Monte-Carlo: The Legendary Rallye Returned and Ogier Dominated This year’s WRC championship got off to a solid start with the iconic Rallye Monte-Carlo, which took place in late January, on the opening round of what seems to be an exciting … Continued
Sébastien Ogier (Toyota) has won the Rally Spain WRC for the fourth time this Sunday. The Frenchman defeated Thierry Neuville (Hyundai), winner in the two previous editions, by 16.4 seconds. Kalle Rovanperä finished third, 34.5 seconds behind his French teammate, on his first … Continued
Almost a month has passed since the celebration of the Ypres Rally in Belgium, and the World Rally Championship is gearing up to resume the season after the summer break. The ninth and penultimate round of the year (after the cancellation … Continued
Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville is all set to face his most eagerly awaited appointment of this year’s World Rally Championship: The Ypres Rally. After the disappointment that followed the cancellation of the very first Belgian round in 2020, the time has finally arrived for the Saint Vith pilot to … Continued
Sébastien Ogier led Toyota’s 1-2 at the Safari Rally Kenya on its return to the WRC calendar after a 19-year hiatus. 21,8 seconds behind came his teammate Takamoto Katsuta, who took his first WRC podium. Closing the top three one minute … Continued
The returned Safari Rally Kenia, which is taking place from June 24 to 27, will mark the halfway point of the WRC season. After bidding goodbye to the speciality in 2002, the legendary race has returned to the World Championship with a brand new format, … Continued
Toyota’s Sébastien Ogier has strengthened his hold on the top of the drivers’ standings after claiming his third win (after Montecarlo & Croatia) of the season at the Italian Rally this Sunday. His teammate Elfyn Evans came in second, wrapping up a very valuable 1-2 for the Japanese … Continued
Hyundai Motorsports has two full-time drivers who take part in every round of the World Rally Championship. These are the Estonian Ott Tänak, 2019 world champion, and the Belgian Thierry Neuville, runner-up from 2016 to 2019. The Alzenau-based outfit then decides who … Continued
Hyundai’s Ott Tänak was a cut above the rest at Arctic Rally Finland where he sealed his first victory of the season and fourteenth of his World Rally Championship career. Toyota’s young driver, Kalle Rovanperä and Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville completed the podium following a spectacular head-to-head … Continued
Just 46 days after the conclusion of the previous season, the curtain rises again for the WRC 2021 with the legendary Rally Monte-Carlo (21-24 January). The 89th edition of the famous round, however, will leave an image quite different from the usual with no public cheering from … Continued
Any hope by WRC organizers of leaving the COVID-19’s setbacks an upheaval of 2020 behind and returning to normalcy in 2021 has been short-lived. Just seven days into the new year and with barely two weeks left for the start of the … Continued
The 89th edition of the Rally Monte-Carlo, which is due to take place next month (21-24 January), will be the shortest in the long and illustrious history of the World Rally Championship. Organisers of the inaugural round of the WRC 2021 have … Continued
