Toyota extends contracts with WRC drivers after dominant season finale

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Toyota has announced new contracts with Rovanpera, Evans, Ogier, and Katsuta following their dominant performance in the season finale. Rovanpera, Evans, and Ogier each scored three wins this year, helping Toyota secure their sixth world title. Rovanpera will have a part-time program in 2024 before returning for a full-time program in 2025. Evans will compete in a full season alongside Katsuta, while Ogier will have a third partial campaign after retiring from full-time competition in 2021.

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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