WRC Finland: Five things you may have missed 1. Rovanpera crashes out but still leaves impact on rally Autosport · Aug 8, 2023
WRC Finland: Evans storms to dominant victory from Neuville The Welshman produced his most convincing display in a Rally1 car to date on his way to a second WRC victory of the season by 39.1s over Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville. Autosport · Aug 6, 2023
WRC Finland: Evans extends lead with victory in sight After winning seven of Saturday’s eight stages, Evans recorded two more stage wins to extend his lead to 38.2s over Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville. Motorsport · Aug 6, 2023
WRC Finland: Evans more than doubles lead after perfect morning The Toyota driver starred in challenging wet conditions to win all four stages of the morning loop to transform his overnight 6.9s lead to 17.7s, as WRC crews headed to the midday service. Autosport · Aug 5, 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 Finland: Tanak beats Neuville to grab early lead with Super Special win The M-Sport-Ford driver produced a committed run through the 3.48km mixed surface Harju test, held on streets and parkland roads within the host city of Jyvaskyla. Motorsport · Aug 3, 2023
Rovanpera wants to “stay clever” in Finland amid WRC title battle The reigning world rally champion heads to Finland after producing arguably his most dominant drive yet to claim a 10th career WRC win in Estonia two weeks ago. Motorsport · Aug 1, 2023
Rally legend Kankkunen sets target for Latvala on WRC comeback Toyota WRC boss Latvala is making a rare return to the WRC for his home event to pilot a fourth Toyota GR Yaris entry. Autosport · Aug 1, 2023
Why WRC stars Rovanpera and Evans are rallying this weekend Five days after dominating Rally Estonia, reigning world champion Rovanpera is set to tackle the Hyacenter Rally, in Tampere, Finland, alongside his Toyota team-mate Evans, who finished fourth last weekend. Motorsport · Jul 28, 2023
Rovanpera: Perfect WRC Estonia Saturday “came quite easily” The reigning world rally champion won all nine of the day’s stages held on Estonia’s fast gravel roads, to open up a 34.9s lead over Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville heading into Sunday. Autosport · Jul 22, 2023
Toyota to field WRC stars Rovanpera and Evans in Finland test rally WRC teams have elected to enter local rallies this season following the FIA’s decision to implement new testing restrictions to clamp down on costs. Autosport · Jul 17, 2023
Unusual Goodwood Rally1 outing beneficial for Latvala’s WRC comeback The 18-time WRC rally winner and Toyota WRC boss is set to make a competitive return to rallying’s top flight with an outing at Rally Finland in a 2023 specification GR Yaris Rally1 next month. Autosport · Jul 14, 2023
WRC Safari Rally: The Good, The Bad and a battle between champions Top Performer - Sebastien Ogier and Vincent Landais Autosport · Jun 27, 2023
Ogier: "I've rarely had to fight like this" for WRC victory in Kenya The eight-time world champion scored this third win of a partial WRC campaign after seeing off Toyota team-mate and championship leader Kalle Rovanpera by 6.7s in a gruelling battle in Kenya. Autosport · Jun 25, 2023
Autosport · Jun 24, 2023 Rovanpera’s main focus on WRC title bid, not beating Ogier to Safari win The Toyota driver managed to cut into team-mate Sebastien Ogier’s lead on Saturday afternoon after starring in extreme wet conditions on the day’s final stage.
Autosport · Jun 7, 2023 WRC drivers meeting a “constructive” forum for future improvements Drivers and team representatives took part in an online meeting on Wednesday, instigated by the championship’s promoter, to share ideas to improve the championship.
Autosport · May 17, 2023 WRC, FIA considering cost cap in bid to attract new brands Cost caps have recently been introduced to Formula 1 in 2021 and Formula E last season to prevent costs spiralling out of control to the detriment of the disciplines.
Motorsport · Apr 26, 2023 Rovanpera: I need to prepare car set-up better for WRC rallies The world rally champion finished fourth on Croatia’s asphalt roads after a difficult event that was hampered by a lack of outright pace on Friday and a wheel failure.
Autosport · Apr 23, 2023 Breakthrough WRC win leaves Evans with mixed emotions The Toyota driver scored a first WRC win since Finland in October 2021 after he and co-driver Scott Martin came through to chalk up a comfortable 27.0s victory over M-Sport’s Ott Tanak on Croatia’s asphalt stages.
Autosport · Mar 22, 2023 How close is widespread adoption of hydrogen in motorsport? Hydrogen has long been touted as the silver bullet to answer motorsport’s sustainability problem. Water is the sole byproduct of fuel cell vehicles using green hydrogen – that is, hydrogen produced by a process of electrolysis using renewable energy sources, rather than derived from natural gases where carbon monoxide is…
Motorsport · Mar 21, 2023 WRC Mexico: The Good, the Bad and a legend at his peak Top Performer - Sebastien Ogier and Vincent Landais
Motorsport · Mar 16, 2023 Toyota confident it will be competitive on rough gravel in Mexico WRC The reigning world champion squad has been working to solve its pace deficit on rough gravel which was highlighted in Sardinia and Greece last yearm, the only events a Toyota failed to score a podium in 2022.
Autosport · Mar 16, 2023 Toyota confident of rough gravel improvements for Mexico WRC round The reigning world champion squad has been working to solve its pace deficit on rough gravel which was highlighted last year in Sardinia and Greece, the only events a Toyota failed to score a podium in 2022.
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 · Feb 10, 2023 Rovanpera downplays WRC Rally Sweden victory hopes Kalle Rovanpera believes the gap to the Rally Sweden lead is already too big to recover after a challenging day opening the road at the World Rally Championship’s snow event.