Kalle Rovanperä claimed his third FIA World Rally Championship victory in as many events in Portugal on Sunday afternoon to open a commanding lead in the points standings. The Finn trailed long-time leader and Toyota GR Yaris team-mate Elfyn Evans for the first two days at Vodafone Rally de Portugal before relegating the Welshman on … Read more
Finn carries 5.7sec lead into final day Kalle Rovanperä snatched the Vodafone Rally de Portugal lead from team-mate Elfyn Evans on Saturday night to set up a thrilling finale. The Finn trailed Evans by almost 20sec midway through the longest leg of the event before crushing the Welshman this afternoon. He will carry a 5.7sec … Read more
Loeb and Ogier sidelined by gruelling conditions Elfyn Evans mastered a brutal opening leg at Vodafone Rally de Portugal to lead Toyota Gazoo Racing team-mate Kalle Rovanperä on Friday night. A furious fight in the morning became a matter of survival this afternoon as heat, dust and punishing rock-strewn roads took a heavy toll in … Read more
French duo back in action at opening gravel fixture Rallying superstars Sébastiens Loeb and Ogier face-off for the second course of their FIA World Rally Championship season rivalry at Vodafone Rally de Portugal (19 – 22 May). The sport’s two most successful drivers are reunited in battle after serving up a tasty dish at January’s … Read more
Defending regional champion and 14-time event winner Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah tops an impressive entry for the forthcoming Jordan Rally. The fourth round of the 2022 FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) takes place on May 19th-21st. Jordan Motorsport confirmed today (Friday) that 26 crews and competitors from 10 nations will take part in the three-day … Read more
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