Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and stand-in Spanish co-driver Alba Sánchez González began their new partnership in winning style by setting the fastest time of 3min 42.8sec through the opening super special stage of Oman Rally Sohar International on Thursday afternoon. Bidding to win a remarkable 18 FIA Middle East Rally Championship titles since 2003, the … Read more
The cream of the Middle East’s special stage rally drivers will take the start of Oman Rally Sohar International 2022 on Thursday afternoon. The Oman Automobile Association have made a couple of late changes to the itinerary for the opening round of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC). Most notably, the pre-event press conference … Read more
Frenchman edges out Ogier with schoolteacher co-driver Galmiche. Sébastien Loeb became the oldest winner of an FIA World Rally Championship round after grabbing a remarkable Rallye Monte-Carlo victory from the under the nose of old foe Sébastien Ogier on Sunday. The 47-year-old Frenchman trailed Ogier by almost half a minute heading into the penultimate speed … Read more
Sébastien Ogier sits on the cusp of a record-breaking ninth Rallye Monte-Carlo victory after outwitting arch-adversary Sébastien Loeb in the snow and ice of the French Alps on Saturday. Ogier headed to the closing speed test over the Col de Fontbelle with 5.0sec in hand over his fellow Frenchman after reclaiming the lead earlier in … Read more
Sébastien Ogier regained the Rallye Monte-Carlo lead from arch-rival Sébastien Loeb after a breathless Saturday morning which ended Elfyn Evans’ victory bid. Two fastest times from three speed tests in the French Alps near Digne-les-Bains earned Ogier a 5.4sec advantage over Loeb at the midpoint of the third and penultimate leg. This opening round of … Read more
Record-breaking regional rally champion and six-time former event winner Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah heads an impressive field for next weekend’s Oman Rally Sohar International 2022, the opening round of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC). Absent from the 2020 running of the Sultanate’s premier special stage event, having clinched a 17th regional title following the … Read more
Sébastien Loeb claimed a clean sweep of Rallye Monte-Carlo’s Friday morning speed tests to charge into the lead of the opening round of the FIA World Rally Championship The 47-year-old Frenchman, who scored the last of his seven Monte wins in 2013, turned back the clock in his all-new hybrid-powered Ford Puma to outpace Sébastien … Read more
Sébastien Ogier outgunned arch-rival Sébastien Loeb as the two Rallye Monte-Carlo masters went head-to-head in a spectacular opening night of the FIA World Rally Championship season on Thursday. Ogier, an eight-time winner in the French Alps, opened the series’ pioneering new hybrid-powered era by winning both speed tests in his Toyota GR Yaris to build … Read more
ŠKODA vehicles’ successes in the Monte Carlo Rally – the oldest and most famous race in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) – are an integral part of the brand’s DNA today. A Laurin & Klement vehicle from Mladá Boleslav started in the second run of the ‘Monte’ 110 years ago. In 1936, the ŠKODA … Read more
It’s a fresh start for the WRC stars as new season begins in Monaco. The curtain is raised on a ground-breaking new FIA World Rally Championship era at this week’s Rallye Monte-Carlo as hybrid-powered cars launch the series into an exciting future. Innovative new Rally1 cars blend a 100kW electric motor with a 1.6-litre turbocharged … Read more