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GR YARIS Rally1 wins African epic with incredible 1-2-3-4 finish

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TOKYO, Jun 27, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - TOYOTA GAZOO Racing has claimed a historic result at the legendary Safari Rally Kenya with Kalle Rovanpera leading a remarkable clean sweep of the top four positions for the GR YARIS Rally1 car. Elfyn Evans and Takamoto Katsuta joined him on the podium with Sebastien Ogier in fourth.PodiumIt is also a landmark 10th victory for Toyota on the famous African event, and the first time it has achieved a 1-2-3-4 finish in the WRC since the very same rally in 1993. Only once has any other manufacturer achieved the same feat in the championship in nearly three decades since.In its second running since returning to the WRC calendar last year, the Safari delivered even tougher conditions, including deep 'fesh-fesh' sand on Friday and wet and muddy surfaces on Saturday in addition to the ever-present rocks and stones. It was by far the hardest challenge yet for the new generation of hybrid-powered Rally1 cars, but the GR YARIS survived everything that the Kenyan terrain could throw at it to remain reliable and dominate the weekend without any major issues. The next best-placed car finished eight-and-a-half minutes adrift of the Toyota q...

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TOYOTA GAZOO Racing scores a remarkable one-two in Sardinia

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Toyota City, Japan, Jun 7, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team has claimed an amazing one-two finish on Rally Italia Sardegna, with Sebastien Ogier scoring his third victory from five events so far this season and Elfyn Evans taking second to complete a remarkable result that extends the team's advantage in the championship.The team's maiden Sardinia win came after a fast and reliable performance from the Toyota Yaris WRC and its drivers, who were able to overcome their disadvantageous positions at the head of the road order on Friday. Ogier was particularly impressive opening the road on Friday, ending the day in third before climbing into the rally lead on Saturday, when Evans also improved his confidence and speed to rise to second.Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia safely managed their advantage through the final day's four stages to clinch their fourth Sardinia victory and first since 2015.Evans, co-driven by Scott Martin, started the final day with a strong stage win in SS17 to increase his advantage over third place, and was also fastest in SS19. In the final stage he was slowed after water entered the car in a watersplash, bu...

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S’pore cannot afford to close borders completely to foreign workers: SBF

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SINGAPORE - Singapore cannot afford to close its borders completely to foreign workers as its economy will be affected, warned the country's apex business chamber. Without access to sufficient manpower, there will also be "serious impact" on businesses and the livelihoods of Singaporeans, both in the immediate and longer terms, said the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) on Monday (May 10). This comes after the Ministry of Manpower's (MOM) move last Friday to stop accepting new entry applications for work pass holders from higher-risk countries or regions. This was in response to the resurgence of Covid-19 in several countries and the emergence of new virus variants. The ministry is also reducing entries from these areas, meaning that some work pass holders who had earlier obtained approval will be rescheduled to arrive later. The SBF expects this to put a further squeeze on sectors with unfilled labour demand and have a "significant impact on businesses". It hopes the new restrictions on entry approvals will be relaxed as soon as the situation allows. "In the interim, we hope that the list of lower-risk countries or regions for which the new restrictions do not apply can be expan...