Rovanpera on course for memorable win, tyre issue costs Evans
Kalle Rovanpera produced a stunning drive in challenging circumstances to lead Rally Poland heading into the final day of the seventh round of the World Rally Championship. The last-minute replacement for Toyota team-mate Sebastien Ogier, who suffered a pre-event reconnaissance crash, won six of the day’s seven stages to open up a 9.4s lead over […]
Rovanpera snatches lead, 2.7s covers top three
World rally champion Kalle Rovanpera produced a stunning effort to lead Rally Poland by 0.4s from Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans as the top three were covered by 2.7s on Saturday morning. Despite his limited and rushed preparation for the event, Rovanpera showed his class to overhaul overnight leader Hyundai’s Andreas Mikkelsen across Saturday morning’s four […]
Sesks’ top fight WRC debut one of the strongest in a while
Martins Sesks’ top-flight World Rally Championship debut at Rally Poland is “one of the strongest in a while” according to M-Sport team principal Richard Millener. Last year’s European Rally Championship runner-up has stepped up to rallying’s top Rally1 class with M-Sport as part of two-round deal, supported by the WRC, that also includes his home […]
Evans demands action as spectator controlling issues cancel Rally Poland stages
Elfyn Evans has led a call for action to be taken to address the spectator safety issues that have forced World Rally Championship organisers to cancel two Rally Poland stages. Spectators standing in dangerous places to watch the cars pass through the stages forced officials to act on safety grounds to abandon stage three and […]
Mikkelsen leads as spectator issues cancels stage seven
Hyundai’s Andreas Mikkelsen ended Friday leading an interrupted Rally Poland after World Rally Championship organisers were forced to cancel two stages due to spectator controlling issues. Mikkelsen won two of the three morning stages to open up a 7.4s lead before briefly losing the advantage to Toyota’s reigning world champion Kalle Rovanpera. After recording his first […]
Inside the mind of the WRC’s “Hollywood” showman
Simply known as «Mr Hollywood» during his World Rally Championship pomp, Petter Solberg has always been a showman powered by an abundance of energy and a drive to achieve — whatever the challenge. These attributes, in addition to his skill behind the wheel, combined to help the Norwegian win the ultimate prize in rallying, the […]
Impossible to avoid deer collision at Rally Poland with 0.26s to react
Ott Tanak says it was impossible to avoid a collision with a deer that put him out of the World Rally Championship’s Rally Poland, revealing he had only 0.26s to react. The Hyundai driver was forced to retire from Friday’s gravel stages when a deer jumped out into the road on stage two [Stanczyki, 29.40km] […]
Mikkelsen extends lead as debutant Sesks stars
Hyundai’s Andreas Mikkelsen heads into Friday afternoon with the Rally Poland lead from Martins Sesks, who stunned on his World Rally Championship Rally1 debut. Mikkelsen impressed throughout the morning to win two of the three stages to leap into a 7.4s lead from Sesks, who is driving a non-hybrid powered Ford Puma Rally1 car. Elfyn […]
Rally leader Tanak crashes out, Mikkelsen leads from debutant Sesks
Tanak had been tipped among the favourites to win on Poland’s high-speed gravel roads, but his victory hopes came to a sudden halt on stage two [Stanczyki, 29.40km]. The Hyundai driver had started Friday with a one second lead over team-mate Thierry Neuville after winning Thursday night’s super special. However, Tanak was forced to pull […]