TEAM & DRIVER

WRC 2026 TEAM & DRIVER

DRIVER

  • Elfyn Evans

    Elfyn Evans

    Driver
    Born— December 28, 1988 Nationality— UK (Wales)

    Elfyn Evans is a British rally driver. Son of the former British Rally Championship champion Gwyndaf Evans, Elfyn Evans made his rally debut in 2006 in a Nissan Micra. He appeared in a WRC rally for the first time at the Wales Rally GB in 2007. In 2010, Evans won the British Junior Rally Championship, and secured four victories out of six rallies in the 2012 WRC Academy (now the Junior WRC) as he claimed the series title. He joined M-Sport Ford in 2013, and made a one-off appearance at Rally Italia Sardegna, where he finished sixth overall. The same year, Evans also participated in WRC2 in the Ford Fiesta R5, winning Wales Rally GB, his home event. In 2016, Evans secured three rally victories on his way to second in the WRC2 Drivers’ Championship. He has participated in the WRC since 2017, a year in which he won the Wales Rally GB and also finished second overall in two further rallies. A series of dependable performances saw Evans finish fifth in the Drivers’ Championship. In 2019, he held the lead until the final stage at the Tour de Corse, growing into an all-rounder with the ability to win even on tarmac.
    Evans has been a member of TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRT since 2020. He won victories at Rally Sweden and Rally Turkey, and finished second overall in the Drivers' Championship. In 2021 he also won twice - at Rally Portugal and Rally Finland - and finished second in the Drivers' Championship. In 2022, he finished second overall four times, finishing fourth in the Drivers’ Championship. In 2023, he competed with Rovanperä for the drivers’ title until the 12th round, and ultimately came in second place in the Drivers’ Championship with his third win of the season in the 13th round, Rally Japan. In 2024, he won Rally Japan. He accumulated points consistently throughout the season and finished second in the Driver's Championship, as he did the previous year. In 2025, he led the series until late in the season despite having only two wins during the year. He battled fiercely with Ogier for the title right up to the final race, ultimately securing his fifth career second overall finish in the Drivers' Championship.

    【CAREER HIGHLIGHTS】

    • 2025
      Second in WRC for drivers
    • 2024
      Second in WRC for drivers
    • 2023
      Second in WRC for drivers
    • 2022
      Fourth in WRC Drivers’ championship
    • 2021
      Second in WRC Drivers’ championship, 2 wins
    • 2020
      Second in WRC Drivers’ championship, 2 wins
    • 2017
      First WRC win (Britain)
    • 2016
      British Rally Champion
    • 2012
      WRC Academy Champion
    • 2010
      British Junior Rally Champion
    • 2008
      British and Irish Fiesta Trophy Champion
    CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • Scott Martin

    Scott Martin

    Co-Driver
    Born— November 6, 1982 Nationality— UK

    Scott Martin is a British rally co-driver. He works together with Elfyn Evans. Martin made his rally debut in 2001, and was active largely on the domestic U.K. rally scene. In 2004, he made his first WRC appearance at Wales Rally GB, as co-driver to Matthew Wilson, the son of M-Sport founder Malcolm Wilson. Martin began competing in the WRC more seriously from 2006 onward, gaining experience in Group N cars. In 2008, Martin participated fully in the WRC alongside Wilson in a Ford World Rally Car. Since then, he has worked as co-driver to Khalid Al-Qassimi and Craig Breen, and secured two podium finishes in a Citroën World Rally Car. In 2019, Evans returned to his former team, M-Sport Ford, and formed a new pairing with Evans. The two finished third overall at Rally Mexico and Tour de Corse. Despite sitting out three rounds due to an injury to Evans, Martin finished fifth overall in the Co-drivers’ Championship.
    In 2020, Martin joined TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRT along with Evans. Together they secured two victories, and Martin achieved his best-ever finish in the Co-drivers' Championship with second overall. In 2021 the pair also won two rallies, in Portugal and Finland, and Martin was again second in the Co-drivers' Championship. In 2022, he finished second overall four times and, fourth in the Co-drivers’ Championship. In 2023, he finished second in the Co-drivers’ Championship with three wins in the season. In 2024, he won Rally Japan and finished second in the Co-drivers' Championship. In 2025, he achieved his 200th WRC start at the 12th round, the Central European Rally. He finished second in the Co-drivers' Championship for the second year in a row.

