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Why Rally del Paraguay lost its title sponsor: Ueno Bank was taken over by Paraguay's Central Bank after insider lending pushed its solvency below half the legal minimum. The crisis also led to President Peña's removal. #SplitTimeRally #WRC

Rally del Paraguay has lost its main sponsor after Ueno Bank was placed under central bank intervention for insolvency. Organisers admit they are worried but believe they can find new backing for 2027. #SplitTimeRally #WRC

Toyota's WRC Challenge Program plans for 2027: Yamamoto returns to WRC2 for a title bid, while Vaher and Matsushita get expanded WRC2 programmes across Europe and Japan. A strong season could open a door to Toyota's rotating Rally1 seat. #SplitTimeRally #WRC2

Who drives Toyota's part-time GR Yaris when Kalle Rovanperä doesn't? Latvala: Ogier for a couple of events (not yet decided), plus young Toyota drivers from WRC2. Rovanperä plans about half the season, starting at Monte-Carlo. #SplitTimeRally #WRC

Kalle Rovanperä says he is "completely fine" with his single-seater plan ending through vertigo, which hit him more often than was made public. In 2027 he returns to the WRC part-time, alongside drifting and other projects. #SplitTimeRally #WRC

Toyota's 2027 WRC line-up 🔥 Toyota Racing (GR Celica): Evans, Solberg, Pajari Gazoo Racing Toyota (GR Yaris): Tänak, Katsuta, Rovanperä (selected events) Up to six factory cars per rally. #SplitTimeRally #WRC

Elfyn Evans, Oliver Solberg and Sami Pajari, 2026's top three, will drive the new GR Celica Rally1 for Toyota Racing in 2027 🔥 The Gazoo Racing Toyota (GR Yaris) line-up is still to come. #SplitTimeRally #WRC

Toyota will enter the 2027 WRC with two teams and two brand-new cars 🔥 Toyota Racing: GR Celica Rally1 Gazoo Racing Toyota: GR Yaris Rally1 Drivers still to be revealed. #SplitTimeRally #WRC

Toyota has laid the first brick of its new WRC base in Majajärvi, near Jyväskylä 🇫🇮 Five times bigger than its current home, with an adjacent test track that becomes its shakedown venue from 2027. Opening due August 2028. #SplitTimeRally #WRC

Gazoo Racing reveals its 2027 WRC line-up tomorrow 👀 No contracts announced yet. Ogier won't start Monte-Carlo, Toyota is in talks with Rovanperä, and Evans, Solberg, Pajari and Katsuta are reported as likely to stay. #SplitTimeRally #WRC

Junior WRC 2027: the champion will win a seven-round WRC2 programme for 2028, up from four. Five European rounds: Sweden, Croatia, Italy, Finland and Scotland, with free Hankook tyres and the best four results counting. #SplitTimeRally #JuniorWRC

🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli is the 2026 F1 World Champion. Third in Mexico seals it: at 20, he's the youngest champion ever and Italy's first since Ascari in 1953. Verstappen won, Hamilton second: 12 world titles on one podium. 🏆 #SplitTimeRally #F1

Ford Europe president Jim Baumbick says the brand's WRC return is "perfectly timed". Ford steps up to full factory backing with M-Sport in 2028, with an all-new car due in 2029. #SplitTimeRally #WRC

Toyota will reveal its 2027 WRC line-up on Tuesday, 3 November, under the Gazoo Racing banner. It will be the team's first line-up for the WRC27 era, with an all-new car. 👀 #SplitTimeRally #WRC

Yohan Rossel and co-driver Arnaud Dunand have split after four years and eight WRC2 wins. Rossel says Dunand has decided to take his career in a new direction. Their latest wins came with Lancia in 2026. #SplitTimeRally #WRC2

The FIA aims to move WRC events to a more compact format year by year, starting with around 25% of rounds in 2027. The model is Rally Estonia, which packed 300km of stages into roughly 50 hours this season. #SplitTimeRally #WRC

Carlos Sainz, Sébastien Loeb and François Delecour together at the Rally de Asturias Histórico – Carlos Sainz Tribute 🇪🇸 Sainz and Loeb share an asphalt rally for the first time since Catalunya 2004. 📸 Sébastien Loeb on IG #SplitTimeRally #WRC

WRC 2027 is taking shape 🏁 Confirmed so far: Toyota (new WRC27 car), Project Rally One and WRT Rally1 Spain (partial), M-Sport (Fiesta with WRC Kit). MSI Racing has ordered two Toyota WRC27s; Hyundai is still undecided. #SplitTimeRally #WRC

Takamoto Katsuta feels ready to fight for the 2027 WRC title 🇯🇵 He won in Kenya and Croatia and led the standings in 2026, before punctures and crashes dropped him to sixth. His focus now: bouncing back stronger from setbacks. #SplitTimeRally #WRC

Rali Ceredigion is expected to stay in the ERC on a new multi-year deal, per Motorsport News. Organisers have not confirmed it yet. With Rally Scotland joining the WRC in 2027, Britain could host rounds of both championships next year. #SplitTimeRally #ERC #WRC