Yeah, and hopefully Hyundai commits to the 4 cars as well. It will at least bulk out the field a bit.
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That's quite a surprise.. didn't expect full time him, but nice christmas present :D
Solberg (rally1+r5) sharing car with Ogier then?
Budget. Toyota has it.
I reckon they're throwing money at the problem of "How do we develop Pajari while Ogier ages out, and simultaneously carry Katsuta for the marketing department?"
Edit: also, wow. That is not what I guessed yesterday. I thought they'd run four cars, and Pajari would do WRC1 when Ogier didn't. Toyota is doubling down.
Which is a great news I think. The more Rally1 cars we have, the better. There are some discussions that Hyundai will run 4 cars instead of 3. https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/h...2025/10674980/
I will be very interested to see who replaces Pajari's co-driver.
Are they putting in a mentor, like M-Sport did with Jarmo Lehtinen (Mika Hirvonen's former co-driver) for Teemu Suninen? Or do they have a problem with Enni Mälkönen?
Salminen maybe
Is Ville Mannisenmäki available? Co-driver for Asunmaa & did the Acropolis with Joona.
Wow what a great news to get up on Monday morning! Imagine that Toyota's are running 5 cars, Hyundai 4 and Ford maybe 3 sometimes! Having 11-12 Rally1 cars on some events would be very very nice.