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The 2020 Toyota GR Supra, the first global model to be developed by TOYOTA GAZOO Racing, has received some updates. In line with the Kaizen spirit, which is the Japanese philosophy of constant improvement, the 2020 GR Supra now ...

Toyota Offers RM70,000 Total Prize Money For Velocity Esports Championship

As you know, sports in 2020 has basically taken a time-out. But Toyota is committed to bring racing back. This September, Toyota will launch the third season of the Toyota GR Velocity Esports Championship, offering a total of RM70,000 ...

Local Motorsports Events: What's Happening In April, May & June 2021?

Want to be part of and support some local motorsport action? Here is a list of some local events you may be interested in. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many, including those in motorsports. Local race/event organisers who depend heavily on private ...

Toyota Flags-Off Gazoo Racing Festival and Vios Challenge One Make Series

UMW Toyota Motor, the authorised distributor of Toyota vehicles in Malaysia today launched the Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival and the Vios Challenge one-make racing series at the Sepang International Circuit. While the TGR Racing Festival is a weeend-long carnival set ...

Gazoo Racing Restores Toyota's Smallest Race Car From The 1960s

If you’ve ever had the fortune (or misfortune) of spending time around classic car restoration projects, you will have a rough idea of the kind of effort it takes to make a rusted car whole again. It’s not just money, ...

A Quick Ride In The Toyota Vios Challenge Track Car

The Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival and the Vios Challenge one-make racing series was officiated today by UMW Toyota Motor at the Sepang International Circuit. I had the opportunity to have a short taxi ride in the race-prepped Vios around the Sepang ...

Toyota Adds 10 More Cars To Vios Challenge

Toyota’s inanugural Vios Challenge will feature 40 cars at the starting grid when the Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) Racing Festival starts in Penang this August, ten more than the initial 30 cars announced at the programme’s launch in April. President ...

Toyota Vios Challenge Racers Graduate, First Race In August

The twenty-four novice drivers who signed up for the Vios Challenge have completed their 6 training sessions, and they are now armed with new driving skills and a certificate of competency from Toyota Racing Development (TRD) Japan. Among the graduates who received their certificates were ...

Toyota Plans to Unveil Sports Car Line Similar to Lexus F Series

It seems like Toyota Gazoo Racing is popping up in the news quite a bit recently, but one of the things that’s been tossed around a lot is the idea of Gazoo taking over Toyota’s performance car development. Gazoo Racing, ...

Vios Challenge Final Day- Race Craft And Drama Galore

Sporting Class After a massively dramatic start in yesterday’s Vios Challenge Sporting Class, Saturday’s Race 2 saw a more harmonious flag off with Wong Chin Eeg starting from Pole with Brendan Paul Anthony alongside him. When the flag dropped, Race ...

Toyota Finally Wins 24 Hours Of Le Mans At Its 20th Attempt

Toyota, through the Toyota Gazoo Racing motorsport banner, has finally won the 24 Hours of Le Mans at its 20th attempt. The team also won the 86th edition of the world’s most famous and one of the toughest endurance race ...

Toyota Gazoo Racing Vios Challenge Season 2 Kicks Off In Terengganu

When the first race of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Vios Challenge took place last year in Batu Kawan, Penang, it wasn’t quite the door-to-door street racing we expected. Drivers were a little apprehensive across all the classes, with a circuit ...

Toyota Gazoo Racing Takes Hilux To Dakar, Wins

If this isn’t a testament to Toyota’s commitment to motorsports, we don’t know what is. There’s no other company that is actively entering and competing in so many different race series around the world, except perhaps Red Bull – but ...

Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival Season 3 Kicks Off This September

When Toyota Gazoo Racing first came to Malaysia back in 2017, there was a lot of apprehension and intrigue surrounding their plans – and a lot of critics of such an ambitious program. The Vios Challenge race series had been ...

Comebacks and Close Competition: Toyota Vios Challenge Season 3 Kicks Off In Terengganu

When the Toyota Vios Challenge first started out a little over two years ago, nobody really knew what to make of it. At its core it was a one-make race, held on purpose-built street circuits that no driver had a ...

Big In Japan [COTY2021] : 2021 Toyota GR Yaris GR-Four Drive Review

Singapore – Mankind only looks onwards and upwards… or we might still be wandering around the plains on foot. It is this insatiable hunger and drive to resist standing still and wallowing in stagnancy that has led to some ...

Of Comebacks And Underdogs - TGR Vios Challenge Season 2 Finale

For the first time in two seasons, the Toyota Gazoo Racing Vios Challenge made its way to Sepang over the course of last weekend to hold its final race on the world-renowned Formula 1 grade circuit. A stark difference from ...

Toyota Vios Challenge Kicks Off 2019 With Round 3 In Penang

Following the last round in MAEPS, the Toyota Vios Challenge continues with its first round of 2019 in Penang this weekend, 23rd to 24th of February. This event is the third round of the season, and part of the overall Toyota Gazoo ...

Vios Challenge Finale This Weekend Promises To Be Epic

From the get-go, the Toyota Gazoo Racing Vios Challenge has been a huge hit with race fans. Its unique blend of street circuits across the country and close door-to-door racing has made for a series that’s unique in our little ...

Vios Challenge Season 4 Finale: Tengku Djan, Clement Yeo, Shukri Yahaya, Naquib Azlan Are Class Champions

Season 4 of the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Festival and Vios Challenge ended over the last weekend with plenty of on-track excitement and close title fights. In the end, Tengku Djan Ley, Clement Yeo, Shukri Yahaya and Naquib Azlan took the ...

