Takamato Katsuta and co-drover Aaron Johnston achieved their first FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) victory yesterday at the Safari Rally Kenya, continuing Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team’s (TGR-WRT) unbeaten run on the epic event. Katsuta becomes only the second Japanese driver to win a WRC round after Kenjiro Shinozuka’s victories in the early … [Read more...]
Motorsport
WRC goes into Africa
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team are looking to maintain their flying start to the season as they head to Africa this week for Safari Rally Kenya, the third round of the 2026 FIA World Rally Championship 12-15 March. So far this year, the team have locked out the podium places on the icy mountain roads of Rallye Monte-Carlo and snow-covered stages of … [Read more...]
Bank on Brooklands for GP Centenary
Britain’s very first Grand Prix was staged at Brooklands in 1926. Now, celebrating this year’s centenary in spectacular style, the award-winning Brooklands Museum is staging a very special event on Saturday 8 August – 100 years to the day after the original race was held. Marking this milestone in British motor racing history, an amazing gathering of 100 … [Read more...]
Race Retro shines in natural setting
BRSomehow Race Retro’s pleasant rural Warwickshire setting captures the true nature of all historic and club motor sport facets that the popular annual Stoneleigh gathering personifies. Porsche won its first of 19 Le Mans 24-hour victories in 1970 with a 917 driven by Hans Herrmann and British BRM F1 driver Richard Attwood, who anonymously sat next to me in … [Read more...]
Evans slips to second Swedish Rally win
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team locked out the podium places for the second time in as many rounds of the 2026 FIA World Rally championship with Elfyn Evans claiming another victory on the snow of Rally Sweden last weekend. He lead a 1-2-3-4 result for the team in their Toyota GR YARIS Rally1 cars. It follows the team’s clean-sweep of first, second and … [Read more...]
Solberg & Evans relish next Rally Sweden
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team take on the high-speed snow of Rally Sweden this week with their home hero Oliver Solberg leading the FIA World Rally Championship. Solberg led a superb 1-2-3 for the team on the season-opening Rallye Monte-Carlo to launch his debut TGR-WRT campaign in style. After experiencing some of the most demanding winter … [Read more...]
ERC contest over seven rounds & Wales in September
The eagerly anticipated 2026 FIA European Rally Championship will begin with the 43rd Andalusia Rally - Sierra Morena - Córdoba World Heritage Site from 17 - 19 April and comes to Wales in September. Using all-asphalt stages, the spectacular event in southern Spain, an ERC newcomer in 2025, replaces Rally Hungary as the first of what will now be a … [Read more...]
Rally North Wales regulations published
Regulations have been published for this year's Trailhead Get Jerky Rally North Wales. This year sees a return to Welshpool with unrivalled facilities for pre-event checks, Rally HQ and service. From there, competitors will have almost 45 competitive miles over 6 stages in the classic Dyfnant and Aberhirnant forest complex, plus a visit to Welshpool Town … [Read more...]
Solberg cleans up on Monte, Evans chases
Toyota youngster becomes youngest winner of the WRC-era Rallye Monte-Carlo in dominant 1-2-3. Oliver Solberg has written his name into the history books after holding his nerve through a treacherous final leg to become the youngest-ever winner of Rallye Monte-Carlo in the FIA World Rally Championship era. Co-driven by Britain's Elliott Edmondson, the … [Read more...]
Monte marks victorious Toyota Team’s tenth season
A new-look Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team (TGR-WRT) will begin their 10th season of competition today when the 2026 FIA World Rally Championship opens with the Rallye Monte-Carlo 22-25 January. The championship tests cars, drivers and team members more than any other motorsports discipline. From the freezing snow to the desert heat, on every kind of … [Read more...]
