Neuville crashes out, easing pressure on Evans
Neuville had closed to within 10.5s of Evans heading into stage six but his rally came to a premature halt 100 metres into the stage. The Belgian lost control of his i20N which found the trees causing terminal damage to the front of his car. Last year’s Rally Japan winners Neuville and co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe […]
Evans in command after surviving horrendous conditions
The Toyota driver emerged as the class of the field in arguably the most challenging and dangerous conditions the crews have experienced this season. Evans leapt from ninth after Thursday’s night’s super special to claim the lead from Neuville by 26.0s after winning the morning’s two stages. Organisers were forced to cancel the final stage […]
Sordo crashes out as Evans stuns to grab lead
The Hyundai driver appeared to lock up under braking on the incredibly slippery wet asphalt, littered with leaves and pine needles, and went off the road, 11.8km into the Isegami’s Tunnel stage (24.67km). Sordo’s i20N darted to left before swiping some trees as the car slid down an embankment. Both driver and co-driver Candido Carrera […]
WRC drivers expect «big challenge» in Japan from scattered leaves, pine needles
Drivers have noted an excessive amount of leaves and pine needles covering the asphalt stages following the recce earlier this week. The conditions are much worse compared to last year with some crews describing the road surface as like driving on “ice”, and to make matters worse rain is expected to fall on Friday. It […]
Эсапекка Лаппи продлил контракт с Hyundai в WRC на сезон-2024
Несмотря на две подряд серьёзных аварии, на Ралли Чили и Ралли Центральной Европы, финский гонщик заводской команды Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Эсапекка Лаппи продлил контракт с южнокорейским коллективом на выступления в чемпионате мира по классическому ралли WRC в 2024 году. «Я чувствую себя очень комфортно в команде. За прошедший год мы установили фантастическое сотрудничество и […]
Neuville gives Hyundai early lead with super special stage win
The Hyundai driver set the fastest time around the all-new 2.10km side-by-side super special stage, held inside the 45,000-seater Toyota Stadium, a host venue for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Neuville managed to comfortably beat newly crowned two-time world champion Kalle Rovanpera by 4.0s in their head-to-head contest. Rovanpera’s time was only good enough for […]
Three drivers could share third 2024 WRC Hyundai, says Abiteboul
The Korean marque announced on the eve of this weekend’s season finale in Japan that Esapekka Lappi will conduct a part-time programme, driving the team’s third factory i20N entry. Lappi had been expected to scale back from a full-time to a partial programme after Hyundai signed Ott Tanak from M-Sport to join Thierry Neuville for […]
Lappi gets part-time 2024 WRC programme with Hyundai
The Finn was expected to scale back from a full-time programme for 2024 after Hyundai announced the signing of Ott Tanak from M-Sport to partner the already-contracted Thierry Neuville at the South Korean marque. Lappi and co-driver Janne Ferm joined Hyundai this year after impressing in a part-time programme for Toyota last year. Lappi has […]
Карякин: Маршрут «Шелкового пути-2024» гораздо круче, чем на «Дакаре»
Четырехкратный победитель «Шелкового пути» Сергей Карякин заявил, что маршрут ралли-марафона 2024 года будет намного лучше, чем на Дакаре. Иностранные гонщики многое потеряют, если не приедут, уверен спортсмен из Екатеринбурга. Впервые с доковидного 2019 года «Шелковый путь» пройдет по территории трёх стран – России, Монголии и Китая. Ралли-рейд «Шелковый путь-2024» стартует в Томске и финиширует в […]