Latvala on WRC Croatia, Toyota's strong start and more
About this episode
Toyota’s WRC momentum is the headline, with Jerry Matty-Lavallat (Jari-Matti Latvala) saying the team’s success never becomes “normal”—winning still requires constant work and the right setup. He points to how shocks like Oliver Solberg’s Estonia win and the subsequent wake-up moments keep everyone sharp. Ahead of Croatia, he expects new challenges from fresh stages and better Hyundai pace, plus M-Sport Ford’s John Armstrong showing strong early speed. They also discuss the compromise of differential/ramp-angle choices across mixed conditions, and look forward to 2027’s rally2-heavy entry lists and the new WRC spec car.
Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala joins David Evans for a pre-Croatia edition of SPIN, The Rally Pod to discuss this week's World Rally Championship round, Toyota's supreme start to the season, how Takamoto Katsuta has reacted to his first win in Kenya and more.
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Toyota Grand Highlander
"... adult-sized third row, everyone's welcome in the Grand Highlander. From sports fans to eco buffs and movie fans."
Toyota RAV4
"...le rear seat entertainment system. Slip into the RAV4 with available all-wheel drive and let's go! Toy..."
Toyota GR Yaris
"...bviously looked for something different from the GR Yaris rally one and he found that he took the car in te..."
Ford Fiesta
"...trong, one at European Championship level in the Fiesta last year. John is demonstrating quite a lot of ..."
Chevrolet Monte Carlo
"... definitely does. I came with the bad event, Pat Monte Carlo when I came to the first event to win it"
Dodge Challenger
"...se of the altitude. But yeah, Taka, championship challenger this year? Let's say that I think this year"
Toyota Corolla
"...ionship there was some events we run the old WSE Corolla and the thing is that when you tried to"
Toyota GR Corolla
"... point that in the stories when I talk about the GR Corolla and the GR Yaris the difference is that you know..."
Toyota Celica
"...eah, now one car that has a great nature is your Celica Turbo 4WD ST185 the car that you won the histori..."
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