December 2007 was the last time that Jari-Matti Latvala competed in a Toyota, remembers Martin Holmes.
Jari-Matti Latvala with his family's Corolla WRC in 2007. (Photo: Martin Holmes)The event was the single venue Pre Alpi Masters rally held at Treviso in north east Italy. The car was his family's private Corolla WRC.
This is a picture Martin Holmes took of JML lining up for scrutineering at that event with his car. He won outright!
It was also in this car that JML gave Lewis Hamilton some winter driving instructions, during a break from some training exercise for the McLaren F1 team, which was organised by the late Aki Hintsa nearby in Finland.
Nine years on Latvala is back in a Toyota, testing the new 2017 Yaris World Rally Car, in which it is believed he has signed on to drive next season.
Latvala tested the Toyota Yaris WRC in Corsica yesterday.
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Latvala tested the Toyota Yaris WRC in Corsica yesterday.
