Ogier rockets to WRC Rally Paraguay lead as Rovanpera suffers puncture Sebastien Ogier’s impressive recovery charge is rewarded after dramatic Saturday shakes up the rally leaderboard Autosport · Aug 30, 2025
WRC Paraguay: Sebastien Ogier storms to lead as punctures disrupt more cars Sebastien Ogier’s impressive recovery charge is rewarded after dramatic Saturday shakes up the rally leaderboard Motorsport · Aug 30, 2025
Zebra avoidance triggers costly puncture for Rovanpera at WRC Safari Rally Kalle Rovanpera’s Safari Rally victory bid has been dented by a pair of costly punctures, the second caused by an off-road excursion to avoid a herd of zebra. Motorsport · Mar 22, 2025
Zebra avoidance triggers costly puncture for Rovanpera as Evans takes WRC Safari command Kalle Rovanpera’s Safari Rally victory bid has been dented by a pair of costly punctures, the second caused by an off-road excursion to avoid a herd of zebra. Autosport · Mar 22, 2025
WRC Portugal: Ogier back in front after Tanak suffers puncture Toyota’s eight-time world champion Ogier inherited the lead after Rovanpera’s Stage 11 exit, only to lose the advantage to Tanak on the next test. However, a slow puncture for Tanak in stage 13 helped Ogier open up a 13.6s lead at the end of the loop. Motorsport · May 11, 2024
Rovanpera to contest only partial WRC season in unchanged 2024 Toyota line-up The reigning WRC constructors' champion has announced new contracts with Rovanpera, Elfyn Evans, Sebastien Ogier and Takamoto Katsuta following Toyota's dominant 1-2-3 at last weekend's season finale in Japan. Rovanpera, Evans and Ogier each scored three wins this year to help Toyota to a sixth world title. Motorsport · Nov 20, 2023
Rovanpera to contest partial WRC season in unchanged 2024 Toyota line-up The reigning WRC constructors’ champions have announced new contracts with Rovanpera, Elfyn Evans, Sebastien Ogier and Takamoto Katsuta following Toyota’s dominant 1-2-3 at last weekend’s season finale in Japan. Rovanpera, Evans and Ogier each scored three wins this year to help Toyota to a sixth world title. Autosport · Nov 20, 2023
Rovanpera: Second WRC title after tougher fight 'more satisfying' Rovanpera and co-driver Jonne Halttunen clinched a second world title with a round to spare after finishing second behind Hyundai's Thierry Neuville at the inaugural Central European Rally. Autosport · Oct 29, 2023
Rovanpera rolls out of WRC Rally Finland lead Rovanpera and co-driver Jonne Halttunen lost control of their GR Yaris going over a crest 11.1km into the famous Myhinpaa stage. Autosport · Aug 4, 2023
WRC Finland: Rovanpera leads as drama strikes Tanak, Lappi Rovanpera managed to tame changeable conditions to win three of the four high-speed gravel stages to lead Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans by 3.9s at midday service. Autosport · Aug 4, 2023
WRC Estonia: Relentless Rovanpera seals dominant victory in style The Toyota driver clinched his second win of the season in stunning fashion, beating Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville by 52.7s after a streak of 13 consecutive stage wins. Autosport · Jul 23, 2023
Rovanpera’s WRC Rally Estonia pace a “big surprise” for Toyota The reigning world champion made light work of sweeping the fast gravel stages to end Friday with a 3.0s lead over Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville heading into Saturday’s nine stages. Autosport · Jul 21, 2023
WRC Safari Rally: Rovanpera scythes into Ogier’s lead as rain causes chaos Eight-time world champion Ogier started Saturday with a 22.8s lead and the Toyota driver went on to stamp his authority on the event in the afternoon. Autosport · Jun 24, 2023
WRC Portugal: Rovanpera pulls away from Sordo on Saturday morning loop The Toyota driver started the day with a 10.8s advantage but a stunning drive resulted in the Finn to clean sweep the trio of stages to open up a 52.4s-lead over Hyundai’s Dani Sordo. Motorsport · May 13, 2023
Autosport · Jan 21, 2023 WRC Monte Carlo: Rovanpera slashes Ogier's lead, Hyundai ends stage win drought Sebastien Ogier remains on course to score a record ninth Monte Carlo Rally victory despite coming under pressure from a charging Toyota team-mate Kalle Rovanpera on Saturday.
Autosport · Oct 3, 2022 Alister McRae: Colin would have been amazed by Rovanpera’s WRC success Alister McRae believes his late brother Colin McRae would have looked on with amazement at seeing Kalle Rovanpera eclipse his record as youngest ever world rally champion.
Motorsport · Jun 26, 2022 WRC Safari Rally: Rovanpera closes in on victory Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera extended his Safari Rally Kenya lead over Elfyn Evans on Sunday morning as the World Rally Championship leader closed in on a memorable victory.
Autosport · May 27, 2022 Neuville: Hyundai WRC unreliability letting Rovanpera run away Thierry Neuville says Hyundai's ongoing reliability issues are becoming 'very frustrating' and contributing to Toyota's Kalle Rovanpera running away in the World Rally Championship title race.
Motorsport · May 26, 2022 Neuville: Hyundai unreliability allowing Rovanpera to run away in WRC Thierry Neuville says Hyundai's ongoing reliability issues are becoming 'very frustrating' and contributing to Toyota's Kalle Rovanpera running away in the World Rally Championship title race.
Motorsport · May 21, 2022 WRC Portugal: Rovanpera charges into lead as wet weather hits Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera has charged into the lead of Rally Portugal after overhauling World Rally Championship team-mate Elfyn Evans across a weather affected Saturday afternoon loop of stages.
Autosport · May 21, 2022 WRC Portugal: Rovanpera charges into lead over Evans as rain arrives Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera has charged into the lead of Rally Portugal after overhauling World Rally Championship team-mate Elfyn Evans across a weather affected Saturday afternoon loop of stages.
Autosport · May 20, 2022 WRC Portugal: Evans leads Rovanpera after brutal Friday Toyota’s Elfyn Evans leads World Rally Championship leader Kalle Rovanpera after emerging from a brutal Friday at Rally Portugal, that resulted in retirements for Sebastien Loeb and Sebastien Ogier.
Autosport · Apr 24, 2022 Tanak: Rally Croatia performance was the "best we could do" Hyundai World Rally Championship driver Ott Tanak says his Rally Croatia display was the “best we could do” after his narrowly defeat to Kalle Rovanpera in a final stage thriller.
Autosport · Apr 24, 2022 Toyota stunned by “miracle kid” Rovanpera after WRC Croatia success Toyota World Rally Championship boss Jari-Matti Latvala has hailed Kalle Rovanpera a “miracle kid” following a stunning final stage fightback to win Rally Croatia.
Autosport · Apr 22, 2022 WRC Croatia: Rovanpera pulls clear after dominant Friday Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera has moved into a commanding lead after dominating the World Rally Championship's opening day at Rally Croatia.