WRC News Katsuta will ask Toyota to drive a GT3 car Takamoto Katsuta is hoping to get seat time at the wheel of a GT3 racecar. The erstwhile World Rally Championship points leader fell to second… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 29, 2026 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä giving Katsuta tips in Canarias Ott Tänak has been helping World Rally Championship leader Takamoto Katsuta behind the scenes this season, and now Kalle Rovanperä is doing the same. Rovanperä… Read more by Luke Barry April 23, 2026 3 min
WRC News Katsuta trying not to think about the championship This week is another milestone in the career of Takamoto Katsuta, as he leads the World Rally Championship into an event for the very first time…. Read more by Luke Barry April 20, 2026 2 min
WRC News The agreement Katsuta and Pajari struck in Croatia The wry smile etched across Sami Pajari’s face demonstrated his mental dilemma. “I feel very happy for Taka and Aaron,” he told DirtFish. “I was… Read more by Luke Barry April 14, 2026 2 min
WRC Features What we learned from Croatia Rally 2026 Four events down, four different winners. Or so we thought. I’ve chosen to keep my originally-planned intro to this piece to demonstrate just how unexpected… Read more by Luke Barry April 13, 2026 3 min
WRC News Katsuta “so sad” for Neuville after powerstage shunt Takamoto Katsuta waited 94 events for his first World Rally Championship victory. He waited just one for his second. After a heartfelt debut win at… Read more by Luke Barry April 12, 2026 3 min
WRC News Neuville powerstage crash hands Katsuta Croatia win Takamoto Katsuta has taken his second successive World Rally Championship win – and with it the lead of the drivers’ championship standings – after Thierry… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 12, 2026 5 min
WRC News Katsuta takes second from Neuville in Croatia Takamoto Katsuta has restored a Toyota 1-2 at the head of the Croatia Rally field after stage 10, usurping Thierry Neuville’s Hyundai for second place…. Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 11, 2026 3 min
WRC News Katsuta feels “lighter” after maiden WRC win Takamoto Katsuta is heading to Croatia Rally as part of a very small club of people for the very first time: World Rally Championship event… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 6, 2026 3 min
WRC News Akio Toyoda thanks Katsuta for his ‘gift to Japan’ You’d be hard pushed to find a single soul connected to the World Rally Championship who didn’t have a nice thing to say about the… Read more by Luke Barry March 24, 2026 2 min
WRC News Katsuta launches impassioned defense of Rovanperä Safari Rally Kenya winner Takamoto Katsuta has hit out at negative speculation surrounding Kalle Rovanperä’s decision to pause his circuit racing activities amid a medical… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay March 23, 2026 2 min
WRC Features What we learned from Safari Rally Kenya 2026 If you weren’t crying, the person next to you was. Takamoto Katsuta and Aaron Johnston, finally, can call themselves World Rally winners after one of… Read more by Luke Barry March 16, 2026 5 min
WRC Opinion What next for Katsuta now he’s a WRC winner? Like the vast majority of the service park, I’ve always got on with Katsuta. Even when he was dropped for Chile and Central Europe Rally… Read more by David Evans March 16, 2026 2 min
WRC News Johnston: Victory has been a long time coming For Aaron Johnston, winning the Safari Rally isn’t the realization of a dream. He never dreamed the dream, because he never expected to be in… Read more by David Evans March 15, 2026 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä and Tänak ‘proud’ of Katsuta Former World Rally Championship driver Kalle Rovanperä is ‘proud’ of Takamoto Katsuta after he clinched his first WRC victory at Safari Rally Kenya. Rovanperä was Katsuta’s… Read more by Luke Barry March 15, 2026 2 min
WRC News Katsuta reacts to emotional maiden WRC win He’s finally done it. After years of soaring high and crushing lows, Takamoto Katsuta has achieved the result he always wanted: a win in the World… Read more by Luke Barry March 15, 2026 2 min
WRC News Katsuta claims first WRC win at Safari Rally Kenya Takamoto Katsuta and co-driver Aaron Johnston are World Rally Championship winners; the pair victorious at Safari Rally Kenya 2026 by 27.4 seconds. Adrien Fourmaux finished… Read more by Luke Barry March 15, 2026 3 min
WRC News Katsuta’s thoughts with first WRC victory in sight In typical Takamoto Katsuta fashion, his first words were for his team-mates. “We knew that it was going to be a big day today, but… Read more by Luke Barry March 14, 2026 2 min
