Thierry Neuville vaulted from fifth to second in the FIA World Rally Championship standings on Sunday after clinching a long-awaited victory at Rally Italia Sardegna. Belgian star Neuville headed i20 N partner Esapekka Lappi by 33.0sec in a dream 1-2 finish for Hyundai at round six of 13, scoring his 18th career success alongside co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe. The result served as a maiden 2023 … [Read more...]
Toyota Gazoo Racing triumph in the sun
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team’s Kalle Rovanperä is back on top of the FIA World Rally Championship after a dominant drive to win the Rally de Portugal for the second year in succession at the weekend. The victory is the first of the season for reigning world champions Rovanperä (above) and Jonne Halttunen. They have moved to the head of the standings by 17 points thanks to having also … [Read more...]
Elfyn Evans wants to build WRC lead this week
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team is preparing to enter a crucial run of gravel events as the closely contested 2023 season continues at the popular Rally de Portugal, 11-14 May. Portugal marks the first of seven consecutive events on gravel, a sequence that will stretch through to the start of October and pose a wide variety of challenges for the teams and drivers in their GR Yaris Rally1 … [Read more...]
Osian debuts in FIA series with Škoda Fabia Rally2
Reigning British rally champion Osian Pryce will make his debut in the FIA European Rally Championship driving a Škoda Fabia Rally2 on at least three rounds of this year’s international series. The 30-year-old Welshman will start his campaign at Rally Poland (20-21 May) – an event he has done three times before when it was a round of the FIA World Rally Championship. Osian (above) will … [Read more...]
Renewable fuels to be trialled in WRC
Building on WRC’s ground-breaking move to 100 per cent sustainable fuels, WRC Promoter has agreed a two-year partnership with FuelsEurope to collaborate in the promotion and awareness of renewable fuels being used in the FIA World Rally Championship. The WRC will be a major case study in FuelsEurope’s ‘Clean Fuels for All’ campaign, which explains the origin, the role and the potential of … [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...]
Elfyn Evans steps onto podium in Mexico
Sébastien Ogier added another record to his already impressive tally with victory at Guanajuato Rally México on Sunday afternoon. The Frenchman, starting the second rally of his part-time 2023 campaign, moved to top of the Mexico roll of honour with a record seventh victory at the North American event, an accolade he had previously shared with old foe Sébastien Loeb. With a sizeable 35.8sec … [Read more...]
Rally México begins today after two year break
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team will take on new challenges with its GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid contender when Rally México makes a much-anticipated return for round three of the 2023 FIA World Rally Championship season, from today until Sunday. This will be the championship’s first visit to Mexico and to the American continent since 2020. As well as being the first gravel round of the … [Read more...]
Rally Sweden test for WRC teams this weekend
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team aim to continue their record of success on the snow and ice of Rally Sweden when round two of the 2023 FIA World Rally Championship takes place this week. Sweden was the scene of the team’s first victory, in 2017, when Jari-Matti Latvala – now Team Principal – claimed a shock win in TGR’s second WRC outing. Since then, the team have won three times in the last … [Read more...]
Toyota sweep all before them on Monte opener
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team started the 2023 FIA World Rally Championship with a one-two finish on Rallye Monte-Carlo as Sébastien Ogier claimed a record ninth victory on the event ahead of team-mate Kalle Rovanperä. Mostly dry weather made this year’s rally – the opening round of the 2023 World Rally Championship – more a test of outright performance than usual. Ogier (below) set the … [Read more...]