The WRC met cross-country ahead of RallyRACC Catalunya - Rally de España as motorsport legend Fernando Alonso visited the championship’s penultimate round on Thursday afternoon.

The Spaniard was confirmed as part of Toyota Gazoo Racing’s line-up for next year’s Dakar Rally and afterwards admitted he fancied an outing in the Japanese manufacturer’s Yaris World Rally Car.

“I have been in three of the four things in which Toyota Gazoo is racing and WRC is the only one missing. So maybe I speak with Tommi (WRC team boss Mäkinen) once, and at least testing the Yaris would be interesting,” the double Formula 1 world champion told wrc.com

Alonso said he believed WRC would be an even bigger challenge than his step from circuit racing into cross-country rallies.

“Rally is a little more complex. I respect rally a lot. To have a co-driver that you need to trust corner after corner on the notes is probably a little bit more difficult than the Dakar,” he said.

Another legend visiting Rally RACC was double WRC champion Carlos Sainz. ‘El Matador’, who is working alongside newly-crowned Junior WRC champion Jan Solans, visited Salou’s service park ahead of this evening’s start ceremony.

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