Sébastien Ogier claimed a surprise Secto Rally Finland victory on Sunday after his Toyota GAZOO Racing team-mate Kalle Rovanperä rolled out of the lead on the event’s penultimate stage. Rovanperä had led for almost every kilometre of this four-day gravel fixture and looked set to end Finland’s seven-year wait for a native winner, with a 45.8sec advantage going into the rally’s penultimate stage. … [Read more...]
Toyota hopes flying high for WRC Rally Finland
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team aim to continue their recent winning run when they compete on home roads at Rally Finland this week with an expanded all-star driver line-up. The high-speed gravel stages of central Finland from 1 to 4 August are the fastest and most spectacular in the FIA World Rally Championship and also home ground for TGR-WRT, who are based not far from the service park … [Read more...]
Toyota Gazoo Racing dominate WRC Rally Latvia
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team have claimed a second successive one-two finish after Kalle Rovanperä stormed to victory ahead of Sébastien Ogier at the FIA World Rally Championship’s first Rally Latvia. Returning to the high-speed gravel roads where he began his rally career as a teenager, Rovanperä and co-driver Jonne Halttunen led the rally from the opening stage in Riga on Thursday … [Read more...]
Latvia debuts in FIA World Rally Championship this week
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team are preparing to take on a new challenge at Rally Latvia this week, searching for victory with a full four-strong driver line-up. This will be Latvia’s debut in the FIA World Rally Championship, taking over the place in the schedule held in recent seasons by neighbouring country Estonia. Based on Rally Liepāja, a round of the FIA European Rally Championship, … [Read more...]
Lavish, leviathan and luxurious – Goodwood Festival of Speed
Goodwood’s energetic Media Centre is always an interesting place to be, meeting old friends from the press corps but for sure the biggest challenge facing reporters is the bewildering level of information generated at this unique and idiosyncratic British motoring event. It was Sunday 20th June 1993 that Goodwood’s first Festival of Speed started as a speculative notion and now thirty-one years … [Read more...]
Toyota first and second in WRC Poland
Kalle Rovanperä claimed one of the most remarkable victories in FIA World Rally Championship history at ORLEN 80th Rally Poland on Sunday. Reigning world champion Rovanperä, who is undertaking a selected programme of events in 2024, had never even planned to start this rally but was called upon by his Toyota GAZOO Racing team to replace Sébastien Ogier at the final hour. Ogier was sidelined by an … [Read more...]
Sébastien Ogier accident forces him out of Rally Poland start
Kalle Rovanperä has been given just 48 hours to prepare for ORLEN 80th Rally Poland 27 – 30 June after he was called in to replace Toyota team-mate Sébastien Ogier late on Tuesday. While this week’s fixture did not originally form part of the Finnish youngster’s part-time 2024 WRC schedule, a dramatic Tuesday leading up to the event resulted in Rovanperä and his co-driver Jonne Halttunen boarding … [Read more...]
Rally Italia Sardegna gravel challenge
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team face another tough gravel challenge this week at Rally Italia Sardegna, the sixth round of the 2024 FIA World Rally Championship. After victories in the last three events in Kenya, Croatia and Portugal, the team are targeting another strong result on the Italian island of Sardinia, looking to fight back in the championship where they trail the leaders in the … [Read more...]
Toyota Gazoo Racing win thrilling Portugal WRC round
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team’s Sébastien Ogier has secured a second successive win with his record-breaking sixth victory at the Rally de Portugal. Just like in the previous round on the asphalt roads of Croatia, Ogier and co-driver Vincent Landais triumphed after a thrilling and close battle on Portugal’s gravel stages. Just one second from the lead at the end of Friday, Ogier took over … [Read more...]
Evans faces Portugal test in WRC this week
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team will take on the Rally de Portugal this week 9-12 May with a strong line-up of four crews ready to continue the team’s run of success on the popular gravel event. For the first time this season, the team will be able to count on both of its world champion drivers, Kalle Rovanperä and Sébastien Ogier, winners of the last two rounds in Kenya and Croatia … [Read more...]
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