Rovanpera closing on victory, Evans steals second
The championship leader could afford to back off during the pair of stages, ending the loop with a 1m29.32s lead over title rival and team-mate Elfyn Evans, who snatched second from Hyundai’s Dani Sordo. Sordo started the morning in second spot but trailed Evans by 2.7s heading into the final stage. M-Sport’s Ott Tanak maintained […]
Acropolis Rally exit has ended my WRC title bid
The Hyundai driver headed to Greece sitting 36 points adrift of Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera, but was in strong position to close the gap after starting Saturday with a 25.5s advantage over the third-placed Finn. Neuville delivered an impressive performance over Saturday morning’s stages to lead Sebastien Ogier by 10.9s. However, the Belgian’s rally unravelled when […]
Ogier explains luckless WRC Acropolis Rally exit
The eight-time world rally champion was locked in a fight for victory with Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville, with the pair swapping positions across Saturday’s stages. Ogier inherited the rally lead on stage nine when Neuville a hit a hole in the road that caused terminal suspension damage. That left Ogier, who is driving a part-time WRC […]
Rovanpera snatches lead after late Ogier drama
Championship leader Rovanpera started the day third, 25.5s adrift, but returned to the service park with a 2m04.4s rally lead over Hyundai’s Dani Sordo. Hyundai’s Neuville retired from the lead on the afternoon’s first stage handing the advantage to Ogier. However, the Toyota driver then lost four minutes to a suspension issue on the afternoon’s […]
Лоусон на Формуле 1 устроил гонку с WRC, World RX и MotoGP
В Red Bull решили устроить показательные заезды с участием самой разной техники, которая представляет цвета австрийского производителя энергетических напитков в самых разных дисциплинах, причём на уровне чемпионата мира. И три из четырёх участников гонки представляют мировые гоночные дисциплины. Дрэг-гонка от Red BullФото: Alex Carmichael / Carwow / Red Bull Content Pool За руль болида Формулы […]
Suspension failure ends Neuville’s victory hopes
Neuville held a 10.9s lead over Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier heading into stage 10, the second pass through Pavliani stage, but came to a halt 11 kilometres into the 24.25km rough gravel test. Neuville’s i20 N Rally1 car suffered a bent front right wheel and damaged the suspension following an unfortunate impact with a hole in […]
Subaru задумалась о возвращении в WRC
С 2008 года, когда из-за финансового кризиса Subaru покинула чемпионат мира по классическому ралли, «плеяды» остаются представленными в ралли в Японии и США, но не в WRC. Однако в ближайшее время ситуация может измениться, поскольку Subaru хочет вернуться в WRC, а Toyota готова помочь в этом. «Не секрет, что у меня была хорошая встреча с […]
Neuville extends lead over Ogier as Evans hits trouble
Overnight leader Neuville lost the rally lead to Toyota’s Ogier in the day’s opening gravel test but fought back to build up a 10.9s margin at the end of the Saturday morning loop. Championship leader Kalle Rovanpera meanwhile boosted his victory hopes with two impressive stage wins to sit 23.7s adrift in third. However, Rovanpera’s […]
How WRC drivers are preparing to enter the Acropolis unknown
Storm Daniel has wreaked havoc in Greece this week severely affecting preparations for this weekend’s 70th anniversary Acropolis Rally. Torrential rain disrupted the recce schedule, while the extreme conditions made making accurate pacenotes impossible. The weather has drastically improved since the drivers completed their original recce, which has left the roads in vastly different shape […]