Kalle Rovanperä grabbed an extraordinary Croatia Rally victory this afternoon as a downpour turned round three of the FIA World Rally Championship on its head in the final kilometres. Co-driven by fellow Finn Jonne Halttunen, Rovanperä led from the start of the three-day rally in the hills around Zagreb in his hybrid-powered Toyota GR Yaris … Read more
Kalle Rovanperä will start Sunday’s deciding leg of Croatia Rally in the lead – but only after his once commanding advantage came under threat from Ott Tänak during Saturday’s absorbing action. FIA World Rally Championship leader Rovanperä began the second day of three in the hills near Zagreb with a seemingly impregnable margin of almost … Read more
Ott Tänak is firmly back in contention to win the Croatia Rally after he slashed Kalle Rovanperä’s lead by more than a minute during Saturday morning’s loop of four stages. Tänak, the 2019 FIA World Rally champion, trailed the dominant Rovanperä by 1m23.3s overnight. After the cancellation of the opening test this morning, he ate … Read more
Kalle Rovanperä had the beating of his opponents during Friday’s treacherous opening leg of the Croatia Rally to build a convincing lead of more than a minute. Despite rain, mud and mist in the hills west of capital Zagreb, he won six of the eight asphalt stages in a Toyota GR Yaris to head a … Read more
Kalle Rovanperä shrugged aside his lack of experience to lead an extremely difficult and dramatic Croatia Rally after Friday morning’s loop of four stages. The 21-year-old missed his chance to learn the roads 12 months ago when he crashed out of the country’s FIA World Rally Championship debut after a handful of kilometres. It didn’t … Read more
The battle to win the 2022 FIA World Rally Championship continues in Croatia next week (April 21-24) with the first asphalt event of the season free of ice and snow following on from Rallye Monte-Carlo in January. A newcomer to the WRC in 2021, Croatia Rally proved a huge challenge for the drivers and teams … Read more
Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and Polish junior rider Konrad Dąbrowski were confirmed as the winners of the Qatar International Baja on Saturday, but strong winds, limited visibility and safety concerns meant that the final stage for the FIA competitors was cancelled. With visibility reduced by shifting sands and gusting north-westerly winds, Al-Attiyah and French co-driver … Read more
Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and Polish junior rider Konrad Dabrowski extended their leads in the car and motorcycle categories after the second section of a gruelling Qatar International Baja on Friday. Al-Attiyah and French co-driver Mathieu Baumel started the day from 10th position on the road and quickly began to overtake their rivals to win … Read more
Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and Polish junior rider Konrad Dabrowski set the quickest times in the car and motorcycle categories through the opening 9.20km Qualifying Stage of the Qatar International Baja on Thursday afternoon. A time of 5min 11.8sec ensured that Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel were the early leaders of the second round … Read more
The 2022 Qatar International Baja gets underway with a 9.20km Qualifying Stage on Thursday afternoon. The outcome will determine the starting order for the first of two demanding selective sections on this second round of the FIM Bajas World Cup and round two of the FIA Middle East Cup for Cross-Country Bajas. Many of the … Read more