    【CAREER HIGHLIGHTS】

    • 2025
      Second in WRC for co-drivers
    • 2024
      Second in WRC for co-drivers
    • 2023
      Second in WRC for co-drivers
    • 2022
      Fourth in WRC for co-drivers
    • 2021
      Second in WRC for co-drivers, 2 wins
    • 2020
      Second in WRC for co-drivers, 2 wins
    • 2019
      Fifth in WRC for co-drivers, 5 wins
    • 2016
      First WRC podium - Rally Finland overall third
    • 2014
      Third in European Rally Championship
    • 2007
      Fiesta Sporting Trophy International series champion
    CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • Sébastien Ogier

    Sébastien Ogier

    Driver
    Born— December 17, 1983 Nationality— France

    Sébastien Ogier is a French rally driver. He began his rally career in 2005, when he was selected to take part in the FFSA Rallye Jeunes, a talent-spotting event organized by the French Federation of Automobile Sport. In 2007, he won the Peugeot 206 Cup, then went on to secure the Junior World Rally Championship in 2008. Impressed by his performances, Citroën provided Ogier with the opportunity to compete in the final rally of the 2008 season, Wales Rally GB. Despite this being his first appearance in a World Rally Car, Ogier recorded the fastest time in SS1 and held the rally lead until SS5. In 2009, he became a member of the Citroën Junior Team, where he won his first WRC event at the 2010 Rally de Portugal. The following year, Ogier clinched five rally victories on his way to third place in the Drivers’ Championship. In 2013, he joined Volkswagen Motorsport and won four consecutive drivers’ championships between 2013 and 2016. He moved to M-Sport Ford in 2017, where he added a further two championships; this meant he had won an incredible six WRC Drivers’ Championships in a row. Ogier returned to Citroën in 2019, before moving to the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRT for 2020. He won two rallies for his new team and extended his total number of wins to 49 and secured his seventh drivers' championship in the process. Five further wins followed as he clinched his eighth drivers' championship in 2021. Since 2022 he continues to participate in selected rounds. Winning Rally Spain that season, he extended his total number of wins to 55. In 2023, he shared the team’s third official entry with Takamoto Katsuta and took three wins from eight events. In 2024 he will again compete in selected rounds. In 2024, he again competed in only selected rounds, winning three of 10 rounds, and finishing fourth in the Drivers' Championship. In 2025, he again competed part-time, missing three rounds. However, he finished on the podium in 10 of the 11 rounds he did compete in, winning six of them and demonstrating his overwhelming strength. He secured his ninth drivers' championship, tying Sébastien Loeb for the most championships in WRC history.

    【CAREER HIGHLIGHTS】

    • 2025
      Ninth drivers' championship victory, 6 wins
    • 2024
      Fourth in WRC for drivers
    • 2023
      Fifth in WRC for drivers
    • 2022
      Sixth in WRC for drivers, 1 win
    • 2021
      Eighth drivers' championship victory, 5 wins
    • 2020
      Seventh drivers' championship victory, 2 wins
    • 2013-18
      Six consecutive WRC titles
    • 2010
      First WRC wins (Portugal and Japan)
    • 2008
      Junior WRC Champion
    • 2007
      French 206 Cup Champion
    CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • Vincent Landais

