WRC Rally Portugal: Everything you need to know Portugal’s rough stages represents the start of the WRC’s gravel season with this round the first of seven consecutive rallies held on the loose surfaces. Autosport · May 10, 2023
Sordo to pilot third WRC Hyundai in Sardinia The team had been yet to announce its plans beyond Portugal for the third car since Craig Breen’s passing, until today’s announcement that Sordo will now add Sardinia (1-4 June) to his programme. Autosport · May 3, 2023
Neuville dedicates maximum attack WRC Power Stage win to Breen Neuville left nothing on the table as he produced a blistering run to edge Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera by 0.9s in stage 20 to claim the five bonus World Rally Championship points on offer. Autosport · Apr 23, 2023
WRC Croatia: Evans scores emotional victory to end drought Evans and co-driver Scott Martin delivered a faultless drive to score a first win since Rally Finland in October 2021 by a margin of 27.0 seconds from Tanak on Croatia’s challenging asphalt stages. Autosport · Apr 23, 2023
WRC Croatia: Evans moves a step closer to victory The two-time championship runner-up produced a measured drive across the morning’s three stages to push his advantage over M-Sport Ford’s Ott Tanak out to 28.1s ahead of the final stage. Autosport · Apr 23, 2023
WRC Croatia: Evans extends lead, handbrake hampers Tanak charge Evans inherited a 19.1s lead on Saturday morning after Friday’s pacesetter Thierry Neuville retired for the day after crashing out in stage 11 in the morning loop. Motorsport · Apr 22, 2023
WRC Croatia: Evans extends lead as handbrake issue hampers Tanak’s charge Evans inherited a 19.1s lead on Saturday morning after Friday’s pacesetter Thierry Neuville retired for the day after crashing out in stage 11 in the morning loop. Autosport · Apr 22, 2023
Neuville explains crash that ended WRC victory shot in Croatia The Hyundai driver was leading the rally by 10.8 seconds from Toyota’s Elfyn Evans when he went off the road 5.2km into a brand new test for this year’s rally. Autosport · Apr 22, 2023
WRC Croatia: Neuville crashes from the lead on stage 11 The Belgian ran wide at a medium-speed right hander in stage 11 (10.13km) and clipped a rock with the rear of his I20 N, which sent the car off the road and into the trees lining the road. Autosport · Apr 22, 2023
WRC drivers "rallying for Craig Breen" in Croatia The rally world has been shocked by the death of Hyundai driver Breen, who died in a testing crash last week in preparation for the asphalt event. Autosport · Apr 20, 2023
Hyundai and FIA reviewing all aspects of Breen crash Hyundai team principal Cyril Abiteboul read a prepared statement to the media in Croatia on Wednesday to explain what happened in the incident in which Breen died last Thursday during a pre-event test on Croatian roads. Co-driver James Fulton was unharmed in the incident. Autosport · Apr 19, 2023
Hyundai reveals Craig Breen WRC tribute livery The South Korean marque announced earlier this week that it would honour Breen, who died in Rally Croatia testing crash last Thursday, by running a special colour scheme on its entries for the fourth round of the WRC. Autosport · Apr 19, 2023
WRC Rally Croatia: Everything you need to know The WRC heads to Croatia in a sombre mood following the death of Hyundai driver Craig Breen, who succumbed to injuries sustained in a testing crash ahead of the event last Thursday. Autosport · Apr 19, 2023
WRC Mexico: The Good, the Bad and a legend at his peak Top Performer - Sebastien Ogier and Vincent Landais Motorsport · Mar 21, 2023
Motorsport · Mar 19, 2023 WRC Mexico: Ogier dominates for seventh win, Neuville snatches second The Toyota driver, contesting a partial WRC season, once again outlined his skills to score his second victory of the campaign, following his record ninth Rally Monte Carlo triumph in January.
Autosport · Mar 19, 2023 WRC Mexico: Ogier delivers masterclass, Neuville snatches second The Toyota driver, contesting a partial WRC season, once again outlined his skills to score his second victory of the campaign, following his record ninth Rally Monte Carlo triumph in January.
Autosport · Mar 19, 2023 WRC Mexico: Ogier powers into commanding lead from Evans The eight-time world champion, competing in a partial WRC campaign, assumed the lead on Saturday morning after Hyundai rival Esapekka Lappi crashed out on stage 11.
Autosport · Mar 18, 2023 WRC Mexico: Leader Lappi crashes out as stage 11 red-flagged The Hyundai driver lost control 10 kilometres into the Ibarrilla test and speared into a bank. The force of the impact flicked the car around, before rear-ending a telegraph pole as it came to a halt in the road.
Motorsport · Mar 18, 2023 Lappi crashes out of WRC Mexico lead on Saturday's opening stage The Hyundai driver lost control of his i20 N, 10 kilometres into the Ibarrilla test and speared into a bank. The force of the impact flicked the car around before rear ending a telegraph pole as it came to a halt in the road.
Autosport · Mar 18, 2023 WRC Mexico: Lappi stars to lead Ogier after eventful Friday Lappi lit up the timing screens across the afternoon’s stages, winning three of the five tests to turn a 1.4s margin from the morning loop into a 5.3s advantage over six-time Rally Mexico winner Ogier.
Autosport · Mar 17, 2023 WRC Mexico: Lappi edges Ogier after hectic Friday morning Lappi made the most of an advantageous road position on the rough gravel stages to win two of the three tests that made up the morning loop.
Autosport · Mar 17, 2023 WRC Mexico: Tanak heads Rovanpera after superspecial dominance The M-Sport driver clocked the fastest time through the two passes of the famous street stage held around the Unesco World Heritage site in downtown Guanajuato.
Autosport · Mar 16, 2023 Mexico will help define Hyundai’s WRC development strategy - Abiteboul This weekend marks the first gravel rally of 2023 and the third different surface in as many rounds, following the asphalt of Monte Carlo in January and the snow of Sweden last month.
Autosport · Mar 14, 2023 When a timely beer helped Hyundai to a maiden WRC podium It’s not often that beer and sporting success go hand in hand. However, wind back the clock to Rally Mexico 2014 and this popular beverage played an unlikely, yet vital cameo in saving Hyundai from the heartbreak of throwing away a first World Rally Championship podium at the final hurdle.
Autosport · Mar 14, 2023 WRC Rally Mexico: Everything you need to know Mexico’s famous rough gravel and high altitude mountainous stages last appeared on the WRC schedule in 2020, although the event, won by Sebastien Ogier, was shortened by the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic.