Thierry Neuville grabbed the lead of Rally Sweden in Friday night’s closing kilometres after an extraordinary opening leg in which five drivers topped the leaderboard. The Belgian demoted Elfyn Evans in the concluding snow and ice-coated speed test on the edge of host city Umeå to overnight with a 4.3sec advantage in his Hyundai i20 … Read more
Three different drivers led Rally Sweden across Friday morning’s fast and furious first leg but it was Flying Finn Kalle Rovanperä in front after the opening loop of speed tests. Despite the perceived disadvantage of opening the snow and ice-coated roads, fastest time in the morning’s final Sävar speed test promoted the Toyota GR Yaris … Read more
After its debut with four stage victories at the Dakar Rally in January, the Audi RS Q e-tron is facing its next challenge: From March 6 to 10, the innovative desert prototype with electric drivetrain, a high-voltage battery and the highly efficient energy converter will contest the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. Team Audi Sport is … Read more
The temperatures are set to be sub-zero but the action will be red-hot when the FIA World Rally Championship returns to Sweden for the second instalment of the WRC’s new and exciting hybrid-powered Rally1 era next week. From February 24-27, the university city of Umeå – and the surrounding forests of the Västerbotten region – … Read more
Rosberg X Racing (RXR) set the pace in the first qualifying session of Extreme E Season 2 in NEOM, Saudi Arabia, in an action-packed Qualifying 1 which was disrupted by a red flag following a crash for Veloce Racing’s Christine GZ. Inaugural Extreme E Champions RXR proved they haven’t lost their touch, finishing fastest in … Read more
Saleh Al-Saif, Jordan’s Abdullah Abu Aishah and Abdulmajeed Al-Khulaifi led their respective car, motorcycle and quad categories at the Jordan Baja, after the first two competitive sections of 232.71km and 81.97km through Wadi Rum on Friday. The counting round of both the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas and the FIM Bajas World Cup delivered … Read more
The 2022 Jordan Baja was officially launched at a podium ceremony in the Red Sea city of Aqaba on Thursday evening. The counting round of both the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas and the FIM Bajas World Cup has attracted an impressive final starting line-up. With all pre-event formalities completed, 20 crews will tackle … Read more
Sebastien Loeb is targeting victory in next month’s Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge to put Bahrain Raid Xtreme (BRX) on course for a maiden title triumph in the inaugural FIA World Rally-Raid Championship. The nine-times World Rally Champion is just a single point behind Nasser Al Attiyah after finishing second to the Qatari in last month’s … Read more
The global cross-country rallying spotlight will be on the Red Sea city of Aqaba when the Jordan Baja officially starts at the nearby Ayla Marina Village on Thursday evening. Ahead of a quality international field of drivers and riders from 20 nations lie two challenging days of high-speed action in nearby Wadi Rum and Wadi … Read more
The major forces in the new World Rally-Raid Championship are heading for a spectacular battle for power in the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge next month. With all the teams fighting for the inaugural cars and bikes world titles assembling in the UAE capital, the stage is set for the most eagerly awaited showdown in the … Read more