Sébastien Ogier set a hot early pace at Safari Rally Kenya on Thursday afternoon as the top three drivers were blanketed by less than a second at a thrilling opening in Nairobi. As the FIA World Rally Championship returned to Africa for the first time in 19 years, the series leader was 0.3sec faster than … Read more
Transcript of the pre-event press conference organised by the FIA for the 2021 Safari Rally Kenya FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP Present: Sébastien Ogier (FRA), Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team Thierry Neuville (BEL), Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team Takamoto Katsuta (JAP), Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team Adrien Fourmaux (FRA), M-Sport Ford World Rally … Read more
The FIA World Rally Championship will return to the African continent and the legendary Safari Rally Kenya for the first time in nearly 20 years, when round six of the 2021 season takes place on June 24-27. First held in 1953, the Safari Rally was part of the WRC schedule from the inaugural season in … Read more
FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP 2021 Rally Italia Sardegna – Transcript of the post-event press conference organised by the FIA Present: Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT – Sébastien Ogier (FR) Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT – Elfyn Evans (GBR) Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT – Thierry Neuville (BEL) Q: Toyota have finally won Rally Italia Sardegna. Congratulations Sébastien, … Read more
Sébastien Ogier stretched his FIA World Rally Championship lead with a convincing but surprise victory at Rally Italia Sardegna on Sunday afternoon. The reigning champion headed a Toyota Yaris 1-2 finish on the Mediterranean island’s punishing rock-strewn gravel roads to claim his third win of the season. He finished 46.0sec clear of Elfyn Evans, extending … Read more
Sébastien Ogier is on course for a remarkable victory at Rally Italia Sardegna after Saturday’s gruelling second leg decimated his challengers to leave Toyota Gazoo Racing first and second. The FIA World Rally Championship leader will start Sunday’s final leg with a 38.9sec advantage over Yaris World Rally Car team-mate Elfyn Evans after a disastrous … Read more
Ott Tänak retired from the lead at Rally Italia Sardegna after swiping a rock in Saturday morning’s final speed test. The Estonian had dominated this fifth round of the FIA World Rally Championship since Friday morning’s start and entered the second pass of the Lerno – Monti di Ala’ test with a comfortable 40.6sec advantage … Read more
Ott Tänak delivered a near-perfect performance to lead Hyundai Motorsport team-mate Dani Sordo after Friday’s punishing opening leg at Rally Italia Sardegna. Tänak won five of the eight sun-kissed and rocky speed tests in his i20 World Rally Car to build a handy 19.0sec advantage over his Spanish colleague in this fifth round of the … Read more
Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah completely dominated the 2021 Jordan Rally to confirm an historic 14th victory on the event by the winning margin of 17min 04.8sec on Saturday. The Volkswagen Polo GTi driver and his Andorra-based co-driver Matthieu Baumel won each of the 10 special stages in the Dead Sea and Mount Nebo areas to … Read more
Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah cruised into a massive lead of 8min 32.1sec after an opening leg of six gruelling special stages of the Jordan Rally that were held in punishing heat and decimated the field on Friday. The Qatari and his Andorra-based co-driver Matthieu Baumel were never troubled in any of the speed tests and were … Read more