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 Features What will Kankkunen bring to his new Toyota role? A couple of years ago Sébastien Ogier and I were walking around the Toyota Museum. It was the day after Rally Japan and there was… Read more by David Evans November 27, 2024 3 min
WRC News Mälkonen reacts to co‑driving split with Pajari Eight months ago, Enni Mälkönen had swapped her intercom for a podcast microphone. On DirtFish’s SPIN, The Rally Pod, she made her rallying ambitions clear…. Read more by Alasdair Lindsay November 25, 2024 3 min
WRC News Toyota appoints Kankkunen as deputy team principal Four-time World Rally champion Juha Kankkunen will return to the service park with Toyota next season when he joins Jari-Matti Latvala as deputy team principal…. Read more by David Evans November 25, 2024 2 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 How the WRC title races have shifted amid Friday drama Needing at least 25 points to stand any chance of a World Rally Championship title steal, Ott Tänak faced the longest of long odds. Even… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay November 22, 2024 3 min
WRC News Toyota: Pressure is on Hyundai not us in Japan Hyundai is in the winning position, but it has the most to lose. That’s the mindset Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala is carrying into next… Read more by Luke Barry November 14, 2024 2 min
WRC Features How a WRC dominator held off a rising threat In the lead up to Hyundai and Toyota’s showdown for the manufacturers’ title in Japan later this month, we’re looking back at some of the… Read more by David Evans November 7, 2024
WRC News Latvala to be Toyota team principal part-time in 2025 If he’s honest, it wasn’t the job he wanted. Team principal’s nice, but World Rally Championship driver is better. Having signed off on the driving… Read more by David Evans November 5, 2024 2 min
WRC News Inside Hyundai and Toyota’s shared festival Waving away the tire smoke, two of the most powerful men in the automobile world emerged from a Toyota Yaris WRC and stepped up onto… Read more by David Evans October 29, 2024 3 min
WRC News Why WRC rivals are coming together in Korea Every now and then a story comes around and you just have to stop and smile. This is one of those. On Sunday, the World… Read more by David Evans October 25, 2024
WRC News Rovanperä to miss Rally Japan season finale Toyota will complete its World Rally Championship defense without Kalle Rovanperä following news that the Finn will not compete at next month’s Rally Japan. The… Read more by David Evans October 21, 2024 3 min
WRC News Tänak wins in Central Europe as crash impacts Toyota’s title hopes Ott Tänak has ensured the World Rally Championship drivers’ title race will go the final round of the season with victory on Central European Rally,… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 20, 2024 5 min
WRC News Ogier crashes out of Central Europe lead battle Sébastien Ogier has crashed out of the lead battle for the Central European Rally, leaving Ott Tänak one stage away from his second win of… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 20, 2024 2 min
WRC News Pajari crashes out, Tänak leads Central Europe Ott Tänak has taken the lead of Central European Rally after a mistake by Sébastien Ogier on Sunday’s opening stage, while Toyota rookie Sami Pajari… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 20, 2024 3 min
WRC News Fowler not scared of Hyundai’s new 2025 Rally1 car Toyota technical director Tom Fowler says there’s nothing concerning him about the initial specification of Hyundai’s 2025 i20 N Rally1. As part of the homologation… Read more by David Evans October 19, 2024 2 min
WRC News Ogier leads Neuville by 0.9s after CER’s first day Sébastien Ogier leads World Rally champion elect Thierry Neuville after Thursday’s two Central European Rally stages, but just over three seconds covers the top seven…. Read more by Luke Barry October 17, 2024 2 min
Dakar News Sainz: Dakar 2025 will be the closest ever If the final round of the 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC) season in Morocco told us anything, it’s that Nasser Al-Attiyah and Edouard Boulanger hold… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon October 14, 2024 3 min
