Toyota Gazoo Racing opened its 2024 FIA World Rally Championship season with a double podium finish at Rallye Monte-Carlo yesterday (28 January), with Sébastien Ogier second and Welshman Elfyn Evans third. Both drivers were involved in a fight for victory throughout the event, where they faced a challenging mix of conditions on the asphalt roads of the French Alps. Ogier spectacularly claimed … [Read more...]
Monte thriller opens 2024 WRC today
The curtain rises on a brand-new FIA World Rally Championship season today as the world’s toughest motorsport series roars back into action at the legendary Rallye Monte-Carlo which finishes Sunday. Thirteen rounds await across four continents during the WRC’s 52nd season. Kicking off the new year in style, this week’s famous fixture has attracted a capacity entry of 70 cars. Rallye Monte-Carlo, … [Read more...]
Toyota Gazoo Racing return to asphalt in Croatia
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team head to the Croatia Rally this week, the fourth round of the 2023 FIA World Rally Championship 21-23 April. They arrive in Croatia with heavy hearts following the death in testing last week of Craig Breen. Toyota Gazoo Racing send their deepest condolences to his family and to his team, Hyundai Motorsport. Considered the first pure asphalt round of the … [Read more...]
WRC enters the plug-in era in 2022
Top flight rallying will forever change at the end of this year, but it's not going fully electric yet. The WRC has fundamentally revised its technical regulations from next season. The top-tier Rally1 class for manufacturer teams will bring a substantial gain in crew safety, as well as more equality between competitors, due to a new design approach. An even bigger revolution concerns the … [Read more...]
Evans opens his 2021 WRC account
Welsh wizard on wheels Elfyn Evans has started the 2021 WRC championship where he finished last year, just behind team-mate Sébastien Ogier who was on his home ground on the opening round of the new series Rallye Monte-Carlo. Sébastien Ogier celebrated his 50th world rally win and a record eighth victory at Rallye Monte-Carlo on Sunday afternoon but it had been tough fight with … [Read more...]
Elfyn Evans gears up for historic challenge
Elfyn Evans’ bid to add further success to his history-making win on last year’s Wales Rally GB blasts off with today's Rallye Monte-Carlo 25-28 January. As tradition dictates, the FIA World Rally Championship commences with the notoriously challenging Alpine classic – a wintry event that always throws up an ultra-testing cocktail of ice, snow and slush making the already demanding mountain … [Read more...]