Ogier impressed by the qualities of the Toyota Yaris in Finland

After Hyundai Motorsport, it's the Toyota Gazoo Racing which recently returned to testing on its usual Finnish driving bases.

Tommi Mäkinen's training allowed his pilots Sébastien Ogier, Elfyn Evans and Kalle Rovanperä to reconnect with the sensations of racing on the “3D” tracks that Finland offers, including the 2020 edition will not be contested. An always very specific path, where Toyota has long developed its WRC arrived in 2017.

Genes that Sébastien Ogier clearly highlights after his return to the wheel. “ In recent years, I have been able to drive the Ford Fiesta or the Citroën C3 and I think we saw that the Yaris was the fastest of the latest editions in Finland. I understand it now, underlines the Frenchman on the WRC website.

The first pass was strange. Honestly, on this kind of road you have to be in the rhythm and the first run was quite fast, but very quickly I realized how good this car is here. You feel the car has been tested a lot on these roads and it's a nice feeling to drive here. »

The first day back in the office for @SebOgier and Julien. And their first taste of the #YarisWRC on that fast Finnish gravel! #Toyota #ToyotaGAZOORacing #WRC #TGR_WRC pic.twitter.com/W8nSImY2ID

- Toyota GAZOO Racing WRT (@TGR_WRC) June 16, 2020

Toyota will be able to benefit from the work carried out on the current Yaris for another additional season, the Japanese brand having indicated want to keep this car in 2021, although development on the basis of the new GR Yaris had already begun.