Hyundai Team Principal Cyril Abiteboul acknowledges there is still work to do to be a “constant contender against Toyota” despite finishing second and fourth at last week’s Secto Rally Finland.
Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Elfyn Evans has said ten fastest stage times en route to a comprehensive victory at Secto Rally Finland with team-mate Scott Martin was something that “came naturally” to him.
World Rally Championship leader Kalle Rovanpera topped the shakedown stage leaderboard for Rally Finland, which begins this evening with a super special stage in the host city of Jyvaskyla.
Title chasing Thierry Neuville says he knows better than most just how important a podium finish on Rally Finland this week could prove in his on-going pursuit of defending World Champion Kalle Rovanpera.
Kalle Rovanpera led home Toyota Gazoo Racing team-mate Elfyn Evans in a one-two finish for the Japanese squad on last weekend’s HYAcentre Rally in Finland.
Rali Ceredigion represents the “best opportunity” of bringing an international level, stage-based event back to UK shores in the future, according to World Rally Championship driver Elfyn Evans.
Elfyn Evans insists the disappointment of crashing out of Rally de Portugal is “behind us now” as he readies himself for one of the toughest World Rally Championship rounds on the calendar this week.
The Team Principal of Toyota Gazoo Racing believes Kalle Rovanpera’s success on Rally de Portugal could prove a watershed moment in this season’s World Rally Championship title fight.
Elfyn Evans says the way in which Rally de Portugal’s roads will evolve this weekend means it is highly unlikely he will be completely happy with the set-up of his Toyota GR Yaris Rally1.
Twelve months on from missing out on a podium finish at Rally de Portugal, Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Takamoto Katsuta is confident of putting the record straight this weekend.
M-Sport Ford’s Ott Tanak has conceded he is still trying to identify the “sweet spot” of his Puma Rally1 despite taking it to second place on last weekend’s Croatia Rally.
Elfyn Evans says he was left with “pretty mixed emotions” following his Croatia Rally victory at the weekend – an event that was overshadowed by the death of fellow competitor and friend Craig Breen during a testing accident earlier this month.
Reigning World Rally champion Kalle Rovanpera powered his way to a fastest time on the Rally Sweden shakedown stage ahead of the action beginning later this evening with a spectator special in the host city of Umea.
Elfyn Evans – and not reigning World Rally champion Kalle Rovanpera – is being tipped for victory on this weekend’s Rally Sweden, which kicks off on Thursday evening with a Super Special Stage.
It would be quite the understatement to say the blood, sweat and tears invested by Elfyn Evans – and his co-driver Scott Martin – across last year’s FIA World Rally Championship was not rewarded in the way that he would have hoped for.
Japanese star Takamoto Katsuta will share a drive with multiple World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier following his promotion to the Toyota Gazoo Racing Team.
Julien Moncet – Hyundai Motorsport’s Deputy Team Director – is predicting an “exciting” finale to Rally Japan, the concluding round of the 2022 FIA World Rally Championship campaign.
Finland’s 20-year wait for a new World Rally champion was ended by Kalle Rovanpera as he cruised to victory on the final day of Repco Rally New Zealand.
On a day that produced plenty of drama and no fewer than three different leaders, it was Ott Tanak who ended the Friday leg of Repco Rally New Zealand at the top of the time sheets.
Bosses at Hyundai Motorsport resorted to deploying team tactics on the final day of Acropolis Rally in Greece to ensure Thierry Neuville led home its first 1-2-3 finish in the World Rally Championship.
The retirement of Sebastien Loeb, and a puncture that robbed his M-Sport Ford team-mate Pierre-Louis Loubet of second spot, has gifted the Acropolis Rally lead to a hard-charging Thierry Neuville.
Ott Tanak executed his final day “action plan” to perfection in Belgium to score a third World Rally Championship victory in Hyundai Motorsport colours alongside Martin Jarveoja – and a first at Ypres Rally.