WRC News Acropolis Rally drama for Katsuta and Lappi on SS11 Takamoto Katsuta and Esapekka Lappi both hit trouble on Saturday’s penultimate Acropolis Rally Greece stage, as Elfyn Evans also punctured. First to find trouble was… Read more by Ida Wood September 9, 2023 3 min
WRC News The driver struggling for pre-Acropolis confidence Talking to Takamoto Katsuta about last year’s Acropolis Rally isn’t the easiest. It’s hard to find the positives. He was five minutes off the lead… Read more by David Evans September 6, 2023 2 min
WRC Features Rovanperä’s role in rebuilding Katsuta’s confidence The monkey is finally off Takamoto Katsuta’s back. Yes, he’d stood on a World Rally Championship podium before. Thrice, even. And at the legendary Safari… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay August 14, 2023 2 min
WRC Features Rovanperä’s Finland crash highlighted rallying’s special side Tupla. If you’re wondering about world champion Kalle Rovanperä’s chocolate of choice, it’s Tupla. A few years ago, gifting the 22-year-old Finn his favorite bar… Read more by David Evans August 10, 2023 2 min
WRC News Katsuta earns strong praise from his team-mate Despite its world champion driver exiting on his roof, Toyota could reflect on a job well done on Rally Finland. Elfyn Evans took his second… Read more by Mark Paulson August 10, 2023 2 min
WRC Features Winners + losers from Rally Finland 2023 Kalle Rovanperä, Ott Tänak and Esapekka Lappi would’ve been many people’s shouts to be the top three finishers on Rally Finland, rather than the three… Read more by Luke Barry August 6, 2023 5 min
WRC News Katsuta repels Suninen for third, Evans still leads Takamoto Katsuta is keeping Teemu Suninen behind in the battle for third on Rally Finland, with Elfyn Evans now just one stage away rally victory…. Read more by Ida Wood August 6, 2023 3 min
WRC News Toyota believes in Katsuta ‘with all our hearts’ Takamoto Katsuta wasn’t himself in Estonia. In fact, he wasn’t anywhere near himself. We know all about the Toyota driver’s speed. And we know about… Read more by David Evans July 28, 2023 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä ‘not pushing hard’ as he dominates in Estonia Kalle Rovanperä’s domination of Rally Estonia has continued into Saturday afternoon as he won both of the first loop’s stages. The Toyota driver won SS13… Read more by Ida Wood July 22, 2023 1 min
WRC News Latvala sets podium target for Katsuta After a lively first half to the World Rally Championship season, Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala would like to see Takamoto Katsuta return to the… Read more by Luke Barry July 7, 2023 2 min
WRC News How Katsuta plans to snare another Safari podium Safari Rally Kenya is one of the most challenging World Rally Championship events that pushes drivers right to their very limit. The current incarnation of… Read more by Rob Hansford June 21, 2023 2 min
WRC News Katsuta rolls on Safari shakedown Takamoto Katsuta has rolled on Wednesday morning’s Safari Rally Kenya shakedown. The Japanese dropped the Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 on his third run at the… Read more by David Evans June 21, 2023 2 min
WRC News Tänak’s water crossing failure different to Toyota’s Ott Tänak and Takamoto Katsuta both retired from Rally Italy Sardinia due to taking damage through a water crossing, but the reasons for their respective… Read more by Luke Barry June 3, 2023 2 min
WRC Opinion Did 2022 flatter Katsuta? 2023 was meant to be a real milestone year for Takamoto Katsuta – the season that he not only showed real progression, but also demonstrated… Read more by Rob Hansford May 4, 2023 5 min
WRC News Katsuta: Something is still missing from my side It’s rare that a driver opens up and blames themselves for a sub-par performance in a moment of public self-reflection. No driver wants to show… Read more by Rob Hansford May 3, 2023 3 min
WRC News Tänak defends Croatia wet tire gamble Ott Tänak has defended his decision to gamble on wet weather tires on SS6 of Croatia Rally. With clouds looming and a hint of rain… Read more by Rob Hansford April 21, 2023 2 min
WRC Features Why Latvala’s sure Katsuta will refind his confidence This was meant to be the year that Takamoto Katsuta took the next step in his rallying career. Being promoted to the main three-car Toyota… Read more by Mark Paulson April 9, 2023 3 min
WRC Features What we learned from 2023 Rally México From the alpine and wintry conditions of Monte Carlo and Sweden, the World Rally Championship quite literally turned up the heat for the third stop… Read more by Luke Barry March 20, 2023 5 min
