Seven GR Yaris Rally2's Head For Sweden

After making its debut at Rallye Monte-Carlo, seven GR Yaris Rally2 cars are set to compete in WRC2 at Rally Sweden.

The GR Yaris Rally2 made its competitive WRC debut in the opening round of the World Rally Championship at Rallye Monte-Carlo with three crews completing the full rally distance.

Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen (Printsport) were the best-placed crew at the finish in 12th overall and fifth in class RC2. Pajari will make his second appearance in the car at Rally Sweden (February 15-18) the only full winter event of the season taking place on snow and ice.

Pajari is joined on the entry list by:

Georg Linnamäe (RedGrey Team) Mikko Heikkilä (TGS) Roope Korhonen (Rautio Motorsport) Jan Solans (Teo Martín Motorsport) as well as the TGR WRC Challenge Program duo of Yuki Yamamoto and Hikaru Kogure.

The rally will begin with a short ‘sprint’ stage in Umeå on Thursday evening. This will be repeated at the end of Friday following two loops of three stages: the Brattby and Floda tests are identical to last year, but much of Norrby is new. Saturday has a similar format with a trio of repeated tests beginning with the all-new Vännäs, followed by the familiar Sarsjöliden, while Bygdsiljum includes some of last year’s Botsmark stage. A double-length version of the Umeå stage rounds out the day and, as in 2023, will also be run as the rally-ending Power Stage on Sunday when it follows two passes of a revised Västervik test.