WRC Sweden podium exceeded Evans’ expectations
The Toyota driver downplayed his Sweden chances given the disadvantage of starting second on the road. However, Evans finished the rally in second, 29.6s behind winner Hyundai’s Esapekka Lappi. While not a fan of the 2024 points system, the Welshman benefitted from the new rules. Evans survived a wild 360-degree spin on Friday to claim […]
Эсапекка Лаппи выиграл Ралли Швеции
Второй этап чемпионата мира по классическому ралли завершился в Скандинавии — Ралли Швеции WRC выиграл финский пилот заводской команды Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, который опередил британского гонщика Элфина Эванса Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT и француза Адриана Фурме из M-Sport Ford World Rally Team, для которого подиум стал первым в карьере в WRC. Отметим, что по […]
Maiden WRC podium is proof to “never give up” on dreams
Fourmaux delivered the best result of his WRC career to date to finish a milestone third, 47.9 seconds behind eventual Rally Sweden winner Esapekka Lappi of Hyundai. The M-Sport Ford driver successfully navigated incredibly challenging conditions that caught out world champions Kalle Rovanpera and Ott Tanak to end Saturday in second position, behind Lappi and […]
Lappi thought drought-ending Sweden WRC win would never come
The Hyundai driver beat Toyota’s Elfyn Evans by 29.6 seconds across Sweden’s 18 snow stages to clinch a first win since his breakthrough 2017 Rally Finland victory. The success ended a 2,394 day wait to stand on the top step of a WRC top tier podium, following his Finland win, 60 rallies ago when driving […]
Lappi ends victory drought with comfortable win
Part-time pairing Lappi and co-driver Janne Ferm successfully navigated through 18 challenging snow stages to score a second career win with a 29.6-second margin over Toyota’s Elfyn Evans. Lappi’s triumph ended a six and a half-year victory drought, arriving on the first start of his 2024 part-time programme. Watch: Rally Sweden Wolf Power Stage Highlights […]
Evans snatches second as Lappi closes on win
Hyundai driver Lappi took no risks to complete Sunday morning’s stages safely with a 34-second lead over Evans, who jumped ahead of M-Sport’s Adrien Fourmaux (+48.1s). Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville remained in a comfortable fourth overall (+1m50.6s) as WRC2 leader Oliver Solberg rounded out the top five (+4m51.2s). The new Super Sunday points format for 2024 […]
M-Sport hails Fourmaux’s WRC Sweden drive as his best yet
Fourmaux has emerged as the surprise package on the challenging snow rally to occupy second position, 1m06.3s adrift of rally leader Hyundai’s Esapekka Lappi, heading into the final day tomorrow. The 28-year-old has delivered impressive pace and consistency on Saturday to hold off Toyota’s Elfyn Evans in the fight for second. Watch: Rally Sweden Saturday […]
Lappi won’t need advice to wrap up drought-ending WRC win in Sweden
Lappi will take a 1m06.3s lead over M-Sport’s Adrien Fourmaux into the final three tests after an impressive drive through 15 of the 18 challenging snow-covered stages. Should Lappi triumph on Sunday it would mark only his second career WRC win following a maiden success at Rally Finland in 2017, when he was driving for […]
Lappi preserves lead over M-Sport’s Fourmaux
The Hyundai driver will take a 1m06.3s advantage over M-Sport’s Adrien Fourmaux into Sunday’s final three stages, with Toyota’s Elfyn Evans sitting 1m23.0s back in third, as he seeks a first win since his maiden success on the 2017 Rally Finland. Lappi was pushed hard by Toyota’s Takamoto Katsuta in the morning as the Finn […]