Welshman closes in on WRC leader Kalle Rovanperä with second Finnish triumph. Elfyn Evans stormed to victory at Secto Rally Finland on Sunday afternoon to keep his chances of fighting for this year’s FIA World Rally Championship title alive. A dramatic crash for WRC-leading team-mate Kalle Rovanperä propelled Evans into the lead on Friday afternoon … Read more
Welsh driver wins seven out of eight stages to move clear of Thierry Neuville. Elfyn Evans made major strides towards his second Secto Rally Finland triumph with a masterful attack through Saturday’s penultimate leg. He was fastest on seven out of eight gravel road stages in the lightning-fast Finnish forests to transform what started as … Read more
Defending champion rolls out of contention whilst leading his home rally. Elfyn Evans was catapulted into the lead of Secto Rally Finland when team-mate Kalle Rovanperä’s golden streak came to an abrupt halt during Friday’s opening leg. Home hero Rovanperä, who carried a commanding 55-point lead into this ninth FIA World Rally Championship round, reeled … Read more
Peugeot Sport celebrates the sale of the 802nd PEUGEOT 208 RALLY (R2 and RALLY4), this model is the best-selling car of the brand and a reference in two-wheel drive rally cars. Let’s take a look at this international and unique success. The PEUGEOT 208 R2 is the first model of the PEUGEOT 208 “RALLY”, launched … Read more
Finnish sensation dominates WRC’s eighth round to extend his championship lead. Kalle Rovanperä secured his third consecutive Rally Estonia triumph on Sunday afternoon with a masterclass drive at the FIA World Rally Championship’s eighth round. Two years ago Rovanperä became the WRC’s youngest rally winner on the country’s ultra-fast special stages. He leaves Estonia 55 … Read more
Finnish driver completes a clean sweep of stage wins to distance Belgian rival Thierry Neuville. Kalle Rovanperä took a huge stride towards his third consecutive Rally Estonia victory with a supreme performance at the Baltic fixture on Saturday. The 22-year-old, who became the youngest WRC event winner in history on the country’s superfast gravel roads … Read more
Kalle Rovanperä came out on top of a thrilling chase for FIA World Rally Championship success with Thierry Neuville to lead Rally Estonia after today’s pulsating opening leg (Friday). Just 3.0s separate the duelling duo after 133.38 kilometres of thrilling competition on lightning-fast gravel roads around Estonia’s second city Tartu, host to round eight of … Read more
Audi Sport is switching to competition mode in preparation for the 2024 Dakar Rally: After a test in Saudi Arabia in May, the squad is currently combining another test in Spain with a subsequent competition, the Baja Aragón. Three Audi RS Q e-tron cars will compete in the tradition-steeped event with the driver pairings Mattias … Read more
Frenchman repels Kalle Rovanperä’s charge on nervy final day as Toyota occupies the leading quartet two years in a row. Sébastien Ogier defied team-mate Kalle Rovanperä’s charge to head home a dream 1-2-3-4 finish for Toyota Gazoo Racing on a spectacular final day at Safari Rally Kenya. Ogier recorded his third victory from just five … Read more
Chaos late on Saturday blows the battle wide open in Kenya. Toyota Gazoo Racing team-mates Sébastien Ogier and Kalle Rovanperä will go head-to-head for Safari Rally Kenya supremacy after Saturday’s final stage blew the victory fight wide open. On a day when Toyota GR Yaris cars topped the timesheets in every single stage, Ogier looked … Read more