The Latest Breaking News from Sebastien Ogier

The Toyota driver finished a distant fourth in the first gravel round of season last weekend, 1m55.3s adrift of rally winner and team-mate Sebastien Ogier.

Top Performer - Sebastien Ogier and Vincent Landais 

The Hyundai driver lost control of his i20 N, 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.

Paris (AFP) - Esapekka Lappi held off Sebastien Ogier to lead the Mexico Rally after Friday's stages as championship leader Ott Tanak was among the drivers to hit problems at altitude in the rugged mountains.

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.

The M-Sport driver clocked the fastest time through the two passes of the famous street stage held around the Unesco World Heritage site in downtown Guanajuato.

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.

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.

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.