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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.

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Tanak explains lack of pace at WRC Rally Mexico

Tanak endured a difficult start to the first gravel rally of the season after ending Friday in 18th position, 14m05s behind rally leader and Hyundai driver Esapekka Lappi.

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Lappi rates Mexico drive among the best of his WRC career

Competing in his third event for Hyundai after switching from Toyota, the one-time WRC winner set the fastest time on five of the day’s eight stages to lead six-time Rally Mexico winner Sebastien Ogier by 5.3s.

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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.

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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.

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WRC Sweden: The Good, The Bad and a title race teaser

The blue touch paper for this year's World Rally Championship title battle has been lit after M-Sport’s Ott Tanak took victory in a Rally Sweden classic. Autosport reviews the highs, lows, turning points, close calls and heartbreak from the year's only snow rally

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"God of Speed decided otherwise" in Hyundai WRC Sweden team orders bid

Hyundai boss Cyril Abiteboul maintains a backfired attempt to employ team orders to benefit Thierry Neuville’s World Rally Championship title aspirations in Sweden was the correct call.

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Pirelli explains WRC Rally Sweden tyre failures

Low tyre pressures and road conditions unsuitable for studded winter tyres are among the factors behind a trio of unusual tyre failures at Rally Sweden, according to Pirelli.

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WRC Sweden: Breen holds off Tanak charge to lead on WRC return

Craig Breen leads Rally Sweden on his return to the World Rally Championship with Hyundai after seeing off a late charge from M-Sport’s Ott Tanak on Friday.

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WRC Sweden: Rovanpera edges Tanak to claim opening stage

Reigning world rally champion Kalle Rovanpera kicked off Rally Sweden in style by taking the opening stage of World Rally Championship’s snow event on Thursday night.

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Neuville relying on WRC teammates for Sweden set-up after illness

Thierry Neuville will lean more on his Hyundai teammates at Rally Sweden after illness robbed him of one of his World Rally Championship pre-event test days.

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Neuville relying on team-mates for Sweden set-up after illness

Thierry Neuville will lean more on his Hyundai team-mates at Rally Sweden after illness robbed him of one of his World Rally Championship pre-event test days.

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WRC Rally Sweden: Everything you need to know

The World Rally Championship heads to the snow covered roads of Sweden for the second round of the season this weekend. Here's everything you need to know.

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Toyota won’t put more pressure on Katsuta at WRC Rally Sweden

Toyota World Rally Championship boss Jari-Matti Latvala says the team won’t 'put more pressure' on Takamoto Katsuta to deliver in his first drive for the factory team this weekend.

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Tanak scores first Puma win in preparation for WRC Rally Sweden

Ott Tanak claimed his first victory driving an M-Sport Ford Puma after winning the Otepaa Winter Rally in preparation for next week’s World Rally Championship round in Sweden.

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WRC teams to contest national rallies to recover test mileage

Toyota, Hyundai and M-Sport will field Rally1 entries at national rallies in Finland and Estonia to gather extra test mileage ahead of Rally Sweden next month.

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WRC Monte Carlo: Dominant Ogier scores record ninth victory

World Rally Championship legend Sebastien Ogier has scored a record ninth Rally Monte Carlo victory following a dominant performance from the eight-time world champion and his Toyota team.

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WRC Monte Carlo: Dominant Ogier scores record Monte Carlo victory

World Rally Championship legend Sebastien Ogier has scored a record ninth Rally Monte Carlo victory following a dominant performance from the eight-time world champion and his Toyota team.

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Abiteboul: Toyota’s WRC Monte Carlo pace nothing to worry about

New Hyundai World Rally championship boss Cyril Abiteboul says Toyota’s impressive start to the 2023 World Rally Championship in Monte Carlo is “nothing to worry about'.

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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.

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Podcast: 2023 WRC season preview

The new World Rally Championship season is the subject of discussion in the latest edition of the Autosport podcast, ahead of the first round in Monte Carlo commencing this weekend.

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WRC 2023: Everything you need to know

The World Rally Championship returns this weekend as Rally Monte Carlo kicks off the second season of the Rally1 hybrid regulations.

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Hyundai reveals updated 2023 WRC challenger

Hyundai has officially launched the latest iteration of its i20 N Rally1 car which will contest the 2023 World Rally Championship.

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Breen: Hyundai WRC return a forward step after tough 2022

Craig Breen says rejoining Hyundai for a partial World Rally Championship campaign this year is a “forward step” after a difficult 2022 campaign with M-Sport.

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Lappi: Toyota and Hyundai “pretty equal” after first i20 N WRC test

Esapekka Lappi believes the Toyota and Hyundai World Rally Championship Rally1 cars will start on a 'pretty equal level' in 2023 following his first outing in the i20 N.

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