    Vincent Landais

    Co-Driver
    Born— October 17, 1991 Nationality— France

    Vincent Landais is a French rally co-driver. He works together with Sébastien Ogier. He began co-driving in 2010 in domestic competitions in France. At the end of 2013 he began competing regularly in the ERC (European Rally Championship) alongside Robert Consani and later Jonathan Hirschi, with whom he made the switch to the WRC and WRC 3 class during 2015. At the end of that year he joined forces with Pierre-Louis Loubet in the Junior WRC, and began competing in WRC 2 from 2016. In 2019 Landais won the WRC 2 title alongside Loubet after they scored class victory in both Portugal and Sardinia. In 2020 they moved up to the top category with the Hyundai 2C Competition team. After starting 2022 as part of Ogier’s gravel crew at TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRT for Rallye Monte-Carlo, Landais then returned to competition with Loubet for the M-Sport Ford Rally Team and finished fourth overall in Sardinia and Greece. For Rally Japan he debuted as Ogier’s co-driver and finished fourth overall. In 2023, he competed in eight rounds with Ogier, finishing with three wins. In 2023, he competed in eight rounds with Ogier, finishing with three wins. In 2024, he competed in 10 rallies and finished with three wins. In 2025, he competed in 11 rounds as Ogier's partner, winning six of them. He claimed his first-ever WRC co-drivers' championship.

    【CAREER HIGHLIGHTS】

    • 2025
      First co-drivers' championship victory
    • 2024
      Fourth in WRC for co-drivers
    • 2023
      Fifth in WRC for co-drivers, 3 wins
    • 2022
      Participated in WRC; 4th place in Italy, Greece and Japan
    • 2019
      WRC 2 champion; 2 wins
    • 2015-18
      Participated in WRC 2; best result of 4th overall
    • 2012
      First WRC rally
    CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • Oliver Solberg

    Oliver Solberg

    Driver
    Born— September 23, 2001 Nationality— Sweden

    Oliver Solberg is a Swedish rally driver whose father is 2003 WRC champion Petter Solberg and whose mother is Pernilla Solberg, a female rally driver. He honed his skills in crosskarting from a young age before moving into rallycross. In 2018, he became RallyX Nordic Champion. He began competing seriously in rally in 2017 at age 15. In 2019, he won the Latvian Rally Championship as series champion and also claimed his first victory in the European Rally Championship (ERC). He also competed in the American Rally Championship, claiming three victories. He made his WRC debut at Wales Rally GB 2019 in a Volkswagen Golf GTI R5. In 2020, he achieved strong results including a second-place series finish in the ERC. The following year, in 2021, he stepped up to the top category of the WRC in a Hyundai car. In 2022, he finished fourth overall at the Ypres Rally.
    In 2023, he moved to the WRC2 class and won two rounds. In 2024, he claimed three victories in a Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 and finished second in the WRC2 series. Then, in 2025, he joined Printsport, succeeding the previous year's WRC2 champion Sami Pajari, and competed in WRC2 with a GR Yaris Rally2. He won five of the seven rounds he entered to become the series champion. He also achieved his first WRC victory in Rally Estonia, the eighth round of the WRC, even though he was driving a GR YARIS Rally1 for the first time. He became a parent-child pair to both win an WRC event overall. In 2026, as a member of TGR-WRT, he will take on the WRC in a GR YARIS Rally1 alongside his long-time co-driver Elliott Edmondson.

    【CAREER HIGHLIGHTS】

    • 2025
      First overall victory at WRC Rally Estonia, WRC2 series champion with five wins
    • 2024
      Second in WRC2 with three wins
    • 2023
      Sixth in WRC2 with two wins
    • 2022
      Sixth overall at WRC Rally Sweden, fourth overall at WRC Rally Ypres
    • 2021
      First WRC top category rally, fifth overall at WRC Rally Monza
    • 2020
      Second in ERC with one win, ERC1 junior series champion
    • 2019
      Latvian Rally Championship series champion, first WRC rally (Wales Rally GB)
    • 2017
      First rally
    CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • Elliott Edmondson

