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It’s World Rally Championship news time and, just like always, Toyota is in the headlines. The team celebrated a second-place finish in the Mexican leg of the series. Toyota driver, Ott Tänak, is happy with this news because it means that he finds himself at the top of the...

Toyota GAZOO Racing celebrate their success at the Rally France in Corsica after winning six of the twelve stages, including both stages of the final day. Ott Tänak, one of the team’s newer racers, managed to secure an overall podium finish in second place allowing him to be ranked...

Hyundai Motorsport is feeling confident for the fourth round of the World Rally Championship following their victory in Sweden and their second and fourth finishes in Rally Mexico. Thierry Neuville and his co-driver, Nicolas Gilsoul, are ranked second in the drivers’ and navigator’s championship. The duo successfully finished in...

Toyota GAZOO was consistent in their efforts at the Dakar Rally, but how did they perform at the WRC? Well, the news is good after Esapekka Lappi, who competed on the snow for the first-time, led his team to a winning trifecta in the second-last stage before winning the...

Toyota Gazoo Racing is about to hit the performance mainstream and the car to potentially launch it into hot hatch stardom with be the Toyota Yaris. Without getting ahead of ourselves, the Toyota Supra co-developed with BMW, is rumoured to be next. Toyota has upgraded the current Yaris’s 1.3-litre...

Toyota is busy with its 2017 Yaris WRC test program to ensure that its return to top-tier rallying – after a 17-year hiatus – brings success. The Toyota Yaris WRC has been built in accordance to the 2017 regulations which permit wider chassis design, fuller aero modifications and increased...

The Hyundai i20 WRC car was revealed earlier this month at Italy’s Monza racing circuit, ahead of its entry into the 2017 World Rally Championship. With current champions Volkswagen leaving the sport at the end of 2016, the car is expected to be a front-running contender in next year’s season. It replaces...

One aspect about Volkswagen’s swansong in WRC that few have touched on is where the drivers are going? We’re talking serious WRC talent; we’re talking 4-time champion Sebastien Ogier, fast but accident-prone Jari-Matti Latvala and very underrated Andreas Mikkelsen. Toytoa’s participation in WRC for 2017 might open some doors,...

As Volkswagen looks to minimize financial rupture from Dieselgate, the automaker giant is expected to announce its withdrawal from World Rally Championship. The announcement could be made after tomorrow’s board meeting at the company’s Wolfsburg headquarters. Having clinched four manufacturer titles and four driver’s championships in as many years,...