WRC News An engineer’s perspective on the “conundrum” of hybrid Tom Fowler’s not often undecided. He is now. Toyota’s technical director can’t make up his mind whether he’s comfortable with next week’s step into the… Read more by David Evans March 9, 2023 3 min
WRC News The two reasons Toyota wanted Rovanperä to test Rally2 Decision time has descended on Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Jyväskylä headquarters. Doors will be shut, meetings lengthened and brows furrowed as the debate continues. The focus?… Read more by David Evans March 8, 2023 2 min
WRC News Has Toyota eradicated its 2022 weakness? It’s with some trepidation that Toyota folk will step aboard the plane bound for Rally México later this week. Understandably. Rough gravel and the GR… Read more by David Evans March 7, 2023 2 min
WRC News Toyota’s perceived México update isn’t one at all Toyota’s test car sent the rally world into something of a spin in Spain last week. No sooner had the GR Yaris Rally1 been seen… Read more by David Evans February 28, 2023 2 min
WRC News Toyota Rally2 car still to face its toughest test Toyota’s technical director Tom Fowler has provided DirtFish with an update on the development of the manufacturer’s Rally2 car. Not scheduled to appear in the… Read more by Ida Wood February 20, 2023 2 min
WRC News The new WRC rule that compromised Rovanperä Strangely, the intrigue surrounding Kalle Rovanperä as he reached the stop control of Sunday’s first Rally Sweden stage last weekend wasn’t the time he’d chewed… Read more by Luke Barry February 17, 2023
WRC News What exactly’s been done to help Evans? Elfyn Evans says he has learned lessons from last season and is ready to put use those teachings to use from round one in Monte… Read more by David Evans January 18, 2023 3 min
WRC News Toyota’s expectations of Rovanperä this season Kalle Rovanperä will step up his game this year but he’ll need to in order to retain his World Rally Championship crown, according to Toyota… Read more by Luke Barry January 18, 2023 3 min
WRC News “Fair play” to whoever can beat Ogier in Monte – Fowler The ball is in Toyota and Sébastien Ogier’s court to win this weekend’s Monte Carlo Rally according to the team’s technical director Tom Fowler. Ogier… Read more by Luke Barry January 17, 2023 2 min
WRC News Toyota makes aero and engine changes for 2023 Toyota technical director Tom Fowler has explained the revisions and upgrades made to the GR Yaris Rally1 ahead of the 2023 World Rally Championship season… Read more by Luke Barry January 10, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Video The Toyota WRC car that never was Did you ever think, at any point, during the 2021 World Rally Championship season that Toyota needed to be faster? You know, the season where… Read more by Luke Barry December 22, 2022 3 min
Rally News Toyota caught out by Hyundai’s rate of development Toyota technical director Tom Fowler has admitted he was “caught out a little bit” by how quickly Hyundai recovered its deficit throughout the World Rally… Read more by Luke Barry December 12, 2022 3 min
WRC News Why a Rally2 car is important to Toyota Toyota technical director Tom Fowler believes opening up the use of the team’s new GR Yaris Rally2 to customers is an “important” step to support… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon November 30, 2022 3 min
WRC News How Toyota rebounded after its Acropolis disaster Acropolis Rally Greece was an oddity in the 2022 World Rally Championship season. It was the roughest gravel rally of the lot. And what it… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 10, 2022 3 min
WRC News Katsuta not “too disappointed” to have crashed Takamoto Katsuta doesn’t feel “too disappointed” to have rolled out of Rally New Zealand – a crash caused by being “maybe too focused” on one particular… Read more by Luke Barry October 1, 2022 3 min
WRC Features How WRC teams prepare for rough rallies like Acropolis Reboots. Hollywood loves them – the old franchises are coming back thick and fast. It’s the same story in the World Rally Championship: Kenya, Greece,… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay September 8, 2022 3 min
WRC Features Should Neuville be feared in Ypres? It’s been a frustrating season so far for Thierry Neuville. Two podiums to his name with the most recent one being on Rally Croatia and… Read more by Adam Proud August 16, 2022 3 min
WRC News Toyota firmly believes Evans can still be world champion There was every reason to believe that Elfyn Evans could claim a first World Rally Championship title heading into the year – or, at the… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay August 12, 2022 3 min