Toyota Motor Corporation.

Quotes:

Akio Toyoda (TGR-WRT Chairman)

"This is rallying too... there are also times when you win like this. This one-two finish was possible because both Takamoto and Sami reached the finish. Congratulations to Takamoto and Aaron for taking their second consecutive win! And congratulations also to Sami and Marko for achieving three podiums in a row!"

Juha Kankkunen (Deputy Team Principal)

"We always want to win but we would never wish for something like this to happen to a competitor. It can and has happened to us before, so we know it's not a nice feeling for a team or a driver. Nevertheless, it makes us happy to see Taka take his second win in a row, and to have a Japanese driver with a Japanese manufacturer leading the championship: this has never been done before. Both Taka and Sami were driving very well again this weekend, and it shows how strong our team is; that even if some of our drivers make mistakes, we have others who are also capable of winning."

Elfyn Evans (Driver car 33)

"It hasn't been an ideal weekend for us after we got caught out on Friday morning. At least we were able to take some points today, but Oliver was quicker so we can't be entirely satisfied with that. He drove well so well done to him, and to Taka and Sami for their one-two finish. For us it's been a tough weekend, but sometimes these things happen and we will focus on bouncing back stronger on the next event."

Oliver Solberg (Driver car 99)

"It's a bit of a bittersweet feeling at the end of the rally. After my mistake on Friday, the feeling in the car and the pace that we've had has been fantastic, and we took all the points that we could today. I'm sorry to the team that we couldn't get the overall result to go with it, but we know that we have the performance. I just have to learn from what happened, look forward and take the positives from this rally into the next one."

Takamoto Katsuta (Driver car 18)

"To win for the second rally in a row is quite amazing. It was a big surprise how it happened, and I felt sorry for Thierry and Martijn and the Hyundai team, because I know myself how painful these moments can be. Still, I need to be happy for my team and for Aaron, because I think we did quite a clever job this weekend. It was a crazy one right until the end with so many things happening. It's nice to be leading the championship now, but I'm not going to think about it too much: I will just stay focused on myself and on doing the best that I can."

Sami Pajari (Driver car 5)

"It's always nice to finish on the podium and, after three third places, to now finish second for the first time is something I have to be happy about. I'm also happy to see Taka and Aaron take another win. Naturally, there is still some disappointment because we were in the lead of the rally for so long, but this just gives more hunger for the next rally, and I'm looking forward to that one. The last few rallies have been really positive and promising for us, and I hope that something even better is coming soon."

Yuki Yamamoto (Driver WRC Challenge Program GEN2)

"It was good to be back behind the wheel this weekend. It was a tricky rally but I think we can be happy with the pace we had. On Friday we were trying different setups and tyres and trying to stay out of trouble, but we could be sixth in Rally2. Saturday also started really well but in SS11 the road was much dirtier than expected, and we were just caught out by some loose gravel and clipped a rock on the outside. Restarting on Sunday, we showed good pace again and it was also good learning for the cleaner style of stages we can expect on Rally Islas Canarias."

PROVISIONAL FINAL CLASSIFICATION, CROATIA RALLY

1 Takamoto Katsuta/Aaron Johnston (Toyota GR YARIS Rally1) 2h51m15.8s

2 Sami Pajari/Marko Salminen (Toyota GR YARIS Rally1) +20.7s

3 Hayden Paddon/John Kennard (Hyundai i20 N Rally1) +2m07.7s

4 Yohan Rossel/Arnaud Dunand (Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale) +5m19.9s

5 Leo Rossel/Guillaume Mercoiret (Citroen C3 Rally2) +5m58.7s

6 Nikolay Gryazin/Konstantin Aleksandrov (Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale) +6m17.8s

7 Alejandro Cachón/Borja Rozada (Toyota GR Yaris Rally2) +6m42.8s

8 Roope Korhonen/Anssi Viinikka (Toyota GR Yaris Rally2) +6m54.0s

9 Roberto Daprà/Luca Guglielmetti (Skoda Fabia RS Rally2) +7m38.1s

10 Emil Lindholm/Gabriel Morales (Skoda Fabia RS Rally2) +9m20.5s

34 Elfyn Evans/Scott Martin (Toyota GR YARIS Rally1) +56m14.8s

42 Oliver Solberg/Elliott Edmondson (Toyota GR YARIS Rally1) +1h19m02.2s

(Results as of 15:00 on Sunday, for the latest results please visit www.wrc.com)

Rally2 Class

1 Yohan Rossel/Arnaud Dunand (Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale)

20 Yuki Yamamoto/James Fulton (Toyota GR Yaris Rally2) +1h01m26.4s

2026 FIA World Rally Championship for drivers after round 4:

1 Takamoto Katsuta 81 points

2 Elfyn Evans 74

3 Oliver Solberg 68

4 Sami Pajari 52

5 Adrien Fourmaux 49

6 Sebastien Ogier 26

7 Thierry Neuville 25

8 Esapekka Lappi 21

9 Yohan Rossel 18

10 Leo Rossel 18

2026 FIA World Rally Championship for manufacturers after round 4:

1 TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team 206 points

2 Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team 141

3 TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRT2 55

4 M-Sport Ford World Rally Team 49

What's next?

Another asphalt adventure follows at Rally Islas Canarias on April 23-26. Mountainous stages across the island of Gran Canaria feature an abrasive high-grip surface made partly of volcanic lava.