Jari-Matti Latvala is to make a competitive World Rally Championship return at Rally Finland in August.
The 18-time WRC rally winner will forsake his role as Toyota WRC team principal for a weekend to pilot a fourth GR Yaris at the gravel rally, alongside reigning world champion Kalle Rovanpera, Elfyn Evans and Takamoto Katsuta.
It will be the Finn’s first rally behind the wheel of a Rally1 car and his first WRC event since Rally Sweden in 2020, when he drove a privately-run Toyota Yaris with Juho Hanninen acting as co-driver. Toyota test driver Hanninen will once again occupy the co-driver seat for this latest WRC Rally1 outing.
Latvala, who retired from full-time driving in the WRC in 2019 before taking up the Toyota team principal role ahead of the 2021 season, has remained active as a driver, competing in several historic rallies.
Latvala is expected to conduct a test day in the GR Yaris Rally1 before lining up for Rally Finland, and is aiming for a top 10 finish in the rally.