    Elliott Edmondson

    Co-Driver
    Born— August 29, 1994 Nationality— UK

    Elliott Edmondson is a British co-driver who competes alongside Oliver Solberg. He competed in his first rally at the age of 15 and began competing in full-scale stage rallies in 2010. Since then, he has gained experience by competing in many rallies in the UK. In 2012, he expanded beyond the UK, making his WRC debut at Wales Rally GB in 2013. He has since partnered with many drivers, competing in various cars in rallies both in the UK and abroad with good results. He began competing in the top category of the WRC in 2019, serving as co-driver for Gus Greensmith and Andreas Mikkelsen, among others. At the 2021 WRC Rally Monza, he teamed up with Solberg for the first time and finished fifth overall in a Hyundai car. Since then, he has continued to build his career as Solberg's co-driver. In 2022, he finished fourth overall in the WRC Ypres Rally. In 2023, he moved to the WRC2 class and won two rounds. In 2024, he claimed three victories in a Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 and finished second in the WRC2 series. In 2025, he joined Printsport with Solberg and competed in WRC2 with a GR Yaris Rally2. He won five of the seven rounds he entered to become a first-time series champion. He also achieved his first victory in the top category of WRC in the 8th round, Rally Estonia, in the GR YARIS Rally1. In 2026, as a member of TGR-WRT, he will compete in the WRC series alongside Solberg in the GR YARIS Rally1.

    【CAREER HIGHLIGHTS】

    • 2025
      First overall victory at WRC Rally Estonia, WRC2 series champion with five wins
    • 2024
      Second in WRC2 with three wins
    • 2023
      Sixth in WRC2 with two wins
    • 2022
      Sixth overall at WRC Rally Sweden, fourth overall at WRC Rally Ypres
    • 2021
      Fifth overall at WRC Rally Monza
    • 2017
      Junior ERC series champion
    • 2013
      First WRC rally (Wales Rally GB)
    • 2010
      First stage rally
    CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • Takamoto Katsuta

    Takamoto Katsuta

    Driver
    Born— March 17, 1993 Nationality— Japan

    Takamoto Katsuta is a Japanese rally driver. He drove in his first kart race at the age of 11, and at age 18 he won the Formula Challenge Japan (FCJ). He placed second overall in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship at age 20, and fourth overall the following year in 2014. In addition to competing in Formula 3, from 2012 he began limited participation in the GT86 in the Japanese Rally Championship, notching up his first JN5-class win in 2014. In 2015, he switched his focus fully to rally, becoming a member of the TGR Rally Challenge Program (now the WRC Challenge Program), and started competing overseas. In 2016, he began competing in some WRC 2 events, and achieved his first-ever WRC 2-class podium the following year at Rally Italia Sardegna. In 2018, he achieved his inaugural WRC 2 victory at Rally Sweden. In 2019, he won the WRC 2-class event at Rally Chile, secured two wins from two appearances in the Yaris WRC at the Finnish Rally Championship, then took the wheel of the Yaris WRC and competed in the WRC, the highest-level of rally competition, at Rallye Deutschland and Rally Spain. In 2020, he competed in five WRC events in the Yaris WRC, winning the Power Stage at the season-ending Rally Monza to secure his first-ever fastest time in WRC. During 2021, he claimed top-six finishes at each of the first six events, culminating in a maiden podium with second place at Safari Rally Kenya. In 2022, he competed in every WRC event in the GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid as part of the TGR WRT Next Generation team. Aside from Rally New Zealand, where he was forced to retire, he was consistently in the points, finishing in the top-eight in every rally. He clinched third place and the final podium spot at both Safari Rally Kenya and the season-ending Rally Japan, and ended the season in fifth overall in the drivers’ championship. In 2023, he once again competed in all rounds, including five wins as a TGR-WRT manufacturer-registered driver. He finished on the podium in third place in Rally Finland. In 2024, Katsuta competed in 12 rounds, excluding Rally Chile at the end of the season. He finished second overall in the third round, Safari Rally Kenya, tying his career best result. In 2025, he competed in all 14 rounds, claiming second-place podium finishes at Rally Sweden and Rally Finland. He finished sixth in the drivers' championship for the second year in a row.

