Toyota Yaris WRC

Toyota Yaris WRC
	Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja driving a Yaris WRC at the 2018 Rallye Deutschland
Category	World Rally Car
Constructor	Toyota
Predecessor	Toyota Corolla WRC (1997–1999)
Technical specifications[1][2]
Suspension	MacPherson
Length	4,085 mm
Width	1,875 mm
Wheelbase	2,511 mm
Engine	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 1.6 L (98 cu in) 4-cylinder, 16-valve turbocharged
Transmission	6-speed hydraulic shift ; all wheel drive, active centre and mechanical front and rear differentials
Weight	1,190 kg
Fuel	Panta (Official fuel supplier of WRC)
Lubricants	Mobil 1
Brakes	300mm gravel / 370mm asphalt
Tyres	Michelin
Clutch	Double plate
Competition history (WRC)
Notable entrants	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Notable drivers	Juho Hänninen[3]; Esapekka Lappi[4]; Jari-Matti Latvala[4]; Kalle Rovanperä; Marcus Grönholm; Mikko Hirvonen; Valtteri Bottas; Juha Kankkunen; Tommi Mäkinen; Kris Meeke[5]; Elfyn Evans; Ott Tänak[6]; Sébastien Ogier; Takamoto Katsuta;
Debut	2017 Monte Carlo Rally
First win	2017 Rally Sweden
Last win	2020 Rally Monza
Constructors' Championships	1 (2018)
Drivers' Championships	2 (2019, 2020)

The Toyota Yaris WRC is a World Rally Car designed by Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT to compete in the World Rally Championship.[7] The car is based on the Vitz-based XP130 Toyota Yaris, and is the first car Toyota have competed with in the WRC since withdrawing from the championship at the end of the 1999 season to focus on their Le Mans Prototype and Formula One programmes. The car is currently being driven by Sébastien Ogier, Elfyn Evans, Kalle Rovanperä and Takamoto Katsuta.

The car entered its testing and development phase in March 2014,[8] ahead of its début in the 2017 season.[9] Development and operation of the cars will be overseen by four-time World Drivers' Champion Tommi Mäkinen,[10] and entered under the banner of Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT. The car made its first public appearance in May 2016 during testing in Palokka-Puuppola, with Mäkinen and Juho Hänninen driving.[11] Toyota Gazoo Racing won the 2018 manufacturers' championship and Tänak and Martin Järveoja won the 2019 drivers' and co-drivers' championships. A successor known as the Toyota GR Yaris WRC, based on the 2020 GR Yaris road car, was due to be introduced in 2021[12] but was later decided against in favour of sticking with the existing rally car.[13]

World Rally Championship results

Championship titles

Year	Title	Competitor	Entries	Wins	Podiums	Points
2018	FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	39	5	14	368
2019	FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers	Ott Tänak	13	6	9	263
2019	FIA World Rally Championship for Co-Drivers	Martin Järveoja	13	6	9	263
2020	FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers	Sébastien Ogier	7	2	5	122
2020	FIA World Rally Championship for Co-Drivers	Julien Ingrassia	7	2	5	122

