024 2 min
WRC Podcast Drivers who should’ve been world champion If Thierry Neuville delivers like we all expect him to at next week’s Rally Japan, he will finally remove the ‘shoulda, woulda, coulda’ asterisk that’s… Read more by DirtFish Media November 13, 2024
WRC Podcast Has the team principal role changed in the WRC? With just eight weeks to go until we enter the year 2025, many things remain uncertain as far as the World Rally Championship is concerned…. Read more by DirtFish Media November 6, 2024
WRC News Latvala to be Toyota team principal part-time in 2025 If he’s honest, it wasn’t the job he wanted. Team principal’s nice, but World Rally Championship driver is better. Having signed off on the driving… Read more by David Evans November 5, 2024 2 min
WRC News What’s going on with Ogier? Jari-Matti Latvala has been both fortunate and unfortunate to have seen the very best of Sébastien Ogier up-close. When they were team-mates at Volkswagen, the… Read more by DirtFish Media October 28, 2024 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä to miss Rally Japan season finale Toyota will complete its World Rally Championship defense without Kalle Rovanperä following news that the Finn will not compete at next month’s Rally Japan. The… Read more by David Evans October 21, 2024 3 min
