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WRC Rally Paraguay leaderboard in disarray after costly Day 1 punctures

Late drama shook up the leaderboard to leave only 7.6s covering the top three as the South American nation made its World Rally Championship debut

Motorsport · Aug 29, 2025

Kalle Rovanpera shines in tricky weather to lead WRC Finland on Friday

Toyota’s Kalle Rovanperä emerged from an intense multi-crew fight with a slender Rally Finland lead after battling through tricky changeable conditions on Friday.

Motorsport · Aug 1, 2025

WRC Finland: Rovanpera shines in changeable weather as Tanak hits trouble

Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera emerged from an intense multi-crew fight with a slender Rally Finland lead after battling through tricky changeable conditions on Friday.

Autosport · Aug 1, 2025

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Ogier snatches surprise WRC Rally Sardinia lead after Neuville crashes

Sébastien Ogier admits he is surprised to be leading Rally Italia Sardinia after an eventful Friday that caught out several of his World Rally Championship rivals.

Autosport · Jun 6, 2025

Sebastien Ogier leads WRC Rally Sardinia after Thierry Neuville crashes out

Sébastien Ogier admits he is surprised to be leading Rally Italia Sardinia after an eventful Friday that caught out several of his World Rally Championship rivals.

Motorsport · Jun 6, 2025

WRC Japan: Neuville salvages points in fightback, Tanak extends lead

Thierry Neuville boosted his World Rally Championship hopes by provisionally claiming more than half of the points needed to secure the title, while rival Ott Tanak extended his Rally Japan lead.

Autosport · Nov 23, 2024

WRC: Rovanpera seals victory for Toyota at Rally Chile

Toyota's Kalle Rovanpera survived challenging foggy conditions to record a fourth win from a partial World Rally Championship campaign at Rally Chile.

Motorsport · Sep 29, 2024

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WRC Chile: Rovanpera seals victory to boost Toyota’s title hopes

Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera survived challenging foggy conditions to record a fourth win from a partial World Rally Championship campaign at Rally Chile.

Autosport · Sep 29, 2024

WRC Finland: Rovanpera leads Evans by 0.2s as Tanak crashes

World rally champion Kalle Rovanpera snatched the Rally Finland lead from Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans at the end of an eventful Friday morning that included a crash for Ott Tanak.

Motorsport · Aug 2, 2024

WRC Finland: Rovanpera leads Evans by 0.2s, as Tanak crashes

Kalle Rovanpera snatched the Rally Finland lead from Toyota World Rally Championship team-mate Elfyn Evans at the end of an eventful Friday morning that included a crash for Ott Tanak.

Autosport · Aug 2, 2024

WRC Poland: Mikkelsen extends lead as debutant Sesks stars

Hyundai’s Andreas Mikkelsen heads into Friday afternoon with the Rally Poland lead from Martins Sesks, who stunned on his World Rally Championship Rally1 debut.

Autosport · Jun 28, 2024

Did the WRC’s shorter sprint-style format work?

Now that the dust has settled on an event that delivered the joint-closest finish in WRC history, the championship and the FIA will evaluate how the 48-hour, 266.12km format performed.

Autosport · Jun 4, 2024

WRC Safari Rally: Rovanpera stuns rivals to lead as Neuville suffers puncture

Two-time world champion Rovanpera, making the second start of a partial WRC campaign, managed to tame an at times ill-handling GR Yaris to open up a 15.5s lead over Hyundai’s Esapekka Lappi.

Motorsport · Mar 29, 2024

Snorkels “more relevant” for rainy-season WRC Safari

Snorkels were famously adopted by WRC teams in previous editions of the event – prior to its WRC return in 2021 – to help cars navigate through sections of tricky terrain, preventing water and dust from entering the engine. The device made a re-appearance when the Safari Rally returned to the WRC,…

Autosport · Mar 19, 2024

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Motorsport · Mar 19, 2024

Snorkels to make top-tier return at WRC Safari Rally

Motorsport · Mar 17, 2024

Fourmaux: Adjusting to hybrid-less WRC cars will be a “challenge”

The FIA announced last month that the WRC would drop hybrid power from its Rally1 class three years after its introduction in 2022.

Autosport · Mar 14, 2024

Gravel Notes Podcast: Kenya WRC Preview with Adrien Fourmaux

After a successful season in Rally2 last year, Fourmaux has rejoined the WRC’s top tier this season and has emerged as the surprise package of the championship to date.

Autosport · Feb 16, 2024

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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Motorsport · Jan 28, 2024

WRC Monte Carlo: Neuville wins epic head-to-head with Ogier in 2024 opener

The Hyundai driver won nine of the 17 asphalt stages in one of the driest Monte Carlo rallies on record to claim his second win at the famous event, by margin of 16.1 seconds over nine-time victor Ogier.

Autosport · Jan 28, 2024

WRC Monte Carlo: Neuville wins epic head-to-head with Ogier

The Hyundai driver won nine of the 17 asphalt stages in one of the driest Monte Carlo rallies on record to claim his second win at the famous event, by a margin of 16.1 seconds over nine-time victor Ogier.

Motorsport · Aug 21, 2022

WRC Belgium: Evans closes in on leader Tanak on Sunday morning

Hyundai’s Ott Tanak witnessed his Ypres Rally Belgium lead reduce following a charge from Toyota’s Elfyn Evans on Sunday morning.

Autosport · Aug 21, 2022

WRC Belgium: Evans closes in on leader Tanak

Hyundai’s Ott Tanak witnessed his Ypres Rally Belgium lead reduce following a charge from Toyota’s Elfyn Evans on Sunday morning.

Autosport · Aug 19, 2022

WRC Belgium: Evans leads Tanak after Rovanpera’s shock exit

Toyota’s Elfyn Evans opened up a slender lead over Hyundai’s Ott Tanak following an eventful Friday morning at Ypres Rally Belgium that included a shock exit for Kalle Rovanpera.

Motorsport · Aug 19, 2022

Drivers braced for toughest wet tarmac WRC event

Rain is set to transform Ypres Rally Belgium into the World Rally Championship's toughest asphalt rally, according to M-Sport's Adrien Fourmaux.

Motorsport · Aug 5, 2022

WRC Finland: Tanak extends lead over Lappi, Rovanpera fifth

Hyundai’s Ott Tanak leads Rally Finland from Toyota’s Esapekka Lappi after a hotly contested Friday morning at the World Rally Championship gravel classic.

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