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Neuville ignites debate on “pain in the ass” WRC road order rules

A frustrated Thierry Neuville has ignited a debate on the World Rally Championship road position rules saying “there is no reward” for doing a “great job” to lead the championship.

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How to watch WRC's Rally Latvia: schedule, line-up and more

The most recent round of the 2024 WRC season was once again won by a part-time driver, as the reigning double world champion Kalle Rovanpera claimed victory at Rally Poland following a last-minute call-up to stand in for the injured Sebastien Ogier.

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How to watch WRC's Rally Poland: Schedule, line-up and more

This month’s Rally Sardinia featured the joint-closest finish for a win in World Rally Championship history, as Ott Tanak and Sebastien Ogier contested a thrilling battle. It culminated in Tanak claiming victory by just 0.2s after the Hyundai driver overhauled a 17.1s deficit to Toyota’s Ogier on the final day.…

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Neuville: Loss of concentration caused WRC Sardinia crash

The WRC points leader was sitting third heading into stage eight [Tula], the final test of the morning loop, when he went off the road and into retirement.

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How to watch WRC's Rally Sardinia: Schedule, line-up and more

Sebastien Ogier claimed a record-breaking sixth Rally Portugal victory last time out, but it was Thierry Neuville who left the weekend with the biggest laugh.

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Inside Hyundai's rally-meets-Nurburgring challenge

'Three left minus, long, bumpy', may resemble an ordinary rally pacenote. But this is how a World Rally Championship driver sees one of motorsport’s most famous corners – the Karussell at the Nurburgring Nordschleife.

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Evans: Driving to smartphone WRC pacenotes “almost as good as normal”

Evans was forced to drive to pacenotes read from a smartphone by his co-driver Scott Martin for three stages after the latter left his pacenote book at time control at the end of stage six.

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How to watch WRC's Rally Portugal: schedule, line-up and more

The 2024 WRC season is as open as it comes with four different winners in as many rounds to commence the campaign. Championship leader Thierry Neuville kicked things off with victory in the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally, before Esapekka Lappi won in Sweden, Kalle Rovanpera in Kenya and finally Sebastien…

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The unusual extra motivational bet that capped Neuville’s WRC Croatia display

Neuville’s co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe put down a proposition on the event’s recce after noticing that the final stage of the Saturday morning and afternoon loop featured a 9.11km stage.

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How to watch WRC's Croatia Rally: schedule, line-up and more

The World Rally Championship is set for a return to asphalt stages at the Croatia Rally after a gruelling weekend on gravel in Kenya last time out.

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WRC Safari Rally: Rovanpera stuns rivals to lead as Neuville suffers puncture

Two-time world champion Rovanpera, making the second start of a partial WRC campaign, managed to tame an at times ill-handling GR Yaris to open up a 15.5s lead over Hyundai’s Esapekka Lappi.

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How to watch WRC's Safari Rally: schedule, line-up and more

The WRC heads to Kenya for its breathtaking Safari Rally to continue an epic start to the 2024 season.

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WRC Sweden: Lappi snatches lead from Katsuta to end “crazy” Friday

Lappi claimed three stage wins from the four afternoon tests that were plagued by snow flurries that made conditions incredibly challenging for crews. The performance helped Lappi overhaul Katsuta to open up a 3.2s rally lead after eight of 18 stages.

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How to watch WRC's Rally Sweden: schedule, line-up and more

Thierry Neuville started his hunt for the 2024 World Rally Championship crown in the perfect manner by scoring maximum points at the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally.

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Neuville's focus on WRC points and beating Ogier on Monte Carlo Saturday leg

Hyundai driver Neuville dug deep on the final stage of the day to beat Ogier by 4.1s and reclaim the lead from his Toyota rival to take a 3.3 second advantage into Sunday's stages.

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WRC Japan: Evans heads Toyota 1-2-3 after Neuville exit

Evans puts his Toyota GR Yaris into a 26.0s lead over Neuville after winning the morning’s two stages held in extreme wet conditions, but the Welshman came under pressure from Neuville in the afternoon.

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WRC Greece: Suspension failure ends Neuville’s victory hopes

Neuville held a 10.9s lead over Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier heading into stage 10, the second pass through Pavliani stage, but came to halt 11 kilometres into the 24.25km rough gravel test.

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FIA affirms position on illegal WRC recceing after Neuville exclusion

Neuville was excluded from the event last weekend, where he finished eighth, after stewards determined a “person connected with the crew travelled on or over the route of two Special Stages, after reconnaissance, without authorisation” following the official pre-event recce.

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Neuville excluded from WRC Safari Rally Kenya for recce rules breach

Neuville and co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe have lost eighth place and the five bonus points for winning the rally-ending powerstage after FIA stewards determined that a “person connected with the crew travelled on or over the route of two Special Stages, after reconnaissance, without authorisation.”

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WRC Sardinia: The Good, The Bad and a Hyundai revival

Top Performer - Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm

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WRC Sardinia: Neuville heads Hyundai 1-2 to boost title hopes

Neuville and co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe enjoyed a relatively comfortable run through Sunday’s four stages to complete a 33 seconds victory from Hyundai team-mate Esapekka Lappi.

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Neuville fined €10k for Rally Portugal WRC time card breach

The duo finished fifth, 8m22.5s adrift of rally winner Kalle Rovanpera, after a turbo problem on Sunday cost them a shot at a podium finish having started the day sitting third overall.

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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 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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