In January 2015, Toyota announced that it would return to the WRC and it was today when the Toyota GAZOO Racing WRC team presented the Toyota Yaris WRC and its team of drivers for the 2017 World Rally Championship season.
A little more than a month after the start of the WRC, with the Monte Carlo Rally (Monaco) on January 19, 2017, Toyota is finalizing details for the expected event. Thousands of hours in the workshop, testing programs and a lot of teamwork have been the daily tune of Toyota GAZOO Racing WRC since starting to develop its project more than a year ago.
The Toyota Yaris WRC has been developed taking into account the requirements of the FIA technical regulations for the 2017 season, and is part of a new generation of World Rally Cars. Equipped with a 1.6-liter direct-injection petrol engine, this small Yaris can boast of having over 380 hp under the hood and an impressive design, thanks to the freedom that gives the norm in terms of aerodynamics.
Yaris WRC has been designed, manufactured and developed by a team of experienced engineers consisting of Tom Fowler, Simon Carrier and Mikko Ruoho. Tommi Mäkinen, Director of Toyota GAZOO Racing WRC commented that the new regulations give a lot of freedom of development and although there is much to explore, the Yaris will stand out for its reliability and speed.
Two Yaris WRC, piloted by Jari-Matti Latvala and Juho Hänninen, will compete in the first WRC rendezvous in Monte Carlo on January 19, 2017. Esapekka Lappi, a young Finnish driver who has won the WRC2 Championship this year, Will also join the team during the season as a test driver.
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