The season of the Italian Absolute Rally Championship ends in the Ligurian setting on the weekend of 17-19 October 2025: an iconic race in which Toyota fields, in addition to Thomas Paperini, also Simone Campedelli in the top class. Grand finale also for the GR Yaris Rally Cup
Toyota is preparing to experience a season finale in Italian Absolute Rally Championship in the spotlight: for the 72nd Sanremo Rallyin fact, the Italian branch of the Japanese brand will field – as well as Thomas Paperini – Also Simone Campedelli (with Tania Canton to the notes) on one of the two GR Yaris Rally2 officials. A long-awaited moment for the driver from Cesena: “After two years spent working behind the scenes we managed to materialize this project. Now all we have to do is get in the car and give our all”. Happiness for too Tobia Cavalliniteam principal of TGR Italy: “When this opportunity presented itself we wanted to seize it to get to the Sanremo Rally in the best possible way. We will do everything possible to put Simone in a position to express himself as he knows how; we are certain that his experience will be an important added value for the continuous growth of the team”.
CIAR here
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Fresh from the always engaging appointment of RallyLegend Of San Marinothe focus of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Italy therefore it now returns to being the CIAR. After the activities on the roads of the Republic of Titan – where the team carried out some co-driving experience on the GR Yaris Rally2 – the national branch of the Japanese company has circled the weekend of on the calendar 17–October 19, 2025. The team led by Tobia Cavallini will be the protagonist of 72nd Sanremo Rallyperhaps the most iconic event of the entire program of CIAR together with the historical one Sicilian Targa Florio. Here, in the city of the Festival and flowers, once an Italian stage of the WRC World ChampionshipThe TGR Italy he has wonderful memories dating back to 2024, when he won the race and took second place overall in the championship with a heart-pounding finish. The goal is to be protagonists again, with Simone Campedelli and with a fiery championship finale for the single-brand trophy.
The race
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Sanremoa race to which a coefficient of 1.5 for points wonfollows the Il Ciocco and Valle del Serchio Rally of mid-March, the Piedmont Region Rally of Alba, la Targa FlorioThe Rally Due Valli of Verona, the Rome Capital Rally and the Lazio Rally. With a good part of the national titles still at stake, the third seasonal event (after the Palermo round and the Capitoline event, also valid for the European championship FIA ERC) with the increased score promises a great show. During the season the Toyota Gazoo Racing Italy he knew how to seize the opportunities, winning two podiums with Fabio Andolfi And Marco Menchini aboard the Official GR Yaris Rally2: the first, making his debut with the car, on the occasion of Piedmont Region Rally; the second at the Rally Due Valli, less than 10″ behind the winner. Performances that Toyota is now ambitious to put on the scoresheet again in Sanremo with Campedelli.
The program and special tests
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The Sanremo weekend show will begin Saturday 18 October 2025 with the usual shakedown in San Romolo from 7.30 to 12.00. The first car will enter the special stage at 2.31pm to tackle the initial 2.52 km of the race, the shortest stage of the entire rally, in the fascinating scenario of Porto Sole. Then the challenge will move inland. In fact, at 7.05pm the longest timed section will start, the Aurigo-Rezzo of 18.30 km. There will be 41.90 km of timed sections on Saturday, which become 171.05 in total if the 129.15 transfer time is added. On Sunday the race gets to the heart of the race with the remaining eight special stages: a further 76.52 km of PS and 132.64 of transfer await the participants of the CIAR, while for the finalists of the Zone 2 Rally Cup the program is reduced to 70.56 km of special trials to be held over six timed sections instead of twelve.
Toyota GR Yaris Rally Cup
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It will be a season finale to keep an eye on also for the fifth edition of Toyota GR Yaris Rally Cupthe single-make trophy featuring the car built starting from the technical base of the compact road sports car of the same name. The category cars R1T 4×4 they will be at the start of the 72nd Sanremo Rally for one last seasonal match after the exhilarating battle during the Lazio Rally, which saw triumph Benjamin Boulenc for just 6.3” up Tommaso Paleari after an intense two days of battle. The victory at the penultimate round of the season allowed the Frenchman to win the championship title GR Yaris Rally Cup Promotion. Now another important challenge awaits the trophy crews, ready to shine both in the single-make series and in the overall ranking of the event, being able to count on a high-performance car. In the province of Imperia we will know the name of the winning crew of the fifth edition, with the awarding of a total prize money of over 300 thousand eurosallocated under the program Rookieswhich will be divided among the winners of the various categories. And this trophy was the springboard for Thomas Paperini: two-time single-brand champion, now leads the GR Yaris Rally2 official in CIARconfirming Toyota’s commitment to promoting, rewarding and supporting young talent. The sporting battle, in this case, is between the French Boulenc (142 points) and the reigning vice champion Paleari (136), with the Savonese Andolfi (129) and the 27-year-old Lo Cascio (127) who are called upon to write their name in the competition’s roll of honor.
From rallies to the road
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All motorsport activities of Toyota are aimed at further progress in the development of skills and technologies for production cars. In fact, extraordinary products such as the GR Yaris roadrecently renewed with a profound restyling which has seen improvements in terms of power (280 HP against the previous 261), torque, stability and precision of the set-up, driving aids, possibility of choosing an 8-speed sequential automatic gearbox with paddles on the steering wheel as an alternative to the traditional 6-speed manual, but also a clear step forward in the interior with a digital dashboard and a completely redesigned dashboard to maximize the hi-tech experience of the vehicle and improve visibility. A demonstration of all this were the GR Experience at the network Gazoo Garagea series of events spread across the country where Toyota has organized days dedicated not only to owners and lovers of the GR Yaris, but to all sports car enthusiasts, bringing the official drivers and the GR Yaris Rally2to live and share the same passion with the public.
my25
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Even more recently, however, Toyota showed the press and some of the 51 customers of the special edition TGR Italy Limited Edition there GR Yaris Aero Performancethe pinnacle in terms of performance of the Japanese sports compact which joins the offer of the Circuit model year 2025. If on the latter – offered at a price of 52,000 euros – heated steering wheel and seats arrive as standard as well as a recalibrated electric power steering, a revised suspension calibration and bolts with a high level of fixing rigidity, it is the Aero Performance to catch the eye.
GR Yaris Aero Performance
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Offered at a price of 58,000 euros (62,000 euros with forged rims), stands out with a new large cooling duct and an aluminum bonnet grille adapted to the contoured shape of the aluminum bonnet. Then there is a low spoiler at the front to improve the overall balance of the car and increase grip; a large, adjustable rear wing that contributes to better high-speed control and braking stability (its angle can be changed manually according to different circumstances, for example before circuit driving, for an even more exciting experience); a new covering under the car inspired by the flat bottom of the fuel tank used in racing Super Taikyu Series to optimize the air flow in the underbody and further improve aerodynamic performance; new ducts located between the front wheel and the door which release the air that accumulates in the front wheel arch, improving directionality even in the event of strong braking and increasing stability when entering corners. In short, behind a sporty compact car there are years and years of knowledge, tests and innovations capable of making a difference on what we could easily consider a more unique than rare product on the automotive market in 2025.
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