Rally

Ott Tänak retained his stranglehold on Arctic Rally Finland by winning two of Saturday morning’s three speed tests to stretch his overnight lead. In perfect winter conditions, the Estonian won the opening 24.43km Mustalampi and the closing 27.68km Siikakämä in his Hyundai i20. He arrived at mid-leg service in Rovaniemi with a 23.6sec advantage in … Read more

Ott Tänak threw down the gauntlet in Lapland’s frozen forests by winning the opening two speed tests to build a dominant lead at Arctic Rally Finland Powered by CapitalBox on Friday night. The Estonian was the class of the field in the first of three days of Arctic action. He was fastest in the first … Read more

The event is new on the WRC schedule for 2021, replacing the cancelled Rally Sweden as the season’s only pure winter contest. It will be based in Rovaniemi – capital of Finland’s northernmost Lapland province – and will have stages taking place inside the Arctic Circle, where temperatures can dip below -30°C. The roads should … Read more

After making a near-perfect start to the 2021 season on Rallye Monte-Carlo last month, the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team will target another strong result on Arctic Rally Finland on 26-28 February. Making its debut in the FIA World Rally Championship, the event takes the place of the cancelled Rally Sweden as the season’s only pure … Read more

Teenager Oliver Solberg will drive a World Rally Car in the FIA World Rally Championship for the first time at this month’s Arctic Rally Finland Powered by CapitalBox (26 – 28 February). The 19-year-old and co-driver Aaron Johnston will line up in a Hyundai i20 WRC run by the same 2C Compétition squad which fields … Read more

Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah continued to rewrite his own history by securing a comfortable victory in the Qatar International Rally on Saturday. The Qatari and French co-driver Matthieu Baumel managed the pace perfectly over the closing stages and guided their Autotek Motorsport Volkswagen Polo GTi R5 to a winning margin of 1min 48.4sec over Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari … Read more

The 2021 Qatar International Rally gets the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) underway at Katara on Friday evening. Taking place in unprecedented times, one of the region’s most famous motor sporting events has been put together under rigid Covid-19 safety guidelines and the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) has laid on a challenging … Read more

The 2021 Qatar International Rally roars into life at Katara on Friday evening. The ceremonial start podium will be held at 20.15hrs and teams will then tackle two runs and two laps of a purpose-built super special stage from 21.30hrs. Then, ahead of an impressive field of drivers and co-drivers from 12 nations are two … Read more

Multiple regional FIA MERC 2 and Group N rally champion Meshari Al-Thefiri faces major competition as he begins the defence of his MERC 2 championship title at this weekend’s Qatar International Rally. The opening round of the 2021 FIA Middle East Rally Championship will take place over 11 gravel special stages from Friday through to … Read more