{"product_id":"toyota-yaris-gr-rally1-team-toyota-gazoo-racing-wrt-n-3-rally-ypres-2022-lappi-esapekka-janne-ferm-178645","title":"Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT No. 3 Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Rally Ypres 2022 IXO Models 1:43","description":"\u003cblockquote class=\"vr-tldr\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eLappi's comeback drive at the 2022 Renties Ypres Rally Belgium, captured in a 1:43 scale model by IXO Models — car #3 in full Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT livery from the first WRC hybrid season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2022 WRC season marked a genuine watershed: Rally1 regulations brought mandatory hybrid assistance to the top class for the first time, and Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT arrived with the GR Yaris Rally1 as its homologation contender. Round 9, the Renties Ypres Rally Belgium held on 18–21 August 2022, produced a notable chapter in that story — one now preserved by IXO Models at \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:43\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"gr-yaris-rally1-technical-brief\"\u003eThe GR Yaris Rally1 — Toyota's First Hybrid WRC Weapon\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToyota replaced the Yaris WRC with the GR Yaris Rally1 for the 2022 season under the FIA's new Rally1 framework. Like every Rally1 contender that year, it carried a standardised Compact Dynamics hybrid unit capable of delivering up to 100 kW of electrical assistance, integrated with a 1.6-litre turbocharged inline-3 petrol engine. The overall bodyshell dimensions follow those of the road-going GR Yaris, a direct requirement of WRC homologation rules.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"lappi-ypres-2022-comeback\"\u003eLappi at Ypres — A Selective Return to the Front Line\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Sébastien Ogier moved to a part-time schedule for 2022, Esapekka Lappi was brought back into the full Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT lineup for selected rounds. Paired with co-driver Janne Ferm, Lappi drove car #3 at the Renties Ypres Rally Belgium, finishing 4th overall. The rally itself is a collector favourite: run entirely on asphalt around Ypres, West Flanders, it is one of the most technically demanding tarmac events on the WRC calendar and carries a devoted fanbase among pure-tarmac enthusiasts. Car #3 wore the 2022 team scheme: white bodywork with red and black Toyota Gazoo Racing branding, GR logo, and Castrol and Red Bull sponsor decals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"ixo-models-143-scale-model\"\u003eThe IXO Models \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:43\u003c\/span\u003e Scale Model\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:43\u003c\/span\u003e scale model is produced by IXO Models and represents car #3 — Lappi and Ferm's GR Yaris Rally1 — specifically from the 2022 Rally Ypres. IXO Models is a long-established specialist in small-scale motorsport replicas, with a catalogue that places strong emphasis on WRC subjects across multiple eras. The livery replication covers the team's 2022 white base with the full sponsor and branding layout as run at that round.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"display-cabinet-and-collection-context\"\u003eIn the Display Cabinet — Building the 2022 Toyota WRT Grid\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis model sits naturally alongside other \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:43\u003c\/span\u003e representations of the 2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT lineup: the #69 of Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen (that season's championship winners) and the #33 of Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin provide the full three-car factory squad. Collectors focused on tarmac events or the inaugural Rally1 hybrid season will find car #3 from Ypres a precise and contextually significant addition to a 2022 WRC display.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IXO MODELS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56594148032896,"sku":"RAM874.22","price":51.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0922\/8828\/7104\/files\/vroomi-ram87422-front34-v2.jpg?v=1792745791","url":"https:\/\/vroomimodels.com\/de\/products\/toyota-yaris-gr-rally1-team-toyota-gazoo-racing-wrt-n-3-rally-ypres-2022-lappi-esapekka-janne-ferm-178645","provider":"Vroomi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}