M-Sport team principal Malcolm Wilson was impressed with World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier's performance as he tested the 2017 Ford Fiesta RS WRC for the first time for the first time on Friday.Having been freed from his Volkswagen contract in order to test alternative World Rally Cars for next season,...

Volkswagen refugee Sebastien Ogier tested the Toyota Yaris WRC on Wednesday. The Frenchman joined the Toyota test in Spain, where he drove the car on wet asphalt and on gravel."Yes, it's true. Sebastien did come and test the car but I can't tell you anything more than that at the...

Tommi Makinen will approach all three Volkswagen refugees about 2017 Toyota World Rally Championship seats, but Juho Hanninen's drive is safe.Champion Sebastien Ogier, Jari-Matti Latvala and Andreas Mikkelsen have been released onto what had seemed a settled WRC driver market with VW's decision to quit the series after 2016.Hanninen has...

Toyota Gazoo Racing has confirmed its first World Rally Championship driver for 2017, announcing that Juho Hanninen will drive for the team.The 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge winner and '12 European Rally Champion was part of Hyundai's driver line-up when it re-entered the WRC in '14, contesting six rallies.Hanninen's appointment had...

Toyota unveiled a partnership with Microsoft as it launched its 2017 World Rally Car's livery in Paris on Thursday.Four-time world champion and Toyota Gazoo Racing team principal Tommi Makinen revealed the car's new colors, which also incorporate alliances with DMG Mori and Panasonic.Microsoft joins Toyota's return to the World Rally...

Kalle Rovanpera is only 15 years old, but recently he's tested a Toyota World Rally Car, been courted by WRC team bosses and shown European Rally Championship winning pace.The son of 2001 Rally Sweden winner and former factory Peugeot, SEAT and Mitsubishi WRC driver Harri Rovanpera, Kalle was co-winner of...

Esapekka Lappi will definitely turn his back on Skoda and WRC2 at the end of this season, as rumours of a Toyota World Rally Championship drive for 2017 increase.The Finn moved firmly into contention for the 2016 WRC2 title with his second consecutive class victory in Germany last week. Toyota...

Ott Tanak and the WRC2 frontrunners are Tommi Makinen's main targets for seats with his new factory Toyota team in the 2017 World Rally Championship.A decision on drivers is likely after Rally Germany later this month, once Makinen has held further talks with the Toyota factory in Japan.Tanak's stock has...

The technical director of Toyota's new World Rally Championship programme has parted company with the team.No official reason has been given for Michael Zotos's departure from Toyota Gazoo Racing. But it is understood he was finding it hard to work with project chief Tommi Makinen on the development of the...

Pictures of Toyota's all-new Yaris WRC have emerged from the team's latest test in Finland this week.Juho Hanninen and Toyota Gazoo Racing team principal Tommi Makinen continue to drive the first test car on roads close to the team's Puuppola base in central Finland. After an initial week of running,...