WRC News Rovanperä questions Portugal itinerary, Tänak extends lead Ott Tänak has extended his Rally Portugal lead to seven seconds after Portugal’s arduous Friday, fending off Toyota’s challenge alone after Hyundai team-mate Adrien Fourmaux’s… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay May 16, 2025 3 min
WRC News Toyota taking responsibility for Katsuta’s latest crash Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala has absolved Takamoto Katsuta of blame for the final-stage Safari Rally Kenya crash which cost the Japanese driver fourth place…. Read more by David Evans April 1, 2025 2 min
WRC News Katsuta fails to make the finish of Safari Rally Takamoto Katsuta retired from Safari Rally Kenya on the way back to service following a roll on the powerstage. The Toyota driver had been fourth… Read more by Luke Barry March 23, 2025 2 min
WRC News Katsuta suffering from food poisoning and lack of sleep Friday’s gruelling 98-mile leg through rock-strewn roads, menacing piles of fech-fech and arduous terrain was punishing enough. But try taking all that on when you’re… Read more by Luke Barry March 21, 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 Rovanperä’s noticed a difference in Katsuta Few could doubt that Takamoto Katsuta’s Rally Sweden performance, which netted a close second to Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans, was one of the best –… Read more by Mark Paulson February 18, 2025 3 min
WRC Features What we learned from Rally Sweden 2025 Here’s what we learned from Rally Sweden 2025: Evans a real championship favorite Where has this Elfyn Evans been the last couple of years? Relaxed,… Read more by Luke Barry February 17, 2025 5 min
WRC News Katsuta promises to do “even better job” next time Now that Takamoto Katsuta has fought for a World Rally Championship victory all-event long, he has vowed to push even harder in the future. The… Read more by Luke Barry February 16, 2025 5 min
WRC News Katsuta surges into Sweden lead Takamoto Katsuta has moved into the lead of Rally Sweden with just two stages to go. The Toyota driver began Sunday 3.0 seconds adrift of… Read more by Luke Barry February 16, 2025 2 min
WRC News Can Katsuta win Rally Sweden? Takamoto Katsuta is arguably closer than ever to his first World Rally Championship victory. But can he make up the three second deficit required –… Read more by Luke Barry February 15, 2025 3 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 Pajari and Katsuta crash out on Monte final day opener Two Toyotas failed to complete the opening stage of the Monte Carlo Rally’s final day, with both Sami Pajari and Takamoto Katsuta going off the… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 26, 2025 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä’s support for his only “real friend” in WRC Kalle Rovanperä had to stand on the sidelines and watch it happen. It wasn’t his business, he couldn’t get involved. But it still hurt –… Read more by David Evans January 13, 2025 1 min
WRC Podcast Will Rovanperä dominate WRC and who’s going to win Dakar? Who’s going to win the Dakar? What about WRC2? Will there be any new winners in the World Rally Championship? And which direction will the… Read more by David Evans January 1, 2025 2 min
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 signs Pajari for fourth full-time 2025 seat Twenty-four hours on from sealing the WRC2 title, Sami Pajari has been announced, alongside Kalle Rovanperä, Elfyn Evans and Takamoto Katsuta, as a full-time Toyota… Read more by David Evans November 25, 2024 3 min
WRC News Katsuta has never felt pressure like he did in Japan Takamoto Katsuta feels his performance at Rally Japan was career-saving, under more pressure than he’s ever experienced in his life as he feared for his… Read more by Luke Barry November 24, 2024 2 min
WRC News Katsuta “very nervous” about making errors in title decider Takamoto Katsuta has admitted he feels “very nervous” about making an error that could cost Toyota the manufacturers’ championship at Rally Japan. Toyota entered the… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay November 22, 2024 2 min
