The commitment of the Japanese house in the Italian Absolute Rally Sparco championship with the Yaris Rally2 and the Gr Yaris Rally Cup also continues this season this season
It comes from the successes (five victories obtained in as many races held in this first glimpse of the season) and by the world championships conquered in the WRC World Championship the commitment of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Italy in the Italian Absolute Championship Rally Sparco 2025. An ambitious project that sees the re -proposal, for the fifth consecutive year, of Gr yaris rally cup and confirmation of an official program with the Toyota Yaris Rally2. After launching internationally Kalle Rovanperäthe young Finnish son of art already winner of two world titles (the first, conquered in 2022 at the age of 22 and one day, made him enter the Guinnes primates by right), and Sami Pajarithe nascent star of the so -called Nordic Finn Finn passed within a few months after the victory of WRC–2 to a complete program behind the wheel of a category car Rally1the Italian branch of the Japanese house also aims to grow the new levers and champions of the future directly at home.
GR Yaris Rally Cup: a gym for young people
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Some are emerging young people. Others have several races and a career started in the world of motorsport behind them. Starting from 2021 there Toyota Gr Yaris Rally Cup He opened his doors to host over fifty crews made up of pilots and navigators of different ages, with various types of backgrounds and with a common dream in the drawer. “We are really proud to confirm this year the participation in the sports activities of Motorsport with our official team, the Toyota Gazoo Racing Italy – the words, pronounced during the presentation of the new season, from Christian MohorovicichMarketing Director of Toyota Motor Italito – the experience of 2024 al Absolute Italian Championship Rally Sparco it was very satisfactory because it allowed us to further develop our technical skillswhich we then shared and made available to all the teams of our single -brand championship, the Gr yaris rally cupnow in its fifth edition. Among the objectives of our sports programs there is also that of develop people’s skills and encourage the growth of young Italian drivers“.
Toyota: the rally and brand gr
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Since the dawn, the rally have always represented a real preparatory laboratory, for the manufacturers, the development and testing phases of the new technologies intended for the road. A perspective as well as current also for the team Toyota Gazoo Racing Italy that, in the seven appointments of Absolute Italian Championship Rally Sparco (From the Rally de Il Ciocco and Valli del Serchio in mid -March to the Piedmont Region Rally, up to the Sicilian trip of the Targa Florio, to the Rally Due Valley of Verona, the Rally of Roma Capitale, the Lazio Rally and the Sanremo Rallye), He tests men and means to the. Just think of the planning of trips and all the preliminary phases of each competition (from checks to reconnaissance), which reaches its own Maximum effort on the weekend of the race. A challenge of the past, but at the same time, especially for the maximum level context, for a brand that, with the acronym Gr (now become a brand In the brand), proposes a rich range of sports models intended for a more demanding customer profile, that the brand Toyota had not yet conquered previously. From the Toyota c–HR to the new Rav4up to the Yarisall designed Gazoo Racing. In 2025, however, the latter model was proposed with a package Aero Performance and with many mechanical refinements derived from the world of motorsport, including the handbrake with vertical lever.
Gr yaris rally cup: car, races, prize pools
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In parallel to the official program in the Regina class with the Yaris Rally2the team Toyota Gazoo Racing Italia also confirmed the single -brand series divided out of six appointments of the Absolute Italian Championship Rally Sparco. For the fifth consecutive year the protagonists of this trophy will be the Toyota Gr Yaris R1t 4×4 rubberized Pirelli. Under the hood of these all -wheel drive cars there is an endothermic engine 3 cylinders 1.6 turbo from 262 hp of maximum power combined with a five -speed sequential gearbox. I am this season Ten crews (with a foreign representation to with A female crew) who have decided to present themselves to the starting tapes of the Rally de Il Ciocco and Valli del Serchio (22-23 March), of Piedmont region rally (12-13 April), of Rally Targa Florio (10-11 May), of Rally two valleys (May 31-June), of Lazio Rally (13-14 September) and of Rallye Sanremo (18-19 October) At the wheel of the Japanese sedan in a conformation of the race. There is a prize pool of over 300 thousand euros between prizes in cash and value, with the possibility for the winner of become part of the official team starting from the following season. A solid starting point for both the pilots willing to continue their career at the highest levels and for a team that, in the first three seasons of the trophy, laid the foundations for the birth of the official program with a category car Rally2.
Toyota and the commitment with Yaris Rally2
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Starting from 2024 Toyota It is also present in Seven appointments of the top tricolor series promoted and organized by Aci Sportall on asphalt: From the Rally de Il Ciocco and Valli del Serchio in mid -March to the Piedmont Region Rally, up to the Sicilian trip of the Rally Targa Florio, to the Rally Due Valli in Verona, at the Rally in Roma Capitale, the Lazio Rally and the Sanremo Rallye, with an ambitious official program that features the Gr yaris rally2. It is a car derived from the road version produced as standard, with the all -wheel drive and, under the hood, an engine 3 cylinders from 1,618 cc of displacement combined with a Five -speed Sadev sequential gearbox. The maximum power is approximately 300 hpwith a burning shot from 0 to 100 km/h that allows her to juggle with great agility even along the most insidious special tests. After closing the season of international debut with an overall second place in the tricolor, with a roadmap embellished with victories to Piedmont region rally of Alba and al Rallye Sanremofor a total of four overall podiums in seven races, on the eve of the 48th edition of the Rally de Il Ciocco and Valli del Serchiofirst seasonal appointment, the Toyota Gazoo Racing Italy has made official the decision to entrust its car a Thomas Paperinitwice winner of the Gr yaris cupand the navigator Andrea Gabelloni with which he shared the most recent successes.
Toyota and the challenge of the two valleys rally
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Al Rally de Il Ciocco and Valli del Serchiohis home race in the perspective championship, Paperini gave the first kilometers behind the wheel of the Gr yaris rally2 in a decidedly high context. Now, pending his return to the full state of form, the national branch of the Japanese house is ready to present himself at the start of Rally two valleys Of Verona with the Savonese driver Fabio Andolfipaired with Marco Menchini. In the appointment that marks a watershed between the first and second half of the championship, the Ligurian, fresh from celebrations for his 32nd birthday, will try to conquer his first seasonal success. On the other hand, the rich international palmares (historian its success among the category cars R5protagonists in WRC–2al Rally Tour de Corse of 2019) speaks for himself, with the Ligurian, to return to the Absolute Italian Championship Rally Sparco After a twelve -month pause, which in the first two races played behind the wheel of the Toyota Yaris Rally2 He has already managed to conquer a podium, the third place at the Piedmont Region Rally in Alba, and an eighth place at the Targa Florio. And if, on the one hand, with the insidious asphalts of Sicily the right feeling does not seem to have taken place, on the other in the Venetian land there is a bitter retreat of 2021, the year of its only participation in this test of the tricolor series. On the eve of the fourth seasonal appointment, however, Andolfi with his 22.5 points in the standings He has already put in the sight of the third place of a championship still open. Some decisive challenges are scheduled in the shade of the Arena of Verona, with the return of the rhombus of the engines on the days of Friday 30th And Saturday 31 May. Eight special tests scheduled, for a total of 105.80 kilometers to be faced against time, with the new Power Stage “Alcenago – Up Rent“Which, in addition to opening the dances, will assign extra points to the first three classified. To have a slightly clearer idea on the possible winner of the race, however, it will be necessary to wait for the double passage on Grassthe longest test (of 27.89 kilometers) of the championship, if the timed features of the Rally of Roma Capitalealso valid for the European championship.
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