Toyota wants to keep hold of Esapekka Lappi for 2023 as it looks to go into next season with an unchanged line-up ⬇️
The Japanese manufacturer shuffled its driver roster this season after eight-time world champion Sebastien Ogier elected to scale back his WRC commitments to a partial campaign to spend more time with family, and to explore opportunities in sportscar racing.
This season Lappi has impressed, scoring three podium finishes from his six events to date to boost Toyota’s bid for a second consecutive manufacturers’ title. Looking ahead to next year, Lappi is open to the prospect of continuing his part-time WRC duties with Toyota. "I am ready for both to be fair. I acknowledge that I have no chance to beat Kalle at the moment or anything like this but to keep that in mind, this partial programme is actually pretty good."
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