WRC News Ogier expects ‘punch in the face’ to help Katsuta With eight world championship titles to his name, there are few better people in this world to deliver sage rallying advice than Sébastien Ogier. Three… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay September 26, 2024 3 min
WRC News How Katsuta and Pajari fit into Toyota’s 2025 plan With Sami Pajari’s return to Toyota’s factory team now just a week away, the biggest question in Chile is likely to be about the math…. Read more by David Evans September 18, 2024 2 min
WRC Features WRC drivers to have been benched mid-season Nobody will envy Takamoto Katsuta just now. Despite his best efforts, his 2024 World Rally Championship campaign has been a clear struggle and Toyota has… Read more by Luke Barry September 14, 2024 3 min
WRC News Why Latvala knows benching is best for Katsuta Not many people truly knew what Takamoto Katsuta was going through on Wednesday. Benched and told he wasn’t wanted for Toyota’s next World Rally Championship… Read more by David Evans September 13, 2024 2 min
WRC Podcast Is Toyota’s decision a surprise? It’s been some week for Sami Pajari. First he wins WRC2 at Acropolis Rally Greece by 0.0s, now he has been given two more shots… Read more by DirtFish Media September 11, 2024 10 min +
WRC Features What next for Katsuta and Pajari? As the World Rally Championship heads west across the Atlantic for Rally Chile, Toyota has made the bold decision to replace Takamoto Katsuta with Sami… Read more by David Evans September 11, 2024 5 min
WRC News Katsuta dropped for Pajari at Rally Chile Toyota has benched Takamoto Katsuta for the next round of the World Rally Championship in Chile – with rising star Sami Pajari taking his place… Read more by David Evans September 11, 2024 3 min
WRC News Katsuta sets the pace on dusty Acropolis shakedown Takamoto Katsuta was fastest out of the blocks on Acropolis Rally Greece, topping the shakedown stage where the majority of drivers were impacted by the… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay September 5, 2024 3 min
WRC News Latvala: Katsuta needs to be less like me Given he is his boss, Takamoto Katsuta is well-accustomed to listening to what Jari-Matti Latvala has to say. But Latvala, still the most experienced driver… Read more by Luke Barry August 12, 2024
WRC News Rovanperä takes Finland lead, Katsuta hits a tree Kalle Rovanperä leads a tricky Secto Rally Finland after Friday morning as World Rally Championship rival Ott Tänak crashed and Takamoto Katsuta smacked a tree…. Read more by Luke Barry August 2, 2024 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä doubles Latvia lead, Katsuta hits trouble Kalle Rovanperä more than doubled his Rally Latvia lead across the course of Saturday morning’s four stages, but Takamoto Katsuta became the first Rally1 driver… Read more by Luke Barry July 20, 2024 3 min
WRC News Drivers urge fans to be safe and sensible in Poland Toyota star Takamoto Katsuta has led the drivers’ calls for fans to listen to the marshals during this week’s Rally Poland. The Mikołajki-based event hasn’t… Read more by David Evans June 27, 2024 2 min
WRC Features Katsuta managing Poland expectations As the World Rally Championship returns to Poland next week, most crews will be dredging their memory banks and digging out their pacenotes and onboard… Read more by Mark Paulson June 18, 2024 3 min
WRC News Toyota’s search for another Katsuta continues Has there ever been a better time to be a Japanese rally fan? It’s hard to remember one. And the good news? It just keeps… Read more by David Evans June 12, 2024 3 min
WRC News Katsuta retires from Sardinia podium fight Takamoto Katsuta has retired from third place on Rally Italy Sardinia with a suspected transmission failure. It was reported that the Toyota driver had made… Read more by Jon Scoltock June 1, 2024 2 min
WRC Features Rally Italy Sardinia 2024 form guide The European gravel season is underway and, after an action-packed Rally Portugal three weeks ago, we’re back at it with Rally Italia Sardegna. A quick… Read more by Jon Scoltock May 28, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Ogier dispenses advice to winless team-mate Katsuta Takamoto Katsuta’s World Rally Championship campaign in 2024 has been a mixture of promise and frustration. Fridays have been Katsuta’s domain. He led the way… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay May 23, 2024 3 min
WRC News Could Katsuta follow Rovanperä into drifting? Kalle Rovanperä has created a neat sideline for himself with his drifting exploits, but now the world rally champion is encouraging his team-mate Takamoto Katsuta… Read more by Jon Scoltock May 22, 2024 2 min
