Toyota Yaris WRC

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing heads north in search of further snow success

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Friday, February 19, 2021
Auto racing, Rally racing, World Rally Cars, World Rally Championship, Toyota Yaris WRC, Rally Sweden, Power Stage, Sébastien Loeb, Wales Rally GB

Making its debut in the FIA World Rally Championship, the event takes the place of the cancelled Rally Sweden as the season's only pure winter round.

Key Points: 
  • Making its debut in the FIA World Rally Championship, the event takes the place of the cancelled Rally Sweden as the season's only pure winter round.
  • The team will travel north from its base in central Finland aiming to continue the strong record of the Toyota Yaris WRC on snow and ice, having claimed three victories in Sweden in the past four seasons.
  • The rally will run to a condensed format with 10 stages providing a total of 251.08 competitive kilometres.
  • The final day on Sunday consists of two passes over the Aittajarvi test, the latter as the Power Stage.

Ogier Claims Record Eighth Monte-Carlo win in Toyota Yaris WRC 1-2

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Monday, January 25, 2021
World Rally Championship, Rally racing, Auto racing, Toyota, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Toyota Yaris WRC, Takamoto Katsuta, Monte Carlo Rally, Sébastien Ogier, Rally Sweden

This is the first time that the team has won the WRC's most prestigious event with its Toyota Yaris WRC, having made the podium every year since its debut in 2017.

Key Points: 
  • This is the first time that the team has won the WRC's most prestigious event with its Toyota Yaris WRC, having made the podium every year since its debut in 2017.
  • It is the fourth Rallye Monte-Carlo win in Toyota's history, coming on the 30th anniversary of its maiden victory in 1991.
  • On his home event, Ogier claimed the lead back with a storming stage win on Saturday's first test.
  • TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRC Challenge Program driver Takamoto Katsuta made it four Yaris WRC drivers in the top six as he completed Rallye Monte-Carlo for the second year in a row and scored his best WRC result so far in sixth place.

Ogier and Ingrassia Become Seven-Time World Champions With Toyota Gazoo Racing

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Monday, December 7, 2020
Rally racing, Auto racing, Toyota, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Julien Ingrassia, Sébastien Ogier, Toyota Yaris WRC, World Rally Championship, Rally Australia

Toyota City, Japan, Dec 7, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Sebastien Ogier and his co-driver Julien Ingrassia have claimed their seventh FIA World Rally Championship titles* with victory in the Toyota Yaris WRC in an eventful deciding round of the season at Rally Monza.

Key Points: 
  • Toyota City, Japan, Dec 7, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Sebastien Ogier and his co-driver Julien Ingrassia have claimed their seventh FIA World Rally Championship titles* with victory in the Toyota Yaris WRC in an eventful deciding round of the season at Rally Monza.
  • Ogier has achieved his latest success in his first season with the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team.
  • Once again, the rain made things challenging, particularly on the last stage, but Ogier made it through with a final margin of 13.9s.
  • Takamoto Katsuta completed his five-round schedule in a Yaris WRC as part of the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRC Challenge Program in style with victory in the rally-ending Power Stage - his maiden WRC fastest time.

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Keen to Resume Winning Ways as WRC Restarts

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Friday, August 28, 2020
World Rally Championship, Rally racing, Auto racing, Rally Estonia, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Jari-Matti Latvala, Toyota Yaris WRC

Toyota City, Japan, Aug 28, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team will look to pick up where it left off when the 2020 FIA World Rally Championship resumes at Rally Estonia on September 4-6.

Key Points: 
  • Toyota City, Japan, Aug 28, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team will look to pick up where it left off when the 2020 FIA World Rally Championship resumes at Rally Estonia on September 4-6.
  • This will be the first time that Rally Estonia has ever been part of the WRC, although all of the manufacturer teams fielded cars at last year's promotional event.
  • Rally Estonia is new to the WRC and I was lucky enough to be there for last year's event.
  • Headquartered in Toyota City, Japan, Toyota has been making cars since 1937.

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRC Challenge Program

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Friday, July 10, 2020
Rally racing, Auto racing, Takamoto Katsuta, World Rally Championship, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Toyota Yaris WRC, Rally Estonia, Ott Tänak

Toyota City, Japan, July 10, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRC Challenge Program will resume when the 2020 FIA World Rally Championship season restarts at Rally Estonia on September 4-6, with up-and-coming Japanese driver Takamoto Katsuta to participate behind the wheel of a Toyota Yaris WRC.

Key Points: 
  • Toyota City, Japan, July 10, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRC Challenge Program will resume when the 2020 FIA World Rally Championship season restarts at Rally Estonia on September 4-6, with up-and-coming Japanese driver Takamoto Katsuta to participate behind the wheel of a Toyota Yaris WRC.
  • Through the WRC Challenge Program, which aims to develop Japanese rallying talent, Katsuta is training towards the goal of becoming a TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team driver.
  • In 2019 he won WRC2 on Rally Chile, and he claimed two wins in the Finnish Rally Championship before starting his first WRC events in a Toyota Yaris WRC in Germany and Spain.
  • Headquartered in Toyota City, Japan, Toyota has been making cars since 1937.