Rally Finland 2023 ran on 3–6 August around Jyväskylä as Round 9 of the FIA World Rally Championship. Among the fast gravel stages of central Finland, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT took an outright victory with car #33 — Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin claiming top honours and writing their names into back-to-back Rally Finland history. Spark Model has reproduced the winning car in resin at 1:43.
The Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid
The GR Yaris Rally1 was Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team's competitor for the Rally1 hybrid era that began in 2022 under new FIA regulations. Developed in Cologne, Germany, the car pairs a 1.6-litre turbocharged 3-cylinder petrol engine with a standardised Compact Dynamics hybrid unit. The combined system produces approximately 500 bhp, with the hybrid storing and deploying up to 3.9 kWh of electrical energy to deliver additional torque on corner exits — a characteristic well suited to Finland's high-speed, flowing gravel.
Evans, Martin and Back-to-Back Finland Victories
Elfyn Evans, born in 1988 in Wales, joined Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT in 2020 and has since been a consistent WRC title challenger. Scott Martin, his Scottish co-driver born in 1989, has partnered Evans full-time since 2022. Their 2023 Rally Finland win followed an identical result in 2022 — consecutive victories at one of the WRC calendar's most demanding and prestigious gravel rounds. Car #33 is Evans's permanent competition number, and the white, red and black Toyota GR livery he carried throughout the 2023 season is faithfully captured on this replica.
Spark Model: the Leading Name in 1:43 Scale Model Racing Replicas
Spark Model, the French manufacturer, holds a dominant position in the resin 1:43 racing replica segment. Their WRC range documents event winners with the same attention to livery accuracy applied to their Le Mans and Formula 1 catalogues. This resin model reproduces car #33 in the 2023 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT livery — white bodywork with Toyota and GR branding in red and black — representing the Rally1 hybrid generation at the competitive peak of a championship season.
In the Display Cabinet
This model pairs naturally with the Spark 1:43 replica of Evans and Martin's 2022 Rally Finland winner — the same pairing, same car number, back-to-back victories — creating a focused two-piece set documenting a unique consecutive achievement. It also sits alongside 1:43 replicas of the #69 Kalle Rovanperä GR Yaris Rally1 from the 2022 championship season and rival Rally1 machinery from Ford Puma and Hyundai i20 N programmes, giving context to the hybrid-era WRC as a collecting theme.
