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...]
Evans gambles on winning for TGR in Monte Carlo this month
Top Welsh driver, 28-year-old Elfyn Evans starts this season in Monte Carlo WRC opening round for Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team, who have confirmed their star-studded driver line-up for the 2024 FIA World Rally Championship season. Kalle Rovanperä this year became the youngest winner of back-to-back WRC drivers’ titles, aged 23, and has signed a new multi-year contract with TGR-WRT. … [Read more...]
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 homologated
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team (TGR-WRT) said the GR Yaris Rally2 was been granted homologation by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), from January 1, 2024. The GR Yaris Rally2 has been developed for customer rallying and is now set for official competition, beginning with the famous Rallye Monte-Carlo later this month. Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) have up to now been … [Read more...]
WRC goes on Safari this week
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team return to the Safari Rally Kenya 22-25 June aiming to maintain their proud record of success on the epic African event, the seventh round of the 2023 FIA World Rally Championship. The Safari, celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, is recognised as one of rallying’s toughest challenges. TGR-WRT has won both editions held since the event made a welcome … [Read more...]
Toyota sweep to victory again in Dakar challenge
Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiyah and his French co-driver, Mathieu Baumel, successfully defended the Dakar title they won for Toyoya Gazoo Racing in 2022, bringing their GR DKR Hilux T1+ over the finish line of this year's event. The pair lost 5min 41sec to the winners of the rally’s final stage, but sealed the overall victory with a winning margin of 1hr 20min 49sec. Al Attiyah (above right) said, … [Read more...]