Rally Sweden was a fairytale event for Jari-Matti Latvala and the brand new Toyota team run by Tommi Makinen out of Finland. When Toyota decided to hand the reins of its WRC return from its own Motorsport division in Germany, (which masterminded the brand’s previous success) to Tommi Makinen Motorsport in Finland, eyebrows were raised. Prior to this TMM had only constructed and ran Group N Subarus in Finland, could it really successfully handle the pressures and commitment of a work programme for the world’s biggest car manufacturer? The answer has proved to be an emphatic yes and in some style. The team grabbed a podium on its first ever outing at Rallye Monte Carlo has now and...
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