Esapekka Lappi demoted Sébastien Ogier in a gripping conclusion to Friday’s opening leg by claiming the tiniest of overnight leads on Rally Italia Sardegna. After one of the most challenging days so far in this year’s FIA World Rally Championship, where crews tackled more than 140 kilometres of rough gravel stages in changeable weather conditions, … Read more
A seven-round sequence of FIA Word Rally Championship gravel events begins in Portugal next week (May 11-14) with the WRC title race finely balanced. After four rounds, the top five drivers are separated by 11 points with the leading two – Sébastien Ogier and Elfyn Evans – tied on 69 points. Because Ogier hasn’t included … Read more
Building on WRC’s ground-breaking move to 100 per cent sustainable fuels, WRC Promoter has agreed a two-year partnership with FuelsEurope to collaborate in the promotion and awareness of renewable fuels being used in the FIA World Rally Championship. The WRC will be a major case study in FuelsEurope’s ‘Clean Fuels for All’ campaign, which explains … Read more
Welsh driver soars to the top of the championship standings with long-awaited triumph. Elfyn Evans stormed to victory at Croatia Rally on Sunday afternoon, soaring to the top of the FIA World Rally Championship standings in the process. An error from Thierry Neuville on Saturday morning propelled the Welshman to first overall, and he distanced … Read more
Elfyn Evans is verging on a long-elusive FIA World Rally Championship victory after seizing the Croatia Rally lead in Saturday’s penultimate leg. The Toyota Gazoo Racing driver assumed control of the gruelling asphalt event early in the day when Thierry Neuville, who had led by 5.7sec on Friday evening, crashed into retirement on the second … Read more
Elfyn Evans finds himself in the Croatia Rally lead after Thierry Neuville crashed into retirement on Saturday morning. Neuville had headed Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Evans by just 5.7sec overnight and stretched his advantage over the Welshman into double figures on the opening pair of dry asphalt speed tests in the hills west of Croatian capital … Read more
Thierry Neuville led throughout Friday’s treacherous opening leg despite only winning one stage of Croatia Rally. It was the Hyundai i20 N driver’s consistency which ultimately came to the fore as asphalt roads in the hills west of capital city Zagreb tested the mettle of the FIA World Rally Championship’s leading crews. He ended the … Read more
Thierry Neuville persevered through car set-up challenges to lead a deceptively tough Croatia Rally by 16.1sec on Friday morning. Having edged Neuville by a slender 2.6sec through the opener, championship leader Sébastien Ogier looked poised to pull clear of the pack as he made the most of the clean road surface offered by his starting … Read more
Eight-time FIA World Rally Champion Sébastien Ogier made history by becoming the first driver to win Rally Guanajuato México seven times. The Frenchman managed his pace to perfection over the closing stages, stayed clear of any undue risks and reached the finish in León with a winning margin of 27.5 seconds on Sunday. The success … Read more
Sébastien Ogier knows how to win in México and the eight-time FIA World Rally Champion is firmly on course for a record-breaking seventh win on Rally Guanajuato México after managing his pace to perfection to lead the event by 35.8 seconds after 19 timed special stages. The Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 driver and co-driver Vincent … Read more