New Season Of Toyota GAZOO Racing Festival Starts This Weekend (27 – 28 March)

A new season of the Toyota GAZOO Racing Festival will start this weekend (27 – 28 March 2021) at the Sepang International Circuit. This will be the fourth successive season of the festival which included racing, celebrities, and entertainment ...

It’s Race On For Season 4 Of Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival In Malaysia

After a year’s hiatus, Malaysian motorsports fans will be able to witness local motor racing with the start of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival. After some delay, Round 1 Season 4 of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival will take ...

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Festival Vios Challenge Round 1 Season 4 Postponed Until Further Notice

The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Festival has been postponed until further notice. The latest development comes subsequent to the government’s extension of the Movement Control Order (MCO) for several states until 4 February 2021. Impacted is the Toyota Vios Challenge ...

UMW Toyota Motor Recruits Youth For Gazoo Racing Young Talent Development Program

UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd is looking to further develop Malaysian youth who show a knack for racing (not just speed) with its introduction of the Gazoo Racing Young Talent Development Program. This program targets young Malaysians between 14 ...

Toyota Vios Challenge Thrills The Crowd At Batu Kawan

Last weekend, the Toyota Vios Challenge race was held during the Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival at Stadium Batu Kawan in Penang. Round 3 of the Vios Challenge at Batu Kawan is the penultimate race for Season 3 and it ...

Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival At Stadium Batu Kawan This Weekend Will Feature Penultimate Vios Challenge Race

The Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival that will be held this weekend (15 – 16 February 2020) at Stadium Batu Kawan, Penang will feature the penultimate race of the Toyota Vios Challenge for Season 3. Visitors can expect the penultimate ...

Toyota 5 Continents Drive Project Drives Through Malaysia

The Toyota 5 Continents Drive Project started in 2014 and as the name suggests, will go through five continents. Asia is the last continent for the project which will conclude in Japan in 2020 where the Tokyo Olympics and ...

Sign Up For Toyota Gazoo Racing Velocity Esports Championship And Drive The New GR Supra

The second season of the Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) Velocity Esports Championship will kick off at the end of August 2019. This is a racing simulation tournament initiated by UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd (UMWT), the first Malaysian car company ...

Season 3 Of Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival Vios Challenge To Start In September 2019

Season 3 of the Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) Festival will start in September 2019, simultaneously kicking off the third season of the Toyota Vios Challenge. For those who had missed it, the Toyota Vios Challenge is a one-make race ...

More Thrills and Spills in Race 2 of Toyota Vios Challenge in Batu Kawan

The first day of the Toyota Vios Challenge in Batu Kawan, Penang last weekend was filled with drama, as Zachary Ho put it. On Sunday, the second and final day of racing at Round 3 of the Vios Challenge ...

Fierce Fights in Toyota Gazoo Vios Challenge Round One, Day 2 Races

Day Two of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival Vios Challenge races was even more exciting than Day 1, which already saw many upset wins. The introduction of ‘Reverse Grid’ for all three Classes of races also threw a spanner ...

Motor Racing Comes to Kuala Terengganu – Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival

Close racing is the order of the day. This weekend (2 – 4 August 2018) is going to be rather exciting for Terengganu folks, because for the first time, a car race is going to take place right in ...

First Round of Toyota Gazoo Racing Vios Challenge Takes Off with Surprising Victories

Kuala Terengganu, 4 August, 2018 – The Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival in Kuala Terengganu kicked off without a hitch yesterday, and the first round of the Vios Challenge races got off smoothly too, but produced some surprises, making it ...

Enhance Your Toyota Vios Or Yaris With GAZOO Racing Parts And Accessories

You can now add some sporty touches to your Toyota Vios or Yaris with the GAZOO Racing (GR) parts and accessories. Sold by UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd exclusively through the 5 GR Garages and 39 GR outlets (Toyota ...

Toyota GAZOO Racing Festival & Season Finale Of Vios Challenge This Weekend

The inaugural Vios Challenge will see its season finale raced this weekend (24 & 25 March 2018) at Technology Park Malaysia (TPM) in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. The winners of the Vios Challenge will be named at this event, capping ...

Toyota Gazoo Racing Vios Challenge Round 3 at Medini City Johor Bahru

It was another exciting weekend for race fans and car fans alike at the third and penultimate round of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival held on a temporary street circuit in Medini City, Johor Bahru. As usual there was ...

Unexpected Winners in Day 2 Races at Toyota Gazoo Racing Vios Challenge at MAEPS Circuit

Ser Ming Hui won the Super Sporting Category Race 1 The Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival’s Day 2 Vios Challenge gave Toyota fans yet another great show of motor racing, with many unexpected results and different people on the podium. ...

Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival at MAEPS Day 1 – As Unpredictable As the Weather

The first day of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival Vios Challenge Race at MAEPS, which forms part of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival, was as exciting as could be for race fans and the race drivers alike. The weather ...

Three Friends To Represent Malaysia In Toyota GR Supra GT Cup Asia 2020 Regional Competition

L-R: Muhammad Iqbal Ahmad Suji, Taj Izrin Aiman Taj Mahira, Mior Muhammad Hafiz The trio of teammates and friends – Taj Izrin Aiman Taj Madira, Mior Muhammad Hafiz, and Muhammad Iqbal Ahmad Suji, locked out the podium positions at ...

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