1. Central European Rally 2023
25. 10. – 29. 10. 2023, Passau • Central European Rally Event GmbH + ADAC Südbayern e.V. • asphalt 310.01 km • total distance including road sections - 1690.67 km • Other years
#18
Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid 
A-6***
A-6***
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
RC1
Final results
5. overall
5. class RC1
5. WRC
Stage results
| 1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
| SS1 Velká Chuchle (2.55 km) | 1:54.6 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
80.1 km/h 1.33 s/km |
1:54.6 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| "It's kind of a track stage. Let's see on the next stage if there is rain or not." | ||||||
| SS2 Klatovy (8.92 km) | 4:22.4 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
122.4 km/h 0.86 s/km |
6:17.0 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| SS3 Vlachovo Březí 1 (13.66 km) | 7:27.1 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
110.0 km/h 1.38 s/km |
13:44.1 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
|
| "It's hard to trust the pace notes because so much mud is coming. For sure the gravel crew did a good job but there is still a lot of things that are unexpected. It's not easy" | ||||||
| SS4 Zvotoky 1 (23.81 km) | 12:56.6 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
110.4 km/h 1.08 s/km |
26:40.7 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| "For sure, some sections feel good but in some sections the conditions are changing a lot. It's very difficult to trust the information so we just need to find the balance" | ||||||
| SS5 Šumavské Hoštice 1 (23.43 km) | 13:42.1 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
102.6 km/h 1.22 s/km |
40:22.8 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "Quite messy in some places. I think the afternoon is going to be even worse, let's see" | ||||||
| SS6 Vlachovo Březí 2 (13.66 km) | 7:28.7 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
109.6 km/h 1.00 s/km |
47:51.5 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| Hybrid issues | ||||||
| "For sure, some sections are a bit drier but there is still a lot of mud. For me, the bigger problem is that I have no hybrid. It's okay, I am used to this, but I have a lot of hybrid issues" | ||||||
| SS7 Zvotoky 2 (23.81 km) | 13:21.9 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
106.9 km/h 1.11 s/km |
1:01:13.4 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "Very, very tricky. Even more high-speed than the previous one and lots of mud. We had a big moment also, the mud pulled us out and we were rearly into the big trees. Quite lucky!" | ||||||
| SS8 Šumavské Hoštice 2 (23.43 km) | 14:18.5 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
98.3 km/h 1.37 s/km |
1:15:31.9 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "The conditions are changing a lot. Even this one, before the stage there was no rain but then it started so not easy to judge. Very tricky day." | ||||||
| 2. leg | ||||||
| SS9 Schärdinger Innviertel 1 (15.72 km) | 8:31.1 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
110.7 km/h 0.87 s/km |
1:24:03.0 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| SS10 Mühltal 1 (27.15 km) | 16:32.3 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
98.5 km/h 0.94 s/km |
1:40:35.3 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| "No issues, just so many surprises I couldn't trust the pacenotes. So not easy." | ||||||
| SS11 Knaus Tabbert Bayerischer Wald 1 (11.88 km) | 7:45.7 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
91.8 km/h 0.61 s/km |
1:48:21.0 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| "For me it's very difficult to drive, I don't have the feeling - like really struggling. I don't know why, I need to find out." | ||||||
| SS12 Schärdinger Innviertel 2 (15.72 km) | 8:19.9 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
113.2 km/h 0.31 s/km |
1:56:40.9 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "I was struggling a lot this morning. Still not the perfect feeling but engineers changed my brain, so now finally it works!" | ||||||
| SS13 Mühltal 2 (27.15 km) | 16:32.6 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
98.5 km/h 0.31 s/km |
2:13:13.5 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| SS14 Knaus Tabbert Bayerischer Wald 2 (11.88 km) | 8:08.9 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
87.5 km/h 0.37 s/km |
2:21:22.4 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "At least I wanted to be in front of Teemu, I try of course, but quite scary! I'm very happy to finish the day. Tricky stage." | ||||||
| 3. leg | ||||||
| SS15 Böhmerwald 1 (17.25 km) | 8:19.8 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
124.2 km/h 0.31 s/km |
2:29:42.2 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "All fine, just had to see the pollution, how much was coming on the inside. So I was definitely on the safe side, but I definitely need to keep pushing." | ||||||
| SS16 Passauer Land 1 (16.37 km) | 8:43.1 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
112.7 km/h 0.40 s/km |
2:38:25.3 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "It's not easy because some corners you can see a lot of mud. I was way, way too careful because I expected more mud, but OK we are quicker [than Teemu]. I thought it was quite a bad run but it's OK." | ||||||
| SS17 Böhmerwald 2 (17.25 km) | 8:14.4 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
125.6 km/h 0.19 s/km |
2:46:39.7 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "It's good to have some gap for next one. I try to push next one to try and get some [bonus] points for myself. It's very important to finish with a good feeling for Japan." | ||||||
| SS18 Passauer Land 2[Power Stage] (16.37 km) | 8:48.5 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
111.5 km/h 0.38 s/km |
2:55:28.2 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "We had a good end of the weekend, but a lot of things need to improve. It was very difficult to find a balance to this different kind of condition. For sure next rally is my home country, so I need a big push there." | ||||||
