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    Quote Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira View Post
    Takamoto Katsuta says goodbye
    "See you very soon my friends in Wales" is what he says, so probably skipping only Turkey, not goodbye.
    (but he has done all his 7 WRC2 starts)
    "quattro best 4wd rallycar ever"

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    Wales with Yaris WRC?

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    Näin Valtteri Bottas viettää F1-sarjan kesätaukoa – testaa taas ralliautoa https://www.is.fi/formula1/art-2000006198761.html

    Valtteri Bottas to test Ford (though the story does not specify whether it's WRC or R5) next week in Germany.
    ku ois neljä pyörää ku vetäis ni ois vähän eri sekunnit kyllä pätkillä, sen mä takaan

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    Quote Originally Posted by tommeke_B View Post
    Wales with Yaris WRC?
    My interpretation is that it's his last R5 rally with the team. He's set to do Germany and Spain in the Yaris WRC, and most likely next year no more R5 starts..

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    IMO he will be back (down) to R5 Toyota as soon as they make it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mknight View Post
    IMO he will be back (down) to R5 Toyota as soon as they make it.
    I say they’ll rather send him back home if he hasn’t become a world class driver by that time

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    I was thinking about Arai (father) in Subaru. He got some WRC starts and wasn't quite fast to fight for wins there, so got dropped back to PWRC where he was fighting for podiums for quite long.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    I say they’ll rather send him back home if he hasn’t become a world class driver by that time
    I suspect that if he does not impress anyone driving yaris , he will end up competing in national rallies back home. Toyoda just wanted Japanese driver in TGR, but imo Katsuta is not it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by able1 View Post
    Katsuta is not it.
    Do they have better option?
    "With that car, your brain can actually never keep up"
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI

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    Quote Originally Posted by able1 View Post
    Toyoda just wanted Japanese driver in TGR, but imo Katsuta is not it.
    Most certainly it's Katsuta or nothing. They don't have time to waste another 3-4 years to develop "Katsuta II".

    Btw, I think Katsuta will do better in Yaris WRC than most think.

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