В МАЗе высказались о шансах на участие в Дакаре-2024
Гонщик МАЗ-СПОРТавто Сергей Вязович рассказал, насколько возможно выступление белорусской команды в Дакаре-2024. Двукратные призёры главного ралли-марафона планеты отстранены участия из-за санкций Евросоюза по отношению к Минскому автомобильному заводу и пропустили две последние гонки. «Дакар-2024 пока что недоступен для МАЗа. Мы вели переговоры и в начале, и в середине года. Подписав определенные бумаги, мы могли бы […]
Отт Тянак выиграл Ралли Чили, Николай Грязин – 10-й
Гонщик M-Sport Отт Тянак одержал уверенную победу на этапе чемпионата мира по ралли, который состоялся в минувшие выходные на гравийных дорогах Чили. Эстонец доминировал весь уик-энд, выиграл 7 из 16-ти спецучастков и на финише в воскресенье привез 42 секунды ближайшему преследователю Тьерри Нёвилю. Для чемпиона мира-2019 эта победа стала второй в сезоне после Ралли Швеция […]
Toyota joins WRC royalty with manufacturers’ title three-peat
The Japanese brand has become only the sixth marque to achieve a manufacturers’ title three-peat, joining Lancia, Subaru, Citroen, Peugeot and Volkswagen in the WRC’s 50-year history. Toyota sealed its seventh WRC manufacturers’ title and third in row at Rally Chile after defeating rival Hyundai with two rounds of the season remaining. Elfyn Evans led […]
Tanak masterclass delivers victory for M-Sport
Tanak delivered a masterclass in speed and tyre management to score his and the British team’s second win of 2023. The 2019 world champion won seven of the 16 tricky gravel stages to complete the rally with a 42.1-second margin over Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville, who snatched second after late drama struck team-mate Teemu Suninen. Tanak […]
Tanak closing on victory, Hyundai pair fight for second
Tanak headed to the final service of the gravel event with a slightly reduced 51.6s lead over Hyundai’s Teemu Suninen. Suninen came under pressure from charging Hyundai team-mate Thierry Neuville (+58.3s), who won the morning’s two stages. Toyota’s Elfyn Evans completed the loop in fourth overall (+1m19.1s) ahead of title rival Kalle Rovanpera (+2m07.8s), with […]
Tanak’s WRC Rally Chile lead down to “hard work not luck”
The Ford squad closed in on a second WRC win of the season with Tanak ending Saturday with a 58.3s lead over Hyundai’s Teemu Suninen ahead of Sunday’s final four stages. Tanak took a 4.2s overnight lead into Saturday but it was a strategy call, made on Friday night, to take four hard tyres as part […]
Tanak ends Saturday comfortably on top
The 2019 world champion won four of the six stages to open up a 58.3s advantage aboard his Ford Puma, having started the day with a 4.2s margin over Suninen. An inspired tyre call across the morning loop helped Tanak increase his lead to 47.8s, before a masterclass in tyre management maintained his momentum in […]
Evans explains Toyota’s WRC Rally Chile tyre strategy mistake
Evans and his team-mates Kalle Rovanpera and Takamoto Katsuta all opted to take only soft tyres for the loop held on roads that were much more abrasive than those navigated on Friday. While Evans briefly managed to overhaul Hyundai’s Teemu Suninen to claim second overall and Rovanpera climbed to fourth after winning stage seven, their […]
Tanak in control as Toyota tyre call backfires
Tanak claimed two of the three morning stages but it was decision to run hard tyres for the final stage that helped the Estonian to open up a commanding 47.5s lead over Hyundai driver Suninen. Tanak had started the day with only a 4.2s overnight margin. Toyota’s Elfyn Evans briefly jumped to second, but a […]