Toyota's return to the World Rally Championship will be fronted by two Finns, with Esapekka Lappi expected to be announced alongside Juho Hanninen as a 2017 factory Yaris WRC driver.Hanninen has long been part of team boss Tommi Makinen's plans, having played an extensive role in the test program. The...

Toyota will surprise its opposition with a different car concept when it returns to the World Rally Championship in 2017, says the project's technical chief.After an absence of nearly two decades, Toyota has linked up with four-­time WRC champion Tommi Makinen's team to build a Yaris to the series' new...

Kris Meeke is understood to be closing on a deal to join Toyota's World Rally Championship program next season. The Northern Irishman visited the Tommi Makinen Racing facility in Jyvaskyla recently and negotiations with Makinen himself are understood to be progressing well towards a multi-year agreement.Meeke declined to comment on...

Tommi Makinen is expected to be announced as team principal of Toyota's new-look World Rally Championship effort on Tuesday. The four-time WRC champion has been linked to Toyota since building a private GT86 rally car for Toyota Motor Corporation president and CEO Akio Toyoda last year.Makinen has remained close to...

Toyota's potential return to the World Rally Championship has taken a further step forward with the news that a GT86 WRC has been built.The car has been built by Tommi Makinen Racing in Finland with the blessing of Akio Toyoda, the president and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation. The car...