Mikko Hirvonen (TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRC Challenge Program chief instructor):
“The plan for the Arctic Rally was to carry on from where we left off in the first event in Mikkeli, but now in a much longer rally of over 220 kilometres, and in very challenging conditions with temperatures close to -30 degrees centigrade. Once again the competition level was really high in the top category of the Finnish championship, but Jaspar, Takumi and Shotaro all did well. They gained valuable experience, didn’t make any major mistakes and learned a lot about the car. It was a positive weekend and now they just need to take forward what they’ve learned here to the next test and the next rally, and step-by-step build the…