Gazoo Racing’s World Rally Team posts impressive win

The Gazoo Racing’s (GR) World Rally Team (WRT) recently secured yet another impressive victory this season for its GR YARIS Rally1 vehicle in round three of the 2022 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). Adding to his victory at Rally Sweden in February, Kalle Rovanpera made a thrilling finish to the Croatia Rally, extending his FIA World Rally Drivers’ Championship lead to 29 points. As round three of the season ended, the team has under its belt 14 of the 19 stages across the event, which enable Toyota to lead the manufacturers’ championship by 42 points. Despite the challenging weather and road conditions due to heavy rains, Rovanperä was in superb form throughout the rally together with co-driver Jonne Halttunen in the No.69 Toyota GR YARIS Rally1 and won six of the eight stages on the first day of the rally to open up an advantage of more than a minute over his rivals. On the second day, Rovanperä secured a stage win to take a lead of almost 20 seconds into the deciding leg and continued that performance into the final day.Round four of the 2022 FIA World Rally Championship is the Vodafone Rally de Portugal, which will take place from 19 – 22 May, and features classic stages on sandy and rocky roads.