The Japanese squad heads into the 2024 season as the reigning manufacturers’ champions after its GR Yaris won nine of 13 events last year.
While the Toyota was the car to beat last year, it wasn’t completely bulletproof. However, the team is expected to roll out upgrades to further improve the GR Yaris in certain areas for the 2024 campaign, which begins in Monte Carlo later this month.
Last month, Toyota unveiled its new-look GR Yaris, which features an all-new matte black livery. The team has faced a busy off-season preparing its new Rally2 version of the GR Yaris, that is also set to make its WRC debut in Monte Carlo from 25-28 January.
“These days there are quite a limited amount of [homologation] jokers, so there are no big things you can do over the season,” Latvala told Autosport.
“There are some areas where we need to do some work, but there is nothing too dramatic [for 2024 on the car], which is a help as of course we have a Rally2 programme for the team and those first cars will be appearing in Monte Carlo.
“In that sense Rally1 is in a good balance at the moment.”
Source: Autosport