Toyota WRC on the path to comeback - Building a team from scratch -

Documentary that takes us behind the scenes over the 500 days leading up to Toyota's return to World Rally Championship racing after an 18-year hiatus.
[TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team]
toyotagazooracing.com/wrc/

[@xenofalcon]

There's something special about Tommi, he's a genuine guy. He is incredibly good driver and I don't think people appreciate him nearly enough.

[@cal91bck]

His mgmt career matches his driving career - he came, he saw, he conquered and went home! Underrated

[@ventus.pd89]

I am 33 and now I am into cars, I don't even own my own car. I didn't have any interest in it. And before two mouths I played WRC 10 on PC, and I was timidity in love with it. And now I am looking for teams and history for about 2-3 weeks. I am amazed at what these guys doing for the team. I am happy with my life, but looking at this I wish I can be born one more time and do all I can to join a team like this even if my job is just to clean that car or something like that. Great team Jari-Matti Latvala has a great personality, and the team have a great spirit.

[@bonelessbeef]

This video was incredible. Thank you for getting Toyota back in Wrc.

[@nevillewestcott1745]

As a life long Ford fan, i loved this , well done Tommi and Toyota .

[@eniosilva1]

Tommi Makinnen WAS ,IS and Always WILL BE My favorite Rally Driver of all times in many Ways he's Like Ayrton Senna OF Rallying ! some people have questioned me in regards to Sebastian Loeb and im taking No Credit from Loeb . But at least In last 20 years Every Single WRC World Champion has learned Something from Tommi Makinnen ! his driving style which a lot Top WRC drivers legends have adopted . The carisma he has , work ethic and very strong Atention to detail . his Focus and ability to put togheter a small number of highly professional People on very short time is almost unheard of . Its amazing to see a WRC documentary that capture all this . Great Team Work well done .

[@Brennus411]

It's him that teach the scandinavian flick to everyone iirc. Anyway, yes he is one of the greatest monument of the rally community. Loeb is the achievment of his contribution but still the best driver of the history, you can't deny it

[@rskalisky]

It's a tie between him and Petter Solberg. They had passion.

[@pbwis]

I'm in complete agreement with you. Tommi Makinen and Petter Solberg !!!!!

[@JDM4wD]

Toyota is writing history in endurance motorsport..WRC, Dakar, Le Mans. Glad I own a Legend.

[@jordanleng204]

Thank you, Toyota. Your memory is here to stay in Rally.

[@timmyotoole1]

Amazing film. Thank you for making it! Go Toyota

[@sc5691]

25:47 I love how they still put a picture of the Evo in the wall for some reason

[@zepter00]

Because Tommi Makinen is a boss there ...4 times WRC champion in Mitsubishi Lancer EVO III, IV, V, VI

[@4g63_Everything]

@@zepter00 a living legend👌🏼👌🏼

[@palanthis]

A legend is a legend, regardless of who made it.

[@calorus]

This is one of the best rally documentaries of all time.

[@hashrulsubzero]

Interesting documentary video....I didn't expect you guys to upload this video and share the moment with us. :)

[@samuelselnegro474]

I swear these Rally cars are the sexiest things ever.

[@krispykruzer]

Truth be told, the new Yaris GR (2020) is starting to revive my 1990 era WRC days. I hope that Toyota lights that fire again within me and bring back rally stages reminiscent of the Subaru, Mitsubishi and Toyota rivalry back then! Best of luck Toyota...you have my patronage

[@smitemus]

From mild success in the first year back to a manufacturers win in 2018. Now on track to win a drivers championship and fighting head-to-head for manufacturers championship too. You have come a long way in three years.

[@__pratt07]

Manufacturers Champion in 2 years in WRC.. Way to go!!

[@siviunative5241]

Mr.Toyoda loved cars and winning. He went out and picked the right team. The rest is history!

[@megaimaniar6627]

I like to see Toyota back in F1 too. But the main thing that I want now is have the corolla hatchback.

[@johnpatricklim4509]

that would mean canceling both wrc and wec programs for f1 so toyota for now are not very interested, unless the made changes to the engine regulations that would attract new entrants to the sport and to make enough financial sense to join....

[@alexcross4008]

@@johnpatricklim4509 You just have to look at Akio Toyotas expression he's absolutely in love with Rally and rally cars. With that much passion in a project and inclusion of Mäkinen I think it would be a great diservice to the company to divert attention away from it. I enjoy F1, but I agree with you at the expense of wrc no way.

[@johnpatricklim4509]

@@alexcross4008 maybe a cheaper way is to become an engine supplier....depending on the negotiations for the upcoming change in engine regulations...if it's cheaper to make due to cost restrictions.....then the chances of toyota coming back to f1 could be good....

