2025 WRC News & Rumours

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Latvala confirmed as part-time team boss in 2025...

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/latva...-time-in-2025/

[TypeR]

Polite way of saying that Toyota fired him
Just like Makinen was shown door and was supposed to continue in some other job in Toyota.. but basically disappeared since then

I think that TGR didn't like this year's..:
-Finlands PS finish mega happy interview (just after Evans&Rovanpera DNF)
- moaning about that manu's title is totally gone (although they managed to get the gap basically half from being 35p? down)
- praising Cyril about

“He has shown the way”
“Cyril has been a leader who takes the responsibilities. Of course it is important that the team has a leader they can trust and they know which way to go.”

[macebig]

Yeah, feels like a scheduled termination. Someone else will take over for 2025 with JML in an "advisory role", before leave the team manager position in 2026. They probably didn't want to drop another team manager abruptly after firing Rob Leupen of the WEC team, just before the final race this past weekend.

[flat_right]

Latvala confirmed as part-time team boss in 2025...

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/latva...-time-in-2025/

Damn those Japanese are so polite Will do anything not to offend. Wtf is even a part time boss?

[Fast Eddie WRC]

You guys are so cynical !

The head guy Toyoda-San is a massive Latvala fan so I dont think he would fire him when its not his fault (mistakes by Ogier and Kalle) this season.

Latvala is also right that the up to Year 2000 Cars now eligible for the EHRC is a great change and he has the 4WD Celica perfect for this.

[rallyfiend]

He's definitely being moved on.

Rumours of another old Finnish driver for the 'Team Principal' role, which we of course know is just the front person to the media and not involved in the management of the team....

[stonde]

He's definitely being moved on.

Rumours of another old Finnish driver for the 'Team Principal' role, which we of course know is just the front person to the media and not involved in the management of the team....

https://rallyjournal.com/juha-kankku...otas-wrc-team/
Kankkunen in talks with Toyota to cover JML next year.

[saco0o]

im just happy he's driving again

[PLuto]

You guys are so cynical !

The head guy Toyoda-San is a massive Latvala fan so I dont think he would fire him when its not his fault (mistakes by Ogier and Kalle) this season.

Latvala is also right that the up to Year 2000 Cars now eligible for the EHRC is a great change and he has the 4WD Celica perfect for this.

But there is one imporant note. Cars up to 2000 are eligible for the EHRC, but cannot score points...

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Earlier this year he said:

"Obviously, the focus is always to Toyota Gazoo Racing and our WRC team,” said Latvala, “but you remember when Akio [Toyoda, Toyota Motor Corporation chairman] first talked to me about doing this job of team principal – I told him that I wanted to keep driving. We agreed on this. I have done some events, but I’ve always wanted to do more.”