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
Frenchman recovers from morning setback to head Toyota podium lockout on Friday in Kenya. Sébastien Ogier was the pride of the plains on Friday at Safari Rally Kenya as he recovered from a minor morning setback to build a commanding overnight lead. The Frenchman showed his rivals a clean pair of heels on the opening … Read more
The FIA World Rally Championship’s presence delivered remarkable financial growth for host state Guanajuato. Guanajuato Secretaria de Turismo (Guanajuato Secretary of Tourism) has revealed that the 16 – 19 March event directly and indirectly contributed 695 million Pesos (35.6 million Euros) to the region, specifically to the three cities of León, Guanajuato and Silao, around … Read more
An extreme racing version of the Ford Ranger will lead the expansion of Ford Performance global off-road racing to include the famed Dakar Rally in 2024 and beyond. Ford Performance has raced and won from Le Mans to Monaco, Daytona to Bathurst and Finke to Ensenada. But it has yet to take on one of … Read more
Belgian climbs the standings as team-mate Lappi secures dream double podium for Hyundai. Thierry Neuville vaulted from fifth to second in the FIA World Rally Championship standings on Sunday afternoon after clinching a long-awaited victory at Rally Italia Sardegna. Belgian star Neuville headed i20 N partner Esapekka Lappi by 33.0sec in a dream 1-2 finish … Read more
Belgian driver heads Hyundai 1-2 as Sébastien Ogier goes off the road on breathless Saturday. Thierry Neuville sits on the brink of his first triumph in 2023 having taken control of Rally Italia Sardegna on a thrilling Saturday which saw the downfall of eight-time world champion Sébastien Ogier. Neuville had trailed Ogier and Esapekka Lappi … Read more
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