Esapekka Lappi’s pursuit of a second FIA World Rally Championship victory remains on track after the Finn completed Saturday morning’s loop of three stages leading Rally Sweden by almost 90 seconds. Out in front on his first start of 2024 following Friday’s dramatic opening leg, the Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hybrid driver had been in … Read more
Finn Lappi takes control in heavy snow as local hero Oliver Solberg stuns Rally1 stars Esapekka Lappi made it through an action-packed and challenge-filled opening leg of Rally Sweden leading round two of the FIA World Rally Championship by a slender 3.2sec. Lappi, on his first 2024 start aboard the third factory Hyundai i20 N … Read more
Continuing its quest to redefine the essentials, Dacia, the brand with outdoor spirit, is taking part in the Dakar Rally and the World-Rally Raid Championship (W2RC) from 2025. Tackling some of the world’s most demanding and harshest terrains, Dacia unveils its contender, the Sandrider, a prototype designed to win. Inspired by the Manifesto concept car, … Read more
Thierry Neuville celebrated his 20th world rally win at Rallye Monte-Carlo on Sunday afternoon, banking a perfect score of 30 points alongside co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe. The Hyundai i20 N star opened his 2024 FIA World Rally Championship title bid with a sublime performance in the French Alps, mastering the ice-patched mountain roads to head Toyota … Read more
Škoda celebrates a quarter of a century of competition in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). The new season kicks off this weekend with the Rallye Monte-Carlo (25-28 January), covering 17 stages and 324 kilometres of Alpine roads north of the Principality. Swedish Oliver Solberg and British co-driver Elliott Edmondson lead team Škoda in the … Read more
Tens of thousands of spectators brave the cold to herald in dazzling start to the 2024 season. The 2024 FIA World Rally Championship started in spectacular fashion on Thursday evening (25 January) as tens of thousands of fans lined the Les Tourniquets mountain pass northwest of Monte-Carlo to welcome in the new season. The 13-round … Read more
Toyota pair split by just 4.5s after leg two of WRC season opener. Elfyn Evans leads Rallye Monte-Carlo after Friday’s second leg, but the Welshman is under increasing pressure from his Toyota Gazoo Racing team-mate Sébastien Ogier. Evans had been 21.6sec clear of his GR Yaris Rally1 colleague after Thursday’s night-time loop, but Ogier is … Read more
Elfyn Evans dominated Thursday evening’s opening two speed tests to claim the early lead of Rallye Monte-Carlo. The Welshman, runner-up in last year’s FIA World Rally Championship battle, made clear his intentions to become the cream of the crop in 2024 as he ended the short opening leg with a 15.1-second advantage over Thierry Neuville. … Read more
At the epicentre of the Dakar Rally, where the engines roar and the desert stretches endlessly, lies a bustling city that never sleeps – the bivouac. The penultimate episode of ‘In The Dust’ casts a spotlight on the unsung heroes working tirelessly behind the scenes to keep this temporary camp moving. These individuals – from … Read more
DAY 15: Stage 12 – January 19, 2024 – Route: Yanbu > Yanbu – Liaison 153km and Special 175km History was made on Friday’s final stage of the 46th Dakar Rally as, for the first-time ever by a car equipped with electric drivetrains, Carlos Sainz’s futuristic Audi RS Q e-tron beat all-comers over the 5,000km … Read more