Introducing the teams
About Toyota Gazoo
« There are aspects of making ever-better cars that can only be realised via competing in the extreme environment of racing ». Toyota has had an employee team in the AJRC since 2015, to « train people and train cars ». Toyota Gazoo Racing has participated in the AJRC since 2012.
About the
AJRC
The All Japan Rally Championship is the highest level of a domestic rally in the country and is certified as a FIA Regional Championship. Drivers and co-drivers/navigators battle it out across the country across countless different road surfaces and weather conditions to try and win the trophy.
About the vehicle
Toyota TGR Vitz CVT
Class: JN5
Engine: Supercharged 1.8l 4 cyclinder
Max Output: 156kW
KYB Components Onboard
Suspension
Tomoyuki Shinkai
24 November 1978 – Japan
Shinkai first tasted major success in 2002 by winning the JMRC Aqua Rally series (B Class). He went on to win the Kinki Chubu Rally Championship (DE-B Class) in 2006, before coming 2nd in the AJRC in 2010 (JN3 Class). He became champion in 2012. In 2017 he won round 6 of the FIA Europena Rally Championship (RC3 Class).
Yuichi Ando
25 July 1978 – Japan
As well as being a co-driver, Ando has experience and success as a driver. He won the 2014 TRD Rally Challenge Series (E2 Class), the 2015 JMRC Central Rally Challenge Series, and the 2016 TGR Rally Challenge (Class E3).