Neuville leapfrogs Evans and Ogier to lead
Neuville headed to midday service with a 5.1s lead over Evans after an impressive morning headlined by a blistering time on stage nine. Nine-time Monte Carlo winner Ogier dropped from second to third, but ended the loop 7.7s adrift. Ott Tanak maintained fourth (+1m18.6s) despite suffering an engine issue on his Hyundai. M-Sport’s Adrien Fourmaux […]
Evans not prepared to increase risk to claim WRC Monte Carlo win
Evans will head into Saturday equipped with a 4.5s lead over nine-time Monte Carlo winner Ogier after eight of 17 stages. Given Ogier’s history at his home event, the Frenchman is regarded as a strong favourite to score a 10th event win and ended Friday in the ascendency after slashing the gap to Evans. While […]
Ogier increases the pressure on leader Evans
Overnight leader Evans started the day with a 21.6s gap over nine-time Monte Carlo winner Ogier but that reduced to 4.5s at the end of stage eight. Nine-time Monte Carlo winner Ogier won three of the day’s six stages, held on tricky dry asphalt roads featuring treacherous icy patches. Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville matched Ogier in […]
No plans to alter Monte WRC strategy after costly spin
The Hyundai driver ended the Friday morning loop in fourth overall more than a minute adrift of rally leader Toyota’s Elfyn Evans after losing 41.9s to a spin on stage three. Tanak was caught out by a patch of ice which spun his i20 N into a ditch. The 2019 world champion wasn’t the only […]
Evans leads from charging Ogier as ice catches out Tanak
Evans successfully navigated through three tricky asphalt stages that featured icy patches to lead nine-time Monte Carlo winner Ogier by 10.7s. Ogier won two of the three tests to haul himself from third to second overall ahead of Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville, who is 24.5s back from Evans. His team-mate Tanak headed to the midday service […]
Эванс задает темп на старте Ралли Монте-Карло, Грязин – первый в WRC2
Гонщик Toyota Элфин Эванс захватил лидерство на старте Ралли Монте-Карло, первого этапа сезона-2024 в мировом раллийном первенстве. Валлиец выиграл оба вечерних спецучастка в четверг. На первом допе Эванс привез всем 5,2 секунды и ещё 6,8 секунды отыграл на втором СУ. Вторым на стартовом отрезке стал представитель Hyundai Тьерри Нёвиль, а третье время показал девятикратный и […]
Evans makes perfect start to new season
Last year’s championship runner-up blitzed the pair of night stages held in dry conditions to open up a 15.1s lead over Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville. It proved to be a challenging evening for Hyundai as all three of its entries suffered issues. Ott Tanak battled a throttle problem to end the loop in fourth (+22.8s), behind […]
Rovanpera makes WRC Monte visit to launch special Toyota
Rovanpera is unusually absent from this weekend’s entry list event after electing to contest a partial WRC campaign with Toyota as he plans to “recharge his batteries” ahead of a full-time return to the championship in 2025. However, the Finn was present at the ceremonial start at Casino Square in Monaco to take part in […]
Why WRC2 was the best option for 2024
Solberg is expected to be among the WRC2 title favourites after inking a deal with Skoda Motorsport direct after finishing sixth in the championship last year, driving the Fabia RS Rally2 car for the Toksport squad last year. The son of 2003 world rally champion Petter Solberg was thought to be among the options under […]