Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT announced today its driver line-up for the 2026 season as Oliver Solberg will replace Kalle Rovanpera.
Toyota Gazoo Racing confirmed that Oliver Solberg will team-up with Elfyn Evans, Takamoto Katsuta and Sami Pajari at a full-time programme whereas Sebastien Ogier stays committed to participate in a selected number of events next year.
"This year has been an absolutely incredible one for me as a part of the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing family. We achieved our main goal to win the WRC2 championship together and to do a fast and consistent season with the GR Yaris Rally2. Then we got the opportunity to do Estonia in the Rally1 car, which was simply an amazing week. Now I have this chance to come back to the top level of WRC, so a lot of dreams have come true for me this year and I’m really grateful to be part of this great team. We need to be realistic because we still have a lot to learn with the Rally1 car, but we’re going to have fun and do the best that we can", Solberg said.
Moreover, Elfyn Evans said: "I’m really pleased to be continuing with TGR-WRT for what will be my seventh successive season with this team. We’ve enjoyed quite a lot of success together in that time, and 2025 has probably been one of our strongest years yet – both for the whole team and also for me on a personal level. Even so, everybody in the team is working hard to keep improving all the time and I hope that we can achieve more great results in 2026".
Sebastien Ogier added: "I’m really excited to keep driving with this team again next year. We have been able to enjoy some very special moments together over the last six years, and this season has again been an amazing one for the team. Everyone is pushing together to succeed and I’m proud to be part of it. The plan next year will be the same for me as the last few seasons: to compete with a partial programme with the goal of helping the team to keep winning rallies and championships".
On the other hand, Takamoto Katsuta stated: "I’m very happy to be part of this team again for next season. This year there have been some strong rallies for me where we have been able to fight for the top places until the finish. There have also been some tough moments but I am sure that these will just make me stronger for the future. Thank you to everybody who has been supporting me, and I hope that next year can be even better".
Finally, Sami Pajari said: "It’s been really exciting to drive with this team for a full season and I’m really thankful to them for the support and the chance to continue working together next year too. The main focus so far has been to gain the experience you need to really compete at this level, but we’ve still been able to show good speed in pretty much every rally. I know we still have a lot of hard work ahead to get where we really want to be, which is to one day be fighting for championships, but I’m really looking forward to trying to improve upon what we did this year".
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