Ott Tanak was handed the reins at Ypres Rally after a mistake by Hyundai team-mate Thierry Neuville on Saturday’s penultimate stage dashed all hope of a repeat victory in front of his home supporters.
Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville caught his Rally1 rivals napping over the closing miles of Ypres Rally this afternoon to move into the lead of his home round of the World Rally Championship.
Kalle Rovanpera comprehensively won Rally Estonia alongside Jonne Halttunen and will now carry a sizeable 83 point advantage heading into the second half of the World Rally Championship season.
Kalle Rovanpera remains on course to increase his World Rally Championship points advantage by making it five victories from seven starts with only one day of Rally Estonia remaining.
Kalle Rovanpera was promoted to the top of the Rally Estonia leaderboard on the final Friday stage after his Toyota team-mate and long-time leader Elfyn Evans dropped 22.6 seconds.
Toyota Gazoo Racing Team Principal Jari-Matti Latvala has heaped praised on his four drivers for “holding their nerve” on the penultimate day of an incident-filled Safari Rally Kenya.
An off colour Kalle Rovanpera successfully consolidated his position at the top of the Safari Rally Kenya timesheets across Saturday’s six special stages to lead Toyota Gazoo Racing team-mate Elfyn Evans by 40.3 seconds.
Kalle Rovanpera managed to steer clear of trouble on the first full day of a quite remarkable Safari Rally Kenya to lead his Toyota Gazoo Racing team-mate Elfyn Evans by 22.4 seconds.
Esapekka Lappi says he is “satisfied” with his opening day’s work at Rally Italia Sardegna and is confident he can build on that heading into the Saturday leg of the notoriously harsh gravel event.
Toyota returnee Esapekka Lappi was prevented from building on his small Rally Italia Sardegna lead as organisers took the decision to cancel the final two Friday stages on safety grounds.
Hyundai Motorsport’s Thierry Neuville will be hoping his Rally Italia Sardegna shakedown victory is an indication of what is to come on round five of the World Rally Championship this weekend.
Kalle Rovanpera cemented his position at the head of the World Rally Championship drivers’ standings – and his tag as one of the favourites to lift the title – with a comprehensive Rally de Portugal victory.
A peerless drive – and a slice of good fortune – on the penultimate day of Rally de Portugal has provisionally handed top spot to World Rally Championship leader Kalle Rovanpera.
Kalle Rovanpera says he is clear in his own mind how he must approach the final day of Rally Sweden if he is to secure a third World Rally Championship career victory.
Kalle Rovanpera leads the second round of the World Rally Championship at the overnight halt after successfully capitalising on his favourable road position during the penultimate day of Rally Sweden.
Sebastien Loeb rolled back the years on the second day of Rallye Monte Carlo, the M-Sport Ford driver winning four of the six stages to take command of the Tarmac classic with co-driver Isabelle Galmiche.
Thierry Neuville produced one of his standout drives of the season today to put him firmly in the box seat to record back-to-back Rally Spain victories.
Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville has said the gulf that existed between him and Toyota’s Elfyn Evans prior to taking the lead of Rally Spain served as “a wake-up call”.
Elfyn Evans says he needs to start reducing the gap in the championship to World Rally Championship teammate Sébastien Ogier to prevent him from running away with another title.
Mitch Evans has produced one of the most dominant displays in Formula E to claim victory at the Mexico City E-Prix for Panasonic Jaguar Racing as Sam Bird crashed out from second place in the closing stages.