[@muhammadshofwan5309]

@@johnpatricklim4509 i dont think financial is an issue for toyota, they are the biggst car manufacture

[@johnpatricklim4509]

@@muhammadshofwan5309 It's the cost of running those teams especially on travel and stay for the crew, then there is the salary of the drivers and team management, toyota is already running two teams, each with a set budget to run for a season, they also operate and they have a specific intentions of translating whatever development they made into their cars like the gr yaris. F1 is a different beast with a budget that is bigger than their endurance and rallying programs. It's not like before when they were in F1 that they have a come what may budget but with little success. Now, post financial crisis, they are more responsible with their finances and specific goals of developing new technologies for their cars i.e. their hybrid systems....if they want to go back to formula 1, might as well as an engine supplier while still retaining the two teams they officially running. Supply GR power units to for example Red Bull or Haas. has a benefit of earning from supplying those teams...

[@ollibox]

Thank you for this documentary, #toyotagazooracing! I'm really glad I found it. By accident, actually. Very emotional, very inspiring.... It just touched the very deep of my heart... Thank you, #Toyota, thank you, #TommiMakinen for making this all happen!!! Tommi, you are what defines #toyotagazooracing for me, overall. From the very start. I really hope, that #jarimattilatvala will step further in your shoes as successfully as you did. Best of luck to you and everyone in #toyotagazooracing !!! I'm in different lair now, because I'm Estonian and just have to root for #OttTanak, but I still root for you as well. Still a bit sad, that he left your team in 2020... Nevertheless, I will always remember, in which team he won his first title! Thank you again and long live #wrc !!!!!

[@MerlinOpeth]

Love seeing Toyota back in the game!!

[@ChRiSpLaToOn]

My favorite Toyota Rally history is when they won the Hong Kong - Beijing Rally in the Mk3 Supra. Sparked me to buy one and currently in the process of making a replica of it!!

[@estonii]

Thank you Morizo and Tommy from us, Estonians are very pleased. Thank you , thank you guys again. Thansk all Team.You took back our joy.Kiitos Tommy.

[@minicampingRoccadiSotto]

Great doc. Very inspiring, thank you so much for sharing this incredible story about building a team.

[@Wonginism]

46:50 sickest helis I have ever seen. Basically the car begins to pivot around the driver.

[@DrMurdercock]

glad im not the only one who appreciated that

[@TheTruth3977]

This was a very interesting piece of documentary. I´m looking forwards to this years season. Good luck to you!

[@user-ic7mv6bj4w]

Akio brings passion back to Toyota.

[@dav-id-817]

Nice to see Clint Fast succedd in World Rally. Know him from the Subaru USA Rally and Rallycross.

[@Dhern1212]

I totally love this! I looked up rally documentary and found this gem! I totally didn’t know Tommi helped develop this car! Amazing!!

[@DrMurdercock]

Amazing doc. Cheers from USA

[@milanmichalisko8908]

Many thanks for uploading!! It really is a great documentary and I did enjoy every single minute of it :D :D Would love to see a bit more guys, so keep em coming :D :D Good luck!!!

[@tissot233]

Great work with this one!

[@born2truck]

Great documentary, please keep doing them!

[@ukasz-te3tv]

the most beautiful come back in history

[@beseakos]

It's good to see toyota back. I hope the next 7 years will be productive for you guys. :)

[@DeFausti]

Looks like it! :)

[@w.a.l.7259]

Thanks TOYOTA you guys do care

[@anaconda6147]

Amazing film. Thank you Toyota!

[@f0t0b0y]

So inspiring! I have an incredible photo team and this just inspires me to be my best and motivate those that I’m mentoring to do the same. 🙌🏼

[@samehabouez8267]

We love Mr TOYOTA. Much respect

[@donbrashsux]

wow ...success.. thats a great story..and to end up back at the Top..now that makes everyone sit up and pay attention.. amazing...

[@vicente.v2932]

Impresionante! Trabajo, trabajo y trabajo junto y con los mejores. Estáis muy cerca del triunfo. Ánimo, adelante!!!

[@daniellundback3334]

Really impressive to see the Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT get into the Wrc top at once. And build a really cool rallycar! The finnish side Of me is very proud.! ☺️✌️Incredibly talented people and a lovely teamwork. What a dream to be apart Of.. Good Luck in the future!!

[@thetreblerebel]

RalliArt EVOs are so awesome. I'm glad newer cars are getting rallyed

[@putinski2007]

All the best to the team! I hope you will approve and make your cars work on every terrain.

[@jacobbordin8718]

We need more brand owners like Akio. Really helping the community propser apposed to just looking at whole sales.

[@johnpatricklim4509]

The fact he is personally involved in the development of the GR Yaris....says something to the dedication he has to motorsports.....

[@donswier]

- Akio is a genuine car guy - Not trying to get short-term stock price boost by catering to fads (like at other OEMs) - His name is on the products

[@TheRebelOne.]

