Ogier leads Solberg by 3.8s heading into final day
Rally Islas Canarias (Canary Islands) is set for a tense final day victory battle after Sébastien Ogier ended Saturday with a slender 3.8s lead over Toyota team-mate Oliver Solberg. Ogier had started the day with an 8.9s lead over Solberg, but that margin was whittled down to 5.3s by the time crews headed to midday service […]
Ogier hails ‘intense’ Solberg fight in rare WRC battle
Nine-time WRC champion Sébastien Ogier is relishing the “intense” fight for Rally Islas Canarias victory with Oliver Solberg that “doesn’t happen every day” in the World Rally Championship. The Toyota team-mates were split by 3.8s heading into Sunday’s final four stages after the pair were separated by tenths of seconds during Saturday afternoon’s stages. Solberg managed […]
Oliver Solberg closes on Sebastien Ogier as rain hits
Oliver Solberg reduced Sebastien Ogier’s Rally Islas Canarias lead to 5.3s as rain threatened to shake up the order on Saturday morning. Nine-time world champion Ogier kicked off the loop with an 8.9s lead but faced a strong challenge from his chasing Toyota team-mates Solberg and Elfyn Evans. Evans, sitting in fourth overall, claimed the opening […]
Dani Sordo reacts to interest from WRC’s newest constructor
Hyundai’s Dani Sordo has responded to interest in his services from the World Rally Championship’s newest manufacturer RMC Motorsport, which aims to join the championship next year. Spanish team RMC Motorsport unveiled plans to join rallying’s top tier next year by confirming it will design and develop a car built to the WRC’s new 2027 technical regulations. […]
Sebastien Ogier leads as Toyota locks out top five
The nine-time world champion was the pick of the Toyotas as the Japanese brand locked out the top five positions Sébastien Ogier ended Friday’s leg of Rally Islas Canarias with a slender 8.9 second lead as Toyota strengthened its stranglehold of the top five at the asphalt World Rally Championship event. Toyota proved […]
Sebastien Ogier extends lead as Toyota dominates
Reigning world rally champion Sébastien Ogier extended his lead at Rally Islas Canarias as Toyota pulled away from the chasing Hyundai and M-Sport Ford runners on Friday morning. The nine-time world champion ended a shortened morning loop with a 5.9s lead over team-mate Pajari. Toyota filled the top five positions to outline its dominance on […]
I cannot waste this support
Last year’s Rally Islas Canarias winner is offering valuable tips to his close friend and former team-mate World Rally Championship leader Takamoto Katsuta is benefiting from advice from two-time world champion Kalle Rovanperä as well as Ott Tanak at Rally Islas Canarias. Katsuta announced earlier this season that 2019 world champion Tanak has […]
Katsuta takes early lead after stadium super special
World Rally Championship leader Takamoto Katsuta has grabbed the early lead at Rally Islas Canarias after winning a hotly contested stadium super special stage. The 50th edition of the Spanish asphalt rally kicked off with an all-new fan friendly super special stage, held inside the 32,000 Gran Canaria football stadium, which saw crews go head-to-head across three […]
How Rally Islas Canarias could crown another new WRC winner
The 2026 World Rally Championship has already crowned a new winner in Takamoto Katsuta, and now Sami Pajari has his sights set on joining that club at this weekend’s Rally Islas Canarias. Following Katsuta’s maiden triumph in Safari Rally Kenya in March, which he followed up with another in Croatia, only four of the current crop […]