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
Sébastien Ogier seized a commanding lead at Guanajuato Rally México on Saturday morning, capitalising on the misfortune of rival Esapekka Lappi. With the duelling duo starting Saturday’s penultimate leg separated by a mere 5.3 seconds, the tension was palpable. Both drivers knew that every tenth of a second would count on the unforgiving terrain in … Read more
Esapekka Lappi and Sébastien Ogier were the stand-out stars of the first leg of Rally Guanajuato México on a day where three of the leading ten Rally1 crews hit trouble on the opening El Chocolate special stage. Lappi and fellow Finn Janne Ferm won four of the six gravel tests to Ogier’s and Vincent Landais’s … Read more
Esapekka Lappi rocketed into the Guanajuato Rally México lead on Friday morning as several frontrunners, including championship leader Ott Tänak, ran into trouble. The Finn, who held third place overnight, became embroiled in a morning-long scrap with six-time Mexico winner Sébastien Ogier, ending the loop just 1.4sec ahead of the Toyota Gazoo Racing part-timer before … Read more
The Estonian duo of Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja led Rally Guanajuato México after a pair of opening blasts around the slippery cobbled streets and through the narrow silver mining tunnels in the historic colonial city of Guanajuato on Thursday evening. The Ford Puma Rally1 crew were quickest on both stages and take a slender … Read more
Sebastien Loeb is relishing another titanic battle with Nasser Al Attiyah in the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge starting on Sunday, as Bahrain Raid Xtreme look to protect their three-way lead in the World Rally-Raid Championship. Loeb and Fabian Lurquin in their BRX Prodrive Hunter top the Drivers, Co-Drivers and Manufacturers tables heading into the second … Read more