    【CAREER HIGHLIGHTS】

    • 2025
      Sixth in WRC for drivers
    • 2024
      Sixth in WRC for drivers
    • 2023
      Competed in all WRC rounds with GR YARIS Rally1 HYBRID, finishing on the podium in third place in Rally Finland; seventh in WRC for drivers
    • 2022
      Fifth in WRC for drivers, two podiums (Kenya, Japan)
    • 2021
      Seventh in WRC for drivers, one podium (Kenya)
    • 2019
      WRC 2 win (Chile), first events in Yaris WRC
    • 2018
      First WRC 2 win (Sweden)
    • 2016
      First WRC rally (Finland)
    • 2012
      Debut in Japanese Rally Championship
    CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • Aaron Johnston

    Aaron Johnston

    Co-Driver
    Born— February 2, 1995 Nationality— Irish

    Aaron Johnston is an Irish co-driver who competes alongside Takamoto Katsuta. He began competing in rallies as a co-driver in 2011, participating in various domestic rallies in the U.K. and Ireland. From 2017 onward, he expanded his sphere of activities, participating and gathering experience in rallies in Estonia, Latvia, France, and Belgium. In 2019, he was co-driver to Oliver Solberg, racking up numerous victories at Rally Liepāja in Latvia and other European Rally Championship (ERC) events; the same year, he also made his debut in WRC, partnering Solberg in an R5-class car at Wales Rally GB. In 2020, he continued his alliance with Solberg, competing in both ERC and WRC 3; the pair clinched single victories in both series, finishing second overall in ERC and third overall in WRC 3. In 2021, Johnston competed alongside Solberg for Hyundai in both WRC 2 and WRC until the middle of the season. He switched to partnering Katsuta for round 10 of WRC, Rally Finland, and has been his co-driver ever since. In 2022, he competed in every WRC event in the GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid, clinching his first-ever podium with a third-place finish at Safari Rally Kenya, and following this up with third at Rally Japan. He ended the season in fifth overall in the co-drivers’ championship. In 2023, he continued to compete together with Katsuta. He finished on the podium in third place in Rally Finland. In 2024, Johnston competed in 12 rounds, excluding Rally Chile. He finished second overall in the third round, Safari Rally Kenya, a career-best result. In 2025, he competed in all 14 rounds alongside Katsuta, claiming second-place podium finishes at Rally Sweden and Rally Finland. He finished sixth in the co-drivers' championship for the second year in a row.

    【CAREER HIGHLIGHTS】

    • 2025
      Sixth in WRC for co-drivers
    • 2024
      Sixth in WRC for co-drivers
    • 2023
      Finished on the podium in third place in Rally Finland; seventh in WRC for co-drivers
    • 2022
      Fifth in WRC for co-drivers, two podiums (Kenya, Japan)
    • 2021
      First events in World Rally Car; co-driver to Katsuta from Rally Finland onward
    • 2020
      Third in WRC 3 (one win), second in ERC (one win)
    • 2019
      First WRC rally (Britain), first ERC win
    • 2011
      First rally
    CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • Sami Pajari

