Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT

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For Toyota's WRC team which competed between 1987–1999, see Toyota Motorsport GmbH. For other Toyota Gazoo racing teams and divisions, see Toyota Gazoo Racing.
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Toyota Gazoo Racing stacked logo.svg
Full name Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team
Base Finland Jyväskylä, Finland
Estonia Peetri, Estonia[1]
Team principal(s) Jari-Matti Latvala
Drivers France Sébastien Ogier
United Kingdom Elfyn Evans
Finland Kalle Rovanperä
Japan Takamoto Katsuta
Finland Esapekka Lappi
Co-drivers France Benjamin Veillas
United Kingdom Scott Martin
Finland Jonne Halttunen
Republic of Ireland Aaron Johnston
Finland Janne Ferm
Chassis Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
Tyres Pirelli
World Rally Championship career
Debut 2017 Monte Carlo Rally
Constructors' Championships 2 (2018, 2021)
Drivers' Championships 4 (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Rally wins 30

Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT is a World Rally Championship (WRC) team based in Finland[2] that serves as Toyota's official factory team.[3][4] Its team principal is former WRC driver Jari-Matti Latvala.[5] The team made its début during the 2017 season, where it entered the Toyota Yaris WRC.[6] The team is a separate entity from the Toyota Gazoo Racing team led by Toyota Motorsport GmbH that competes in the World Endurance Championship.[7]

In 2018, the team managed to win the World Rally Championship. This earned Toyota their first manufacturers' title since 1999.[8]

History

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Toyota Yaris WRC premiere at the 2016 Paris Motor Show

Toyota's return to the World Rally Championship and the development of the Yaris WRC was originally overseen by Toyota Motorsport GmbH, the successor to Toyota Team Europe, the team that ran Toyota Celicas and the Toyota Corolla WRC in the 1980s and 1990s. With Toyota Motorsport GmbH also overseeing the development and operation of the Toyota TS050 Hybrid in the World Endurance Championship, Toyota elected to reassign the project to Tommi Mäkinen. Mäkinen shelved the Yaris WRC prototype developed by Toyota Motorsport GmbH and started anew.[citation needed] [9][10][11]

2017

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Esapekka Lappi on the way to victory in the 2017 Rally Finland

Toyota made their return to the WRC after eighteen years of absence in 2017 season with Toyota Yaris WRC.[6][3] Jari-Matti Latvala and co-driver Miikka Anttila left Volkswagen Motorsport following the team's withdrawal from the sport to join Toyota Gazoo Racing,[4] where they were partnered with Juho Hänninen—who returned to the championship for the first time since 2014—and Kaj Lindström.[12] Reigning WRC-2 champions Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm made their début in a WRC specification car, contesting a partial campaign from the Rally of Portugal.[4][13] Toyota last competed in the sport as a factory-supported team between 1997 and 1999 with the Corolla WRC before withdrawing ahead of the 2000 season to focus on its Formula One project.

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Toyota Yaris WRC - Jari-Matti Latvala - Buenos Aires Motorshow 2017

The team took their first podium at the 2017 Monte Carlo Rally, and took their first win at the next round in the 2017 Rally Sweden. The teams best run of the season came in Finland, with Esapekka Lappi taking his first WRC win and Juho Hänninen taking his first podium finish, Jari-Matti Latvala had to retire from the lead with a mechanical problem.

2018

Before the 2018 season, Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja left M-Sport to join the team, replacing Juho Hänninen and Kaj Lindström.[14] Hänninen and Lindström remained with the team, with Hänninen taking on a test driver role and Lindström replacing Jarmo Lehtinen as the team's sporting director.[15]

In August, the team located its service base to Estonia, 8 km from the capital of Tallinn. Headquarters, development, testing and administration will stay in Finland.[1]

Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT was able to capture the 2018 World Rally Championship manufacturers title. With Tommi Mäkinen heading the team, he became the first person in the history of rally driving to win a Championship both as a driver and as a team principal.[16] Ott Tänak took four rally wins, including three consecutive and Jari-Matti Latvala won once.[17]

2019

In 2019, Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm left to join Citroën after two years with the team.[18] Kris Meeke and Sebastian Marshall would instead drive a third car in the championship.[19]

2020

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Kalle Rovanperä on the way to victory in the 2020 Rally Sweden
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Toyota GR Yaris in 2022

In the 2020 season, Toyota had a brand new line up with six-time WRC champion Sébastien Ogier joining from Citroën who had pulled out of the 2020 season with Elfyn Evans from M-Sport and Kalle Rovanperä from Škoda Motorsport all joining Toyota for this season, as 2019 champion Ott Tänak left to join Hyundai, and Kris Meeke left the team as well.

WRC results

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Main article: Toyota World Rally Championship results

References

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  10. ↑ https://www.caradvice.com.au/364302/tommi-makinen-to-lead-toyota-yaris-wrc-team-in-2017/[bare URL]
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  17. ↑ Season 2018 ewrc-results.com
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External links

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