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.
Less than two weeks after their colossal Oulton Park shunt, Colin Turkington and Dan Lloyd produced heroic performances to qualify first and third in BTCC qualifying at Croft.
Another standout rookie performance, KTM returning to the top ten and surprise absentees from Q2 at the Dutch MotoGP - here are five riders that shocked us during qualifying in Assen.
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.
Quickly becoming the best qualifier in MotoGP, Francesco Bagnaia did it again as he secured yet another new lap record en route to claiming pole in Assen.
Lewis Hamilton has already smashed all-time records set by Michael Schumacher but, ahead of the F1 British Grand Prix, he may never beat one particularly impressive achievement.
Despite a late fall, Aleix Espargaro heads into qualifying at the Dutch MotoGP in fine form after getting the better of title rival Fabio Quartararo.