Marcus Grönholm said in finnish rally magazine (VM) that he will drive Toyota Yaris wrc in Rally Finland. He is not real competitor. He is doing only VIP. He said that he will drive only city stage Harju and maybe power stage in sunday. Also some negotiations about driving shakedown stage. Some lucky fan of Bosse can win "codriving" next to him.
Nice gesture from Toyota to promote rallying, it would be good to see similar actions more often from other teams.
Katsuta was on a verge for a few years already, I especially think he would be out if Kalle wouldn't retire from rallying. With 2 wins he concreted his position in the team now. Also Pajari showing...
I'm not an expert, but it's his first season coming into 4WD and his goal is to gain experience, obviously.
If he had more complete programme, there would the pressure to get results, even if...
Program is public. https://toyotagazooracing.com/challengeprogram_rally/calendar/2026/ and press on Global
Upcoming events.
May 22–24 Royal Rally of Scandinavia (Sweden) ERC
June...
Agree completely. Driving rallies, competition or not, is best way of having a learning process.
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