2nd, 3rd and 7th placed finish for the three Toyota Gazoo WRC cars on today's 2018 Monte Carlo rally tells it's own story after watching this fantastic documentary and such a dedicated finely tuned Toyota team. Well done all. 👍

[@TonyCarrollPassion4Motorsport]

Ive Just watched In FULL brilliant team Real realy enjoyed That was Special Regards Tc Uk

[@chriscars3578]

Fantastic team with tommi in charge

[@area50view]

The boss of the biggest car company racing with other drivers. That's a boss i want to work with

[@LitheApo]

Welcome Back Toyota! More manafacturers need to enter rally and make it a bigger racing series worldwide.

[@greenmania5490]

Long live Toyota Gazoo Racing

[@kwagotheowl]

As a rally fan of the 90's, I feel really good about this partnership. Gone are Subaru and Mitsubishi from WRC but this may just be another beginning! It's looking really good for Toyota

[@SuperLEEEDWARDS]

So glad [HAPPY] Toyota are coming back into the rally scene because they WILL be making a fast road going version, AND from the days of always Sideways to now just cutting corners [apex] it;s become a little boring until you see someone go off BUT thats not fun you want your driver SAFE and of course your prefered team to WIN BEST WISHES TOYOTA SCOOBS UK.

[@Mochamadaziss]

Amazing WRC team💪 👍

[@TonyCarrollPassion4Motorsport]

oooooooo brilliant wot a Treat""" thanks Guys Tc uk

[@dirtfish55]

Well done Tommi and Toyota

[@ioannisvoulistiotis126]

Love You Toyota!!!

[@riley4198]

This aged very well

[@kristof1291994]

I love how humble the Japanese seem to be. Here we basically have the president of one of the biggest automotive concerns in the world, completely fangirling all over a rally driver. Amazing!

[@johngisbourne7197]

its because he has tons of cash earned

[@zwjna]

"[...] completely fangirling all over a rally driver." He's a driver himself. He understands what that means. That's the deal. Still I get your point, he's very nice.

[@martinedavid6553]

Would really love to be part of the most amazing team in the world.

[@samsonian]

Yessss! Return of a great make to WRC! Are you listening Subaru? Mitsu? You guys only going to make boring SUV crossovers for the rest of time? How about another American make? The Dodge Dart might make a cool platform, or even Chevy....We need more makes in the championship!

[@Wabeeninc]

Mitsu has long given up sadly in the steps towards ev Subaru on the other hand the vehicle of choice has gone into a gray area with the impreza changing and the xv looking more practical so more r and d

[@rskalisky]

Theres been rumors of Skoda returning.

[@rashidabdurrahman9619]

They don't have enough fund i think 😅

[@DouglasThompson]

@@WabeenincSubaru is still active in Rally, just not WRC.

[@Aidea-fn3zu]

Nice video my favori

[@USA4thewin]

Toyota This world Loves you

[@michelnault6414]

Where was the winter shots taken ?? Very nice video!!!

[@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence]

Lovely.

[@donooetomo5213]

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[@tangooscar633]

If only Toyota put out production cars remotely this exiting, Id consider one!

[@MattyI971]

If you want inspiration for getting things done "together".... Watch this incredible video 👍

[@4jrgolf]

The stakes are incredibly high. Remember Röhrl in the 70s getting a Capri from Ford with just very few mods but being able to drive several best times at the Olympia. Today that'll be impossible.

[@cnyagah]

Watching this after Yaris WRC picked up P2 in the Safari Rally 2021 with Katsuta

[@jpsgamboa]

Super video. Very inspiring. Change the thumbnail it deserves a catchier one, maybe a pic of Tommi with it

[@Mustardmartin]

Just as good the second time.

[@grendelum]

This is awesome... I wish t’other WRC teams would take note and produce similar films... btw, if you want a kick, lookup where the name *Gazoo Racing* comes from, it’s a very funny story !!!

[@Thisisaweirdthing2makeusdo]

And what a fucking car they built 🤯 love the Yaris so much, easily my favourite since the s4.

[@elayda93]

Congratulations Toyota Gazoo Racing! 2023 Overall Champions! • 2023 FIA WRC Manufacturer's Title. • 2023 FIA WRC Driver's Title - Kalle Rovanperä • 2023 FIA Hypercar World Endurance Manufacturers’ Championship • 2023 FIA Hypercar World Endurance Drivers Championship - Brendon Hartley

[@pasteghost428]

❤Akio Toyoda ❤

[@savagegtalks5912]

just your normal 1 hour Toyota Yaris commercial

[@PoltJr]

29:22 - "Good driver", there is a reason why Tommi is 4x WRC champion.

