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WRC legend Kankkunen to drive hydrogen Toyota rally car

Four-time World Rally Championship champion and Toyota deputy team principal Juha Kankkunen will pilot the latest hydrogen-powered rally car from Toyota at Rally Finland.

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More events like Monza Rally Show would be “nice” for WRC - Latvala

The World Rally Championship could benefit from hosting exhibition-style events such as the Monza Rally Show, according to Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala.

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Latvala: More events like Monza Rally Show would be “nice” for WRC

The World Rally Championship could benefit from hosting exhibition-style events such as the Monza Rally Show, according to Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala.

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Toyota not “expecting too many changes” to WRC technical rules for 2025

The WRC is currently gripped by discussions over the technical rules for next year after teams strongly opposed the FIA’s proposal to make changes to Rally1 and Rally2 cars in a bid to boost entry numbers at events.

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Latvala: Neuville, Evans tied for WRC Croatia lead "something special"

Hyundai’s Neuville and Toyota driver Evans incredibly clocked identical overall times to sit tied for the lead on Friday night after 119.74 competitive stage kilometres.

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Why Rovanpera is able to tame WRC Safari Rally stages

Rovanpera has proved to be the class of the field in Kenya, which is regarded as the most gruelling event on the WRC calendar.

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Evans made “clever” WRC title bid call in Monte Carlo

Evans started the WRC season opener strongly, winning the opening two stages before going on to lead the rally at the end of Friday.

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Latvala: Katsuta realising WRC potential after Rally Japan stage wins

Katsuta has displayed blistering pace across the tricky asphalt stages at his home event, winning eight of the 16 stages to date.

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Rovanpera WRC Estonia domination ‘Loeb like’, says Latvala

Rovanpera produced arguably his most crushing WRC victory of his career to date to defeat Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville by 46.5s on Estonia’s fast gravel roads.

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Rovanpera’s WRC Rally Estonia pace a “big surprise” for Toyota

The reigning world champion made light work of sweeping the fast gravel stages to end Friday with a 3.0s lead over Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville heading into Saturday’s nine stages.

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Latvala to make WRC comeback at Rally Finland

The 18-time WRC rally winner will forsake his role as Toyota WRC team principal for a weekend to pilot a fourth GR Yaris at the gravel rally, alongside reigning world champion Kalle Rovanpera, Elfyn Evans and Takamoto Katsuta.

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Ogier’s risky tyre decision a “clever call” says Toyota WRC boss

The 2021 Safari Rally winner made a bold decision to take only one spare wheel, instead of two, for Friday’s six stages at a rally renowned for being rough on tyres.

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Toyota to investigate WRC water splash weakness

Three of the team’s four drivers encountered issues with the GR Yaris while traversing water crossings during last weekend’s rain-impacted round on the Italian island.

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Latvala gets second Fuji 24h outing in hydrogen-powered Toyota

Latvala was part of the crew that campaigned the Rookie Racing-run Toyota GR Corolla H2 Concept in the ST-Q class in last year’s Super Taikyu blue riband event.

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Latvala could sense “different level” Rovanpera WRC display in Portugal

The reigning world champion has so far produced a faultless display to head into Sunday’s final four stages with a 57.5s lead over Hyundai’s Dani Sordo.

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Latvala hails “unique” Ogier WRC Rally Mexico performance

Ogier will head into the gravel event's final day equipped with a 35.8s advantage over Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans, as the eight-time world champion goes in search of a record seventh WRC win in Mexico.

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Hydrogen power requires more development, says Toyota WRC boss

Toyota is among the pioneers of hydrogen power in motorsport having invested heavily into developing the fuel as a future environmentally sustainable power source.

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Hydrogen power requires "couple more years" of development, says Toyota WRC boss

Toyota is among the pioneers of hydrogen power in motorsport having invested heavily into developing the fuel as a future environmentally sustainable power source.

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Toyota won’t put more pressure on Katsuta at WRC Rally Sweden

Toyota World Rally Championship boss Jari-Matti Latvala says the team won’t 'put more pressure' on Takamoto Katsuta to deliver in his first drive for the factory team this weekend.

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Toyota WRC boss Latvala plotting rally return

Toyota World Rally Championship boss Jari-Matti Latvala is plotting a competitive rally return with an outing behind the wheel of Toyota’s new Rally2 GR Yaris.

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Latvala: Toyota cannot afford to relax heading into 2023 WRC season

Toyota World Rally Championship boss Jari-Matti Latvala says his team cannot afford to relax heading into next year despite scoring a clean sweep of titles in 2022.

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Toyota open to renting out fourth car at 2023 WRC events

Toyota boss Jari-Matti Latvala says his team will consider renting out a fourth GR Yaris at selected 2023 World Rally Championship events.

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Latvala: Katsuta an option for Toyota WRC team promotion

Toyota World Rally Championship boss Jari-Matti Latvala has suggested Takamoto Katsuta could be an option to move into the full factory team next season.

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Latvala hails "shared desire for success" in Toyota WRC title clean sweep

Toyota World Rally Championship boss Jari-Matti Latvala has hailed his team’s collective desire for success after witnessing the marque claim its sixth WRC manufacturers’ title.

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Latvala wanted to cry over Rovanpera’s WRC title success

Toyota World Rally Championship boss Jari-Matti Latvala wanted to cry after witnessing “superhero” Kalle Rovanpera end Finland’s 20-year wait for a world rally champion.

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