Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.

[4] Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.

[5] Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category as well as the junior championship.

[9] Roope Korhonen and Anssi Viinikka won the World Rally Championship-3 category.

A total of eight crews registered to participate in the Junior World Rally Championship.