    Sami Pajari

    Driver
    Born— December 1, 2001 Nationality— Finland

    Sami Pajari is a Finnish rally driver. In 2016, he began competing in rallies and rally sprints from mid-teens in his native Finland. In 2019, he started competing in the Finnish Rally Championship and Junior WRC, where he became a prominent driver. In 2021, he won the Junior WRC Championship with two wins. He also performed well in the European Rally Championship (ERC). In 2022, he stepped up to WRC 3, securing two wins in the Open Class and three wins in the Junior Class. He also competed in WRC 2 with a Rally2 car in the last two rounds of the season, including Rally Japan. In 2023, he won his first WRC 2 race in his homeland, Rally Finland, and took four wins in the WRC 2 Challenger category. In 2024, he switched cars to the GR Yaris Rally2 and entered WRC 2, where he took his third win of the season in the final round, Rally Japan, to win his first WRC 2 title. He also took the wheel of the GR YARIS Rally1 HYBRID in three WRC rounds, finishing fourth overall in the first round, Rally Finland, the highest position for a Toyota team. His high performance, including a sixth place overall finish in Rally Chile, was unbelievable for his first year in the top category. Based on his talent and performance, in 2025 he competed in all WRC rounds as a member of TGR-WRT with the GR YARIS Rally1, starting from TGR-WRT2. He was extremely consistent throughout the season, securing his first WRC podium with a third-place overall finish in the 13th round, Rally Japan. He concluded the season ranked eighth in the drivers' championship.

    【CAREER HIGHLIGHTS】

    • 2025
      Eighth in WRC for drivers
    • 2024
      WRC 2 Series Champion with three wins, fourth overall in WRC Rally Finland, sixth overall in Rally Chile
    • 2023
      One win in WRC 2 and four wins in WRC 2 Challenger
    • 2022
      Two wins in WRC 3 Junior and three wins in WRC 3 Open
    • 2021
      Junior WRC Series Champion with two wins
    • 2019
      First WRC rally (Rally Finland)
    • 2016
      First rally
    CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • Marko Salminen

    Marko Salminen

    Co-Driver
    Born— October 10, 1978 Nationality— Finland

    Marko Salminen is a Finnish co-driver who started competing in 2000. In 2005, he began competing in more rallies, gaining experience in Finnish rallies. In 2008, he competed in his first WRC event, Rally Sweden, and then in his homeland, Rally Finland. In 2011, he began competing alongside Juha Salo, Finland’s top driver, earning many victories together. He then began competing more in WRC, gaining experience by teaming up with drivers other than Salo. In 2017, he teamed up with Takamoto Katsuta of the TGR WRC Challenge Program, earning their first WRC 2 win at Rally Sweden in 2018. In 2019, he began competing in the WRC top category in a WR car as co-driver for Teemu Suninen. In 2020, he teamed up with Sami Pajari for the first time, becoming Junior WRC champion in 2021. He also won other championships with Pajari in various classes such as WRC 3. After that, he supported the growth of young drivers as a co-driver for Nao Otake for two seasons starting in 2022, and for Yuki Yamamoto in 2024. In 2025, he teamed up with Pajari again to compete in all WRC rounds with the GR YARIS Rally1. He secured his first WRC podium with a third-place overall finish in the 13th round, Rally Japan. He finished eighth in the co-drivers' championship, his best-ever series result.

    【CAREER HIGHLIGHTS】

    • 2025
      Eighth in WRC for co-drivers
    • 2024
      Competed in 10 rallies, including six rounds of WRC, together with Yuki Yamamoto
    • 2022-23
      Competed in 13 rallies, including two rounds of WRC, together with Nao Otake
    • 2021
      Junior WRC Series Champion with two wins together with Sami Pajari
    • 2019
      Started competing in the top category of WRC
    • 2018
      First WRC 2 win together with Takamoto Katsuta (Rally Sweden)
    • 2008
      First WRC rally (Rally Sweden)
    • 2000
      First rally
    CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

TEAM

  • TGR-WRT Chairman Akio Toyoda
    TGR-WRT ChairmanAkio Toyoda
  • Team Principal Jari-Matti Latvala
    Team PrincipalJari-Matti Latvala
  • Deputy Team Principal juha_kankkunen
    Deputy Team PrincipalJuha Kankkunen
  • Project Director Yuichiro Haruna
    Project DirectorYuichiro Haruna
  • Sporting Director Kaj Lindström
    Sporting DirectorKaj Lindström
  • Technical Director Tom Fowler
    Technical DirectorTom Fowler