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ELFYN EVANS

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Elfyn completes hat-trick of Rally Japan wins to extend WRC lead

Welsh star leads from the front in last Tarmac rally of the campaign. Taking victory at Rally Japan for the third time in four years, Elfyn led home a 1-2-3-4 finish for the Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team on home roads and extended his championship advantage. Elfyn sealed a 12.8s winning advantage over Sébastien Ogier and claimed three additional points from Super Sunday to extend his lead at the front of the championship to 20 points on the final Tarmac event of the

Elfyn Evans in action in Rally de Portugal

Portugal podium as Elfyn extends WRC lead

Strong Sunday helps Welshman claim valuable championship points. Elfyn extended his lead at the front of the FIA World Rally Championship by 10 points thanks to another podium and a strong final-day performance on a wet and wild Rally Portugal. With an amended format, which saw three competitive stages kick the action off on Thursday, Elfyn spent a day and a half opening the road in mixed conditions. He delivered a solid drive on some classic Portuguese gravel stages, some

The UK's World Rally Championship driver

Elfyn Evans is a Welsh rally driver competing at the highest level of the FIA World Rally Championship as an official driver for the Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team, at the wheel of a GR Yaris Hybrid rally 1 car.

After taking the 2025 WRC Drivers' Championship title fight down to the very last stage – eventually finishing runner up –Elfyn will be looking to go one better in 2026.

'We go all-out for victory in every rally we enter – that's the only way to win the World Championship'

Countdown to: Acropolis Rally Greece

A special weekend at Rally Japan 🇯🇵🏆

Thank you to the whole team at @tgr_wrc, to our route note crew, Dad - Gwyndaf and Dan, and of course a huge thanks to Scott on the notes!

Arigato for the amazing support once again, diolch! 🙌🏼

#EE33 #RallyJapan #ToyotaGAZOORacing

That Winning feeling 🏆🍾

Very happy to take another win here in Japan. The GR Yaris Rally1 has been amazing on tarmac, and to finish the final sealed-surface rally for this era of car with a win is pretty special.

Of course, this is Toyota’s home rally, so I’m especially happy and proud to deliver a third win here for the team. A huge thank you to everyone for all their hard work, and to Morizo-san for his constant support. This win is a small token of appreciation for everything the team has done for me.

It was an intense fight with our teammates throughout the weekend, and that always makes a victory feel even better when you’ve had to work so hard for it.
Thank you to @scottymartin__ and everyone for the support. 🇯🇵

#WRC #RallyJapan #EE33

It’s been a decent day in Japan 🇯🇵

I gave away a bit of time on the stages either side of lunch, which was disappointing, but otherwise it’s been a pretty good day. The conditions haven’t been easy, with very technical stages, so overall I’m reasonably happy with the day.

Tomorrow looks like it will be more of the same, with some very technical sections, some faster sections, and quite a mixed route like the rest of the rally has been. It definitely won’t be easy, but we’ll do everything we can to secure the victory.

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Not a bad day’s work in Japan 🇯🇵

It was a tricky morning with changeable conditions after some rain last night, but we seemed to get through that quite well, taking advantage of the road position and setting some good times.
The afternoon was also fine. Conditions were much drier and it all went ok.
It’s looking like a drier weekend for the rest of the rally, so every little detail will count. We’ll have to be on top of our game and give it our best 👊🏻

#EE33 #RallyJapan #ToyotaGAZOORacing

A special welcome in Japan 🇯🇵

It was great to take part in the ceremonial start at Nagoya Castle today.

It’s always a pleasure to be in Japan, and once again we had a very warm welcome at Toyota’s home rally. Plenty of fans, a great atmosphere and a bit of fun before the proper work starts tomorrow.

#EE33 #RallyJapan #ToyotaGAZOORacing

Back on Japanese roads 🇯🇵

It’s great to be back in Japan! 🙌🏼

We’ve completed recce and the stages are looking good, with not too many changes from previous years. If anything, they maybe looked a little cleaner during recce, but not a huge difference.

As always, it’s going to be a demanding and twisty rally, so we’ll definitely need a good feeling with the notes and the car.

Let’s see how things go!

Shakedown starts at 08:01 here, 00:01 in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#EE33 #RallyJapan #ToyotaGAZOORacing

P3 in Portugal 🇵🇹

Portugal was a tough event, the mixed weather made it challenging and opening the road in the dry conditions wasn’t easy, we seemed to come through quite well and we were still in touch on Saturday lunchtime. But then we were disappointed with the way we managed the slippery conditions, we didn’t have the feeling to be able to fight at the sharp end. Unfortunately, some of the others had issues, and that gave us a podium finish.
All in all, not the perfect weekend but got through it with decent points so we have to be happy with that 👊🏼

#EE33 #RallydePortugal #ToyotaGAZOORacing

Saturday complete 🇵🇹

Pretty disappointed with the afternoon, I made a couple of mistakes and I didn’t feel comfortable in the worst of the mud. I gave away a lot of time which I’m obviously disappointed with, so not the afternoon we’d hoped for. Tomorrow, it looks like the conditions still won’t be straight forward, so I definitely need to try and find some improvements overnight, and see if we can deliver something a bit better tomorrow.

#EE33 #RallydePortugal #toyotagazooracing

Friday complete 🇵🇹

We managed to keep out of trouble and keep a reasonable rhythm throughout the day. The running order seemed to affect some stages more than others, but we’re in an ok position after opening the road all day.
There’s a chance the weather could change tomorrow, but how much rain and when is the question, so we have to be as ready as we can for it 🌦️

Let’s see what we can do tomorrow!

#EE33 #RallydePortugal #ToyotaGAZOORacing

Friday so far 🇵🇹

The road order has had a different effect across the stages, but overall it’s been an ok run.

We’re not too far away, so let’s see how the afternoon goes. The target is to stay within reach tonight and see what tomorrow brings 👌🏼

#EE33 #RallydePortugal #ToyotaGAZOORacing

Thursday thoughts in Portugal 🇵🇹 💭

It’s been an ok start to the rally. We didn’t have the best feeling in the first stage, but the conditions weren’t as bad as we expected them to be.
The next stages were clean for us, although the later runners seemed to have a better run through there.

All in all, it’s not been a bad start, but it’s still very early days in this rally and there’s a long way to go!

Let’s see what tomorrow brings 💪🏼

#EE33 #RallydePortugal #ToyotaGAZOORacing

🇵🇹 Ready to go on the gravel of Portugal!

The stages are mostly familiar, with a few reversed and some new sections mixed in. It’s been a long recce with plenty of kilometres already completed, but all ok so far!

The weather could be unsettled over the weekend, but exactly what that means, and where - we’ll have to wait and see. 🌦️

We’ve got a bit of experience opening the road on gravel events now. It’ll be tough if conditions stay as expected, but we’ll keep pushing and do the best we can 💪🏼

#EE33 #RallydePortugal #ToyotaGAZOORacing

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