WRC victories

Year	No.	Event	Surface	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant
2017	1	2017 Rally Sweden	Snow	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
2017	2	2017 Rally Finland	Gravel	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
2018	3	2018 Rally Argentina	Gravel	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
	4	2018 Rally Finland	Gravel	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
	5	2018 Rallye Deutschland	Tarmac	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
	6	2018 Rally Turkey	Gravel	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
	7	2018 Rally Australia	Gravel	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
2019	8	2019 Rally Sweden	Snow	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
	9	2019 Rally Chile	Gravel	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
	10	2019 Rally de Portugal	Gravel	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
	11	2019 Rally Finland	Gravel	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
	12	2019 Rallye Deutschland	Tarmac	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
	13	2019 Wales Rally GB	Gravel	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
2020	14	2020 Rally Sweden	Snow	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
	15	2020 Rally Mexico	Gravel	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
	16	2020 Rally Turkey	Gravel	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
	17	2020 Rally Monza	Tarmac	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
2021	18	2021 Monte Carlo Rally	Mixed	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Driver	Rounds														Points	WCM pos.
Year	Entrant	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Points	WCM pos.
2017	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Jari-Matti Latvala	MON 2	SWE 1	MEX 6	FRA 4	ARG 5	POR 9	ITA 2	POL 20	FIN 21	GER 7	ESP Ret	GBR 5	AUS Ret		251	3rd
		Juho Hänninen	MON 16	SWE 23	MEX 7	FRA Ret	ARG 7	POR 7	ITA 6	POL 10	FIN 3	GER 4	ESP 4	GBR Ret	AUS
		Esapekka Lappi	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR 10	ITA 4	POL Ret	FIN 1	GER 21	ESP Ret	GBR 9	AUS 6
2018	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Ott Tänak	MON 2	SWE 9	MEX 14	FRA 2	ARG 1	POR Ret	ITA 9	FIN 1	GER 1	TUR 1	GBR 19	ESP 6	AUS Ret		368	1st
		Jari-Matti Latvala	MON 3	SWE 7	MEX 8	FRA Ret	ARG Ret	POR 24	ITA 7	FIN 3	GER Ret	TUR 2	GBR 2	ESP 8	AUS 1
		Esapekka Lappi	MON 7	SWE 4	MEX 11	FRA 6	ARG 8	POR 5	ITA 3	FIN Ret	GER 3	TUR Ret	GBR 3	ESP 7	AUS 4
2019	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Ott Tänak	MON 3	SWE 1	MEX 2	FRA 6	ARG 8	CHL 1	POR 1	ITA 5	FIN 1	GER 1	TUR 16	GBR 1	ESP 2	AUS C	362	2nd
		Jari-Matti Latvala	MON 5	SWE 21	MEX 8	FRA 10	ARG 5	CHL 11	POR 7	ITA 19	FIN 3	GER 3	TUR 6	GBR Ret	ESP 5	AUS C
		Kris Meeke	MON 6	SWE 6	MEX 5	FRA 9	ARG 4	CHL 10	POR Ret	ITA 8	FIN Ret	GER 2	TUR 7	GBR 4	ESP 29	AUS C
	GRX Team	Marcus Grönholm	MON	SWE 38	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS C	–	–
	Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Juho Hänninen	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA Ret	FIN						–	–
	Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Takamoto Katsuta										GER 10	TUR	GBR	ESP 39	AUS C	–	–
2020	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Sébastien Ogier	MON 2	SWE 4	MEX 1	EST 3	TUR Ret	ITA 3	MNZ 1								236	2nd
		Elfyn Evans	MON 3	SWE 1	MEX 4	EST 4	TUR 1	ITA 4	MNZ 29
		Kalle Rovanperä	MON 5	SWE 3	MEX 5	EST 5	TUR 4	ITA Ret	MNZ 5
		Takamoto Katsuta	MON 7	SWE 9	MEX	EST Ret	TUR	ITA Ret	MNZ 20								–	–
	Latvala Motorsport	Jari-Matti Latvala	MON	SWE Ret	MEX	EST	TUR	ITA	MNZ								–	–
2021	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Sébastien Ogier	MON 1	ARC	CRO	PRT	ITA	SAF	EST	FIN	BEL	CHI	ESP	JPN			52*	1st*
		Elfyn Evans	MON 2	ARC	CRO	PRT	ITA	SAF	EST	FIN	BEL	CHI	ESP	JPN
		Kalle Rovanperä	MON 4	ARC	CRO	PRT	ITA	SAF	EST	FIN	BEL	CHI	ESP	JPN
		Takamoto Katsuta	MON 6	ARC	CRO	PRT	ITA	SAF	EST	FIN	BEL	CHI	ESP	JPN			-	-

* Season still in progress.

References

"Toyota Yaris WRC - About WRC". WRC. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
"Toyota Yaris WRC". Jonka's World Rally Archive. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
Evans, David (18 October 2016). "WRC 2017: Juho Hanninen gets first seat in Toyota's new Yaris". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
"Toyota confirms all Finnish WRC line-up". speedcafe.com. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
"TOYOTA GAZOO Racing confirms WRC driver line-up for 2019". toyotagazooracing.com. Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
"Tänak joins Toyota". WRC.
Evans, David (19 March 2014). "Toyota start testing Yaris WRC ahead of potential return". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
Evans, David (20 March 2014). "Photos: Toyota tests new Yaris WRC for first time in Italy". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
"Toyota announces WRC return in 2017". Toyota GB Blog. Toyota GB. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
"Tommi Mäkinen to head up Toyota's WRC bid". speedcafe.com. 7 July 2015.
Evans, David (4 May 2016). "Pictures of Toyota's WRC test car emerge from running in Finland". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
Benyon, Jack (8 February 2020). "Toyota begins testing with 2021 GR Yaris WRC contender". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
Thukral, Rachit; Rauli, Giacomo (15 June 2020). "WRC News: Toyota decides against introducing GR Yaris for 2021". Autosport. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

External links

Awards
Preceded by Ford Fiesta WRC	Autosport Awards Rally Car of the Year 2019, 2020	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[1] "Toyota Yaris WRC - About WRC". WRC. Retrieved 2 December 2019.

[2] "Toyota Yaris WRC". Jonka's World Rally Archive. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.

[juho_kaj-3] Evans, David (18 October 2016). "WRC 2017: Juho Hanninen gets first seat in Toyota's new Yaris". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 18 October 2016.

[Toyota_Racing-4] "Toyota confirms all Finnish WRC line-up". speedcafe.com. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

[toyota-5] "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing confirms WRC driver line-up for 2019". toyotagazooracing.com. Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.

[ott-6] "Tänak joins Toyota". WRC.

[testing_italy-7] Evans, David (19 March 2014). "Toyota start testing Yaris WRC ahead of potential return". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 21 March 2014.

[8] Evans, David (20 March 2014). "Photos: Toyota tests new Yaris WRC for first time in Italy". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 21 March 2014.

[9] "Toyota announces WRC return in 2017". Toyota GB Blog. Toyota GB. Retrieved 11 February 2015.

[10] "Tommi Mäkinen to head up Toyota's WRC bid". speedcafe.com. 7 July 2015.

[11] Evans, David (4 May 2016). "Pictures of Toyota's WRC test car emerge from running in Finland". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

[gr_yaris-12] Benyon, Jack (8 February 2020). "Toyota begins testing with 2021 GR Yaris WRC contender". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[13] Thukral, Rachit; Rauli, Giacomo (15 June 2020). "WRC News: Toyota decides against introducing GR Yaris for 2021". Autosport. Retrieved 26 January 2021.