William Creighton scorched to victory on the Nicky Grist Stages, when he won the event for the first time in his Castrol MEM Rally Team Toyota GR Yaris Rally2. Builth Wells Mayor Cllr. Mark Hammond flagged the cars away from the start of the Quinton Motor Club organised event from outside Strand Hall, as 142 crews headed out for the morning loop of four … [Read more...]
Meirion’s seeking Scottish win this week
Meirion Evans is targeting a top result on this weekend’s Borders Competitions Jim Clark Rally 23/24 May as he makes a solo appearance for the Castrol MEM Rally Team in a Toyota GR Yaris Rally2. Owing to a family wedding, William Creighton is unable to contest Round 3 of the Probite British Rally Championship – and whilst this is likely to cost him the BRC … [Read more...]
Rally Hungary opens gravel events in ERC
Hungary this week welcomes the second round of the 2025 FIA European Rally Championship, providing the 65-strong field their first experience of gravel. FIA European Rally Championship action switches to Hungary this weekend with the country preparing to host the first of three gravel events in a row from 9 - 11 May. Six years on from staging one of the … [Read more...]
Creighton and Regan open BRC 2025 account
William Creighton and Liam Regan made a triumphant return to the Probite British Rally Championship on Sunday, clinching victory at the opening round of the 2025 season, the East Riding Stages Rally. Last year’s BRC runners-up almost dominated the top of the time sheets, claiming seven stage wins from ten tests and securing their maiden BRC victory in the … [Read more...]
Castrol MEM team give GR Yaris Rally2 BRC win
The Castrol MEM Rally Team has given the Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 its first Probite British Rally Championship victory after Chris Ingram/Alex Kihurani won the Voyonic Grampian Forest Rally last weekend. Team-mates Meirion Evans/Jonathan Jackson fought back from an early puncture to finish sixth. Neither driver had contested the event before, and it was … [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 … [Read more...]
Ingram gives Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 maiden win
Chris Ingram gave the new Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 its first victory in the UK when he won the 2024 Nicky Grist Stages in the Castrol MEM Rally Team car, and in doing so adds his name to a prestigious list of past event winners. Co-driven by Alex Kihurani, the 2019 FIA European rally champion finished just 14.7 seconds ahead of Keith Cronin/Shane Buckley … [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 … [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 … [Read more...]
