WRC2 news & rumors 2026

**Jarek Z** · 19th April 2026, 16:13

Originally Posted by EstWRC

sorry for going off-topic in this thread a little bit but the forum is kinda dead anyway lately and im just so excited about this young incredible talent.

Don't be sorry. It was very interesting to read your post. And Vaher's drive was very impressive. Shame about the penalty. Good luck to him!

I'm surprised that the first round of the Portuguese championship was won by some Japanese driver, that I have never heard about

**PLuto** · 20th April 2026, 15:54

Originally Posted by pedro16

I have good news for you.

His calendar includes 2 ERC rounds - Portugal and Sweden and 2 WRC rounds - Estonia and Finland.

https://toyotagazooracing.com/challe...calendar/2026/

All these Challenge programmes from Toyota has very strange schedules from beginning. Never did proper championship, but mixture of strangely chosen events. And I think that is one of the reasons why this programme is not so much successful...

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 23rd April 2026, 08:55

Nice to see Alexey Lukyanuk back in a WRC event. He's won Rally Islas Canarias several times, so it'll be interesting to see how he compares to the current WRC2 guys.

https://automovilismocanario.com/202...e-mundialista/

**Jarek Z** · Yesterday, 08:49

After 2 punctures Lukyanuk managed to finish only 21st in WRC2, 22 minutes behind the winner.

**Jarek Z** · Yesterday, 08:53

Originally Posted by Rallyper

Vaher is a future man in world rallying.

Another impressive result for Jaspar Vaher. He wins Rallye Ciudad de Pozoblanco in Spain:
https://ewrc-results.com/event/99774...results/541532

**EstWRC** · Yesterday, 09:18

Originally Posted by Jarek Z

Another impressive result for Jaspar Vaher. He wins Rallye Ciudad de Pozoblanco in Spain:
https://ewrc-results.com/event/99774...results/541532

Yeah finally his first win of the season but seems the competition was very weak.

Maybe Spanish guys here can comment more

**PLuto** · Yesterday, 09:38

Originally Posted by Jarek Z

Another impressive result for Jaspar Vaher. He wins Rallye Ciudad de Pozoblanco in Spain:
https://ewrc-results.com/event/99774...results/541532

Impressive result? He has beaten nobody, only his japanese teammates. He should do bigger rallies with better competition. And do full championship, not only some random starts. This style of programme is for me one of the biggest mistakes in that Toyota programmes...

**EstWRC** · Yesterday, 09:43

Originally Posted by PLuto

Impressive result? He has beaten nobody, only his japanese teammates. He should do bigger rallies with better competition. And do full championship, not only some random starts. This style of programme is for me one of the biggest mistakes in that Toyota programmes...

Cmon, it’s his first year with rally2 machine and you expect him to do full championship right away?

And Finnish championship isn’t better competition?

Toyota has said that this year is purely to get the experience for him. Nothing else

**PLuto** · Yesterday, 14:06

Originally Posted by EstWRC

Cmon, it’s his first year with rally2 machine and you expect him to do full championship right away?

And Finnish championship isn’t better competition?

Toyota has said that this year is purely to get the experience for him. Nothing else

Last year Jasper was fighting with Calle Carlberg in Junior ERC. This year Calle is doing JWRC with Rally3 and ERC with Rally2. And Jasper? Random events...