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Why WRC Croatia victory was so special for Katsuta’s co-driver

The memory of the late Craig Breen was on Aaron Johnston’s mind in Croatia

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Why WRC Croatia victory was “quite special” for Takamoto Katsuta’s co-driver

The memory of the late Craig Breen was on Aaron Johnston’s mind in Croatia

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WRC Saudi Arabia: Ogier claims record-equalling ninth title as Neuville wins chaotic finale

Final day drama for Martins Sesks helped Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville end his 2025 WRC victory drought

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WRC Saudi Arabia: Thierry Neuville wins chaotic finale as Sebastien Ogier claims ninth title

Final day drama for Martins Sesks helped Hyundai’s Neuville end his 2025 WRC victory drought

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WRC Japan: Neuville suffers power issue as Evans claims lead

Thierry Neuville’s World Rally Championship title hopes took a knock after suffering a power issue while Toyota’s Elfyn Evans moved into the Rally Japan lead.

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WRC Japan: Neuville suffers power issue as Evans claims the lead

Thierry Neuville’s World Rally Championship title hopes took a knock after suffering a power issue while Toyota’s Elfyn Evans moved into the Rally Japan lead.

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WRC Central Europe: Ogier crashes out on penultimate stage

Sebastien Ogier has crashed out of the Central European Rally on the penultimate stage, handing Ott Tanak a strong chance for a second World Rally Championship victory of the season.

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WRC Acropolis Rally: Ogier snatches lead as Neuville, Evans suffer power issues

Sebastien Ogier moved into the lead of the Acropolis Rally after an eventful opening loop where power issues struck his World Rally Championship title rivals Thierry Neuville and Elfyn Evans.

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How to watch WRC's Rally Finland: schedule, line-up and more

The WRC title battle is incredibly tight as a disappointing Rally Latvia for championship leader Thierry Neuville has left him just eight points ahead of Hyundai team-mate Ott Tanak. Neuville finishing eighth means he is now without a podium in three, scoring just 35 points during that run, compared to 58…

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WRC Poland: Rovanpera snatches lead, 2.7s covers top three

World rally champion Kalle Rovanpera produced a stunning effort to lead Rally Poland by 0.4s from Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans as the top three were covered by 2.7s on Saturday morning.

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WRC Poland: Super sub Rovanpera snatches lead, 2.7s covers top three

World rally champion Kalle Rovanpera produced a stunning effort to lead Rally Poland by 0.1s from Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans as the top three were covered by 2.7s on Saturday morning.

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WRC Rally Sardinia: Tanak snatches stunning win from Ogier in final stage thriller

Hyundai’s Tanak and co-driver Martin Jarveoja were involved in rally-long battle with Toyota’s Ogier and Vincent Landais, as the WRC trialled a new shorter 48-hour format for the first time on Sardinia’s rough gravel roads.

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WRC Rally Sardinia: Tanak slashes Ogier's lead, Neuville tops Sunday standings

Tanak started the morning trailing Ogier’s Toyota by 17.1s but a strong run through the morning’s two stages reduced the deficit to 6.6s with two stages remaining.

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WRC Rally Sardinia: Ogier claims early lead as Evans suffers puncture

Toyota part-time driver Ogier made the most of his favourable road position to win one of the two afternoon tests to lead Hyundai’s Tanak by 1.8s.

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WRC Portugal: Katsuta leads as inspired Neuville impresses

Toyota driver Katsuta, starting sixth on the road, produced a strong and consistent pace across Friday morning’s four stages to take a 2.9s lead over Neuville at the midday tyre fitting zone.

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Toyota shuffles its WRC manufacturer points scorers for Portugal

Reigning constructor world champions Toyota will field both its part-time drivers in the same event for the first time this season in Portugal next week as it looks to widen its seven-point gap over Hyundai in the championship.

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WRC Safari Rally: Rovanpera leads Neuville, double puncture costs Evans

Toyota’s Rovanpera was among the fortunate to enjoy a clean run through a gruelling and incident-filled Saturday morning loop of stages, to open up a 1m27.9s lead over Hyundai’s Neuville, who leapt from fourth to second.

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WRC Sweden: Lappi ends victory drought with comfortable win

Part-time pairing Lappi and co-driver Janne Ferm successfully navigated through 18 challenging snow stages to score a second career win with a 29.6-second margin over Toyota’s Elfyn Evans.

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WRC Sweden: Evans snatches second as Lappi closes on win

Hyundai driver Lappi took no risks to complete Sunday morning’s stages safely with a 34-second lead over Evans, who jumped ahead of M-Sport’s Adrien Fourmaux (+48.1s).

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WRC Sweden: Lappi preserves lead over M-Sport’s Fourmaux

The Hyundai driver will take a 1m06.3s advantage over M-Sport’s Adrien Fourmaux into Sunday's final three stages, with Toyota’s Elfyn Evans sitting 1m23.0s back in third, as he seeks a first win since his maiden success on the 2017 Rally Finland.

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WRC Sweden: Katsuta leads as Rovanpera, Tanak crash out

Starting the day sitting second, Katsuta leapt into an 11.4s rally lead over Hyundai's Esapekka Lappi after a drama-filled stage four, which resulted in Rovanpera and Ott Tanak retiring from the day's action.

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WRC Monte Carlo: Evans leads from charging Ogier as ice catches out Tanak

Evans successfully navigated through three tricky asphalt stages that featured icy patches to lead nine-time Monte Carlo winner Ogier by 10.7s.

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WRC Monte Carlo: Evans leads from charging Ogier, as ice catches out Tanak

Evans successfully navigated through three tricky asphalt stages that featured icy patches to lead nine-time Monte Carlo winner Ogier by 10.7s.

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WRC Japan: Evans closes out Saturday with comfortable lead

Evans took a commanding 1m49.9s lead over team-mate Sebastien Ogier into the day’s eight stages after starring in treacherous wet conditions on Friday.

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WRC Japan: Evans in control as Ogier nibbles at deficit

The Toyota driver could afford to take a measured approach given his sizeable advantage, but ended the morning loop, held in dry conditions, winning two of the four stages, to lead by 1m35.5s. Nearest rival Ogier was able to claw 14.4s back on Evans across the morning.

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