Silly Season 2026

**saco0o** · 23rd October 2025, 19:00

Originally Posted by EstWRC

-Toyota:
2. Katsuta

please, no! toyota gotta stop wasting this good seat in this championship

**deephouse** · 23rd October 2025, 19:25

Originally Posted by saco0o

please, no! toyota gotta stop wasting this good seat in this championship

If Kalle wouldn't retire, it's possible that Solberg could take his seat, but I think now he is not in danger. At least for another year.

**EstWRC** · 23rd October 2025, 19:31

Originally Posted by deephouse

You know what would be even more mega. If each manufacturer would run old spec WRC cars alongside Rally1's. Toyota Corolla WRC, Hyundai Accent WRC and Ford Focus WRC with legend drivers behind. Imagine those cars beating those new ones. It would bring show and crowds at the stages

Didn’t you just describe RallyLegend?

**Doon** · 24th October 2025, 07:29

Originally Posted by deephouse

You know what would be even more mega. If each manufacturer would run old spec WRC cars alongside Rally1's. Toyota Corolla WRC, Hyundai Accent WRC and Ford Focus WRC with legend drivers behind. Imagine those cars beating those new ones. It would bring show and crowds at the stages

That era of WRC cars would never beat a Rally1 car. They'd be somewhere between Rally2 and Rally3 pace.

**EstWRC** · 24th October 2025, 07:33

So there’s one Estonian indeed joining Toyota and it’s our young talent Jaspar Vaher who is joining the youth program.

**Indreksi** · 24th October 2025, 07:59

https://ralli.ee/soome-meedia-eesti-...orteprogrammi/

**trykmann** · 24th October 2025, 11:58

Originally Posted by EstWRC

So there’s one Estonian indeed joining Toyota and it’s our young talent Jaspar Vaher who is joining the youth program.

Rough translate from finnish media:

Finnish top rallying is experiencing setbacks at both the top and bottom. Toyota's Kalle Rovanperä announced that he would switch to rallying in formula one, and now Finnish promises have been ignored by the Japanese manufacturer's young driver training program.

According to information from Vauhtin Maailma, Toyota Gazoo WRT has selected Estonian Jaspar Vaher for its young driver training program. In practice, Toyota is helping Vaher advance in the lower classes of rallying.

18-year-old Vaher is the first non-Japanese driver in Toyota's junior program. Toyota tested young drivers in Europe, and there were also Finnish candidates. The Estonian beat out all the promising Finnish drivers in the selection, including Tuukka Kauppinen, who competed with Vaher in the European Junior Championship, where Vaher was fourth and Kauppinen fifth.

In the Italian championship, Vaher achieved better results than Kauppinen. Both drove Lancias for the MS Munaretto team.

Vaher's selection was announced in connection with the World Rally Championship in Japan.

**EstWRC** · 29th October 2025, 05:28

Some reports coming from here and there that Tänak has had talks with Latvala

**flat_right** · 29th October 2025, 06:17

One of this rumor comes from Andrea Gambardella (wrctvitaly on IG) and another interesting bit from his post is that Fourmaux has exercised his contract renewal clause and will drive for Hyundai in 2026. Which is not a surprise but just haven't seen this info.

**rallyfiend** · 29th October 2025, 06:21

Originally Posted by flat_right

One of this rumor comes from Andrea Gambardella (wrctvitaly on IG) and another interesting bit from his post is that Fourmaux has exercised his contract renewal clause and will drive for Hyundai in 2026. Which is not a surprise but just haven't seen this info.

One for assumes it was Hyundai's option, not his. Their decision...

Lets face it, where else does ha have to go, and get paid OK?