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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.

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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.

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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.

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Abiteboul: Croatia lead a “small sign of light” for Hyundai WRC team

The South Korean marque is running a reduced two car entry following the tragic death of its third driver Craig Breen in a testing accident in the lead up to the asphalt event.

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WRC Croatia: Neuville holds onto lead from charging Evans

Neuville held a 16.1s rally lead on Friday morning after early leader Sebastien Ogier suffered a wheel failure on his Toyota during stage 2, but the Belgian faced a stern challenge from Toyota’s Evans in the afternoon.

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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.

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WRC Mexico: The Good, the Bad and a legend at his peak

Top Performer - Sebastien Ogier and Vincent Landais

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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.

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WRC Mexico: Ogier inherits healthy lead after Lappi exit

The eight-time World Rally Championship title winner had been locked in a fight with Lappi throughout Friday, and faced a 5.3s deficit to the Finn heading into Saturday.

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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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