Northern Ireland’s Kris Meeke says it was nice to finish the job he started by securing an emotional victory at Rali Terra d’Aboboreira in honour of his late friend and former team-mate, Craig Breen.
Hyundai Motorsport has announced that it will wrap its two i20 N Rally1 cars in a one-off livery for this week’s Croatia Rally as a mark of respect to Craig Breen following his sudden death.
The President of Hyundai Motorsport has paid an emotional tribute to Craig Breen following his death in a testing accident on Thursday, saying he was a “phenomenal driver” and a “true lover of the sport”.
On the eve of the current World Rally Championship season, the expectation was that M-Sport Ford would consistently challenge Toyota and Hyundai for podiums and wins at each of the thirteen rounds.
As opportunities in the World Rally Championship go, they do not come much bigger – or indeed better – than the one that has been handed to Jari Huttunen by the hierarchy at M-Sport Ford.
A risk averse strategy across Saturday’s seven special stages by Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera, coupled with a costly puncture, slashed his lead at the end of the penultimate day at Rally Croatia from over a minute to just 19.9 seconds.
World Rally Championship leader Kalle Rovanpera overnights in Zagreb in complete control at Rally Croatia after successfully negotiating his way through one of the trickiest Friday legs in recent times.
The boss of Hyundai Motorsport believes his team has finally turned a corner on Rally Finland having had to endure years of disappointing displays there.
Elfyn Evans kept a resurgent Ott Tanak at arm’s length during this afternoon's loop at Secto Rally Finland to complete the event's penultimate leg with a 9.1 second lead.
Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Elfyn Evans punched in fastest times on each of this morning’s four special stages to seize control of proceedings at Secto Rally Finland – the tenth round of the FIA World Rally Championship.
Toyota Gazoo Racing boss Jari-Matti Latvala has expressed surprise at how competitive arch-rivals Hyundai have been on his team’s home round of the World Rally Championship.
Jari Ketomaa has reversed an overnight deficit of 6.4s to lead Rally Liepāja-Ventspils by 12.1s, following a day of high-speed action in the ice and snow of Latvia.
Craig Breen gets it wrong in Ouninpohja 1 and crashes out in spectacular style while leading the SWRC and running 11th overall in his Ford Fiesta S2000