WRC 2017 | Toyota Gazoo Racing Officially Launched Its 2017 Program Today in Helsinki

Toyota Gazoo Racing confirmed today in Helsinki Jari-Matti Latvala joins to the team. Latvala drove this season on Volkswagen. Other diver will be Juho Hänninen, who was unveiled already earlier in October. Esapekka Lappi will be test diver for Toyota. He is WRC 2 champion from this year.

Toyota WRC rally car based for Yaris.

Head of the Toyota Gazoo Racing team is legendary Tommi Mäkinen, who is one of the most successful WRC driver of all time. He has won four WRC championship. Mäkinen has also lot of experience of building rally cars. He has tested new Toyota rally car also himself.

WRC rules will change a lot for season 2017, so it will be interesting to follow what will happen.

Young rally driver Kalle Rovanperä gives a ride of the lifetime to his co-driver

Ex-WRC rally driver Harri Rovanperä's son Kalle has been driving rally cars already since he was 8 years old. This clip was filmed 2 years a go, when he was 13 years old. Kalle gives a ride for his co-driver, what she will not forget for ever.

Kalle drove also this year in january his first 4WD race using Skoda Fabia S2000, which he won more than 1 minute margin to second one. He has already proved his potential to become a possible future rally champion.

Regards,
Mika

Neste Rally Finland 2016

FINLAND. Neste Rally Finland 2016 was held this weekend. Rally Finland is the fastest rally race in the world.

Place:  Jyväskylä area, Finalnd
Event: Neste Rally Finland 2016
Date:   28.7.2016 - 31.7.2016

Here is a great video clip to understand how fast the rally cars go in the middle of forest.

Unofficial Final Results: 

1. Kris Meeke / Paul Nagle                    GBR/IRL          CITROËN
2. Jari-Matti Latvala / Miikka Anttila       FIN/FIN            VOLKSWAGEN
3. Craig Breen / Scott Martin                 IRL/GBR          CITROËN
4. Thierry Neuville / Nicolas Gilsoul       BEL/BEL          HYUNDAI
5. Hayden Paddon / John Kennard       NZL/NZL          HYUNDAI
6. Mads Ostberg / Ola Floene                NOR/NOR        FORD
7. Andreas Mikkelsen / Anders Jaeger  NOR/NOR        VOLKSWAGEN
8. Esapekka Lappi / Janne Ferm           FIN/FIN            SKODA
9. Kevin Abbring / Sebastian Marshall  NED/GBR         HYUNDAI
10.Teemu Suninen / Mikko Markkula    FIN/FIN             SKODA


Regards,
Mika