The reigning WRC constructors' champion has announced new contracts with Rovanpera , Elfyn Evans , Sebastien Ogier and Takamoto Katsuta following Toyota 's dominant 1-2-3 at last weekend's season finale in Japan. Rovanpera , Evans and Ogier each scored three wins this year to help Toyota to a sixth world title .
Evans, runner-up to Rovanpera in his year's title race, will contest a full season alongside Katsuta, while eight-time world champion Sebastien Ogier is set for a third partial campaign after retiring from full-time competition at the end of 2021. Newly crowned two-time world champion Rovanpera has signed a new multi-year deal but will contest only a part-time programme in 2024. Rovanpera wishes to 'recharge his batteries' from the demands of the WRC next year before returning for a full-time programme in 2025. The 23-year-old made the step up to WRC's top flight in 2020 with Toyota and has since scored 11 wins on his way to back-to-back world titles in 2022-2023. This year he became only the sixth driver in WRC history to defend the world titl
Toyota WRC Contracts Rovanpera Evans Ogier Katsuta Season Finale Dominant Wins World Title
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