[@SLINKY7785]

Video is nice but I’m really angry that we couldn’t drive Yaris GR to USA

[@ziazidquinones6577]

You can never Brake!!! Mitsuhishi Evolution

[@YouThana]

An Amazing team, very good documentation but there is one thing bugging me that is related to WRC rules. The cars have litte to nothing in common with the road cars they resemble. I would be amazed when big manufacturers would return to homologation cars where they sell the chassis, engine, gearbox in a hot street car configuration. Back in the 80's they did it with Celica, Lancia Delta, 037, the Audi Quattros, Peugeot T16 etc. etc. I think Subaru is the only one left that sells the WRX STI as an actual homologation car to customers.

[@johnpatricklim4509]

They did...with the gr yaris....

[@YouThana]

@@johnpatricklim4509 Well after i wrote this. But you're right. Toyota did it. They created a proper homologation car for WRC. Much more than the styled up Polo VW did and just put Rallye stickers all over it.

[@rskalisky]

They're about to write off some of them cars now that they signed Crash Meeke for 2019.

[@jesss5139]

I wanna work there

[@user-hy7pn7tg5n]

เปลี่ยนเป็นแป๊เหล็กทรงสี่เหลี่ยมทั้งคัน?ไปออกแบบมาใหม่?

[@SUMOCAT86]

This aged pretty well.

[@sk-un5jq]

Rally racing looks fun but in America we know nothing about it! We do know Toyota makes the most reliable cars tho!

[@himawangiridahlan1665]

and now they come out with GR Yaris!

[@NorthernLightsFIN]

If you want to win, hire a finn.

[@iare19]

Ironically it's the estonian who is fastest :D

[@hatakashi1900]

and a French rally driver...

[@NorthernLightsFIN]

It's not a big surprise, he's really good and Lappi is still learning. Jari-Matti just ain't good enough. Next year Lappi will take on the challenge and hopefully even beat the estonian rocket.

[@NorthernLightsFIN]

I'd rather hire Kalle Rovanperä to learn from the estonian. Jari-Matti Cucklala can be kicked out to make room, he's useless.

[@iare19]

Northern Lights imo Latvala already said that this season is his last chance to win the championship. This means he will probably end his career at the end of this season.

[@CelicaSainz]

Make a street legal Auris GT4 !!!

[@parthlad]

This was a super fascinating documentary. I wonder what lessons were learned on the business side of things from Toyota's F1 days and how tje decision making in Tokyo was aligned with the race team. It really would've been fascinating to see what that team mightve pulled of in 2010 but it was too late by that point.

[@Ivantheseaman]

Subaru logo on Tommi hemlet goes

[@oscar9042]

トヨタWRCの躍進心躍り 若い頃に戻り手足、脳の 躍動とギリギリの アクション手に汗握り ……ギリギリの感性 脳にすら汗、自身！雪の下り道90km汽車に間に会わないと、スキーの氏ダッシュしてしまい、同乗者いち

[@oscar9042]

スピードの芸術とも言えるギリギリの感性 楽しみにしております!!

[@IvelLeCog]

new KP61 please

[@14sgpde91]

" Ive seen the world from both side of the windscreen "

[@sicks6six]

Americans don't have WRC or F1, they have drag racing and Indi cars, so they go around in a lefthand circle or a straight line,

[@truaz1an]

Tomi kinda look a bit like Arnold Schwarzenegger lol

[@wellend89]

Yaris-Matti Latvia

[@lusilk7954]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@marguskiis7711]

How ironic is see happy Latvala here, knowing that 2018 and 2019 has been a really miserable downhill for him.

[@andibuwono3215]

What happened to TRD?

[@johnpatricklim4509]

They are the american division of toyota...comcentrated on nascar

[@andibuwono3215]

@@johnpatricklim4509 ok thanks. In my country only TRD that famous.

[@johnpatricklim4509]

@@andibuwono3215 gazoo racing is the new sports division of toyota where their main activities focus on endurance racing and rallying, they also make specialty editions of any toyota cars that is available anywhere but in the US, TRD is still active but in some countries and their main focus is in the US where they make their special editions of toyota cars and nascar. they still get some of their resources from gazoo racing and the same time gazoo racing need their help. gazoo racing started in japan first as the local works team of toyota in local races and the president of toyota is one of its drivers, then they extended internationally to endurance racing when they took over toyota europe's endurance racing team and later with tommi makkinen's involvment in rallying.

[@andibuwono3215]

@@johnpatricklim4509 thanks, but trd liveries are cooler

[@user-hy7pn7tg5n]

แป๊บเหล็กทรงสี่เหลี่ยม ใช้แป๊บวงกลมผิดหมดเลย เบากว่าแข็งกว่า? เชื่อผมป่าว?

[@oliveringram3056]

Why did they leave 18 years ago....🤦‍♂️