Toyota expands WRC driver line-up for 2025, Kankkunen lands management role
Toyota will expand its World Rally Championship entry to five cars at selected events next year following confirmation Sami Pajari will join the team for a maiden full-time Rally1 campaign.Fresh from sealing the WRC manufacturers’s title in dramatic fashion at last weekend’s Rally Japan, Toyota…
Rally Japan organisers hit with hefty €50,000 fine for safety breach
Rally Japan organisers have been fined €50,000 and issued an additional €100,000 suspended fine after an unauthorised vehicle ventured onto a live stage at the World Rally Championship season finale. A minivan entered stage 12 (Ena) on Saturday morning, forcing officials to cancel the test after…
Toyota’s final stage WRC manufacturer triumph in Japan an «amazing story»
Toyota snatching the World Rally Championship manufacturers’ crown on the final stage of the season was a great advert for rallying, according to team boss Jari-Matti Latvala. The Japanese brand overhauled an unlikely 15-point deficit to Hyundai coming into the Japan season finale, culminating in an…
Neuville: WRC title a reward for “years of fighting and never giving up”
Thierry Neuville has said his ability to keep calm in moments of adversity and his «never give up» attitude were key to finally clinching the World Rally Championship title.The five-time WRC runner-up (2013, 2016-2019) took the last step and became a world champion after finishing…
How Neuville’s long and winding road led to WRC glory
Thierry Neuville clinched a career-defining maiden World Rally Championship title in dramatic circumstances at this weekend’s Rally Japan.Often regarded among the best drivers never to win a WRC title, the Belgian can now lay that claim to rest after he and co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe beat…
WRC Japan: Evans wins, Toyota snatches WRC manufacturers title in final stage thriller
Elfyn Evans won the World Rally Championship season finale in Japan while Toyota snatched the manufacturers’ title in a Power Stage thriller after Thierry Neuville had already been crowned world champion.Evans and co-driver Scott Martin clinched their first WRC win of the season for Toyota…
Tanak explains «proper disaster” WRC title deciding crash
Ott Tanak has explained the crash he described as a “proper disaster” that handed team-mate Thierry Neuville the World Rally Championship crown and dented Hyundai’s manufacturers’ title bid.Tanak started Sunday with a commanding 38 second rally lead over Toyota’s Elfyn Evans but his Rally Japan…
WRC Japan: Tanak crash hands Neuville the WRC title
Ott Tanak has dramatically crashed out of the lead of Rally Japan which has handed Thierry Neuville the World Rally Championship and swung the manufacturers title battle towards Toyota.Tanak started Sunday with a 38 second rally lead over Toyota’s Elfyn Evans which he needed to…
Neuville: “I still need to drive fast” on Sunday to clinch maiden WRC title
Thierry Neuville says he cannot afford to cruise through the Rally Japan’s final leg to secure a maiden World Rally Championship title following a stirring Saturday fightback.The WRC points leader started Saturday outside the points-paying positions in 15th after Friday’s costly turbo failure dashed hopes of…
Yamaha debuts new front wing in Barcelona MotoGP test
Yamaha turned heads in Tuesday’s official MotoGP test in Barcelona as it introduced a significantly overhauled version of the M1.As the Japanese manufacturer revealed, further improvements have been made to the chassis, engine and aerodynamics on the back of some promising updates at the end…
