Lydden Hill World Rallycross Saturday schedule cancelled after paddock fire
On Friday morning a fire broke out at the Kent track which has wrecked Special ONE Racing’s entire paddock equipment and cars, including both Loeb and team-mate Guerlain Chicherit’s Lancia Delta Evo-E RX machines. Nobody was injured in the fire. Due to an ongoing investigation into the fire the World Rallycross track action and races […]
Rovanpera’s WRC Rally Estonia pace a “big surprise” for Toyota
The reigning world champion made light work of sweeping the fast gravel stages to end Friday with a 3.0s lead over Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville heading into Saturday’s nine stages. Rovanpera’s surge to the rally lead included two stages wins in the afternoon despite facing the disadvantage of facing the rutted roads first. The 22-year-old’s stage […]
Tanak’s WRC Estonia drive “probably his best” for team
Tanak has largely dominated the times to claim six of the event’s eight stages to date, winning five of Friday’s seven tests including a clean sweep of the morning loop. The performance would have translated into a rally lead had the 2019 world champion avoided a five-minute penalty for an engine change on Thursday before […]
Rovanpera strikes to overhaul Neuville
The Toyota driver appeared to make light work of opening the roads to end the day with a slender 3.0s lead over Neuville. Neuville assumed the rally lead on stage two and held the advantage until stage six when Rovanpera managed to overhaul the Belgian after claiming his second stage win of the event. However, […]
Lappi avoids penalty after WRC Rally Estonia startline confusion
The Hyundai driver was reported to have started stage three late which left the Finn potentially facing a time penalty. However, Lappi has since explained that he started the stage on time but was briefly delayed due to a miscommunication with the startline marshals. Lappi headed to the stage start having lost hybrid power following […]
Neuville leads as a fired up Tanak dominates the times
Hyundai driver Neuville produced head-turning speed on the fast gravel roads to leap into a 6.8s-lead over championship leader Kalle Rovanpera, having started the day sitting fourth overall. Rovanpera produced an impressive damage limitation drive considering the Toyota driver had to open the loose gravel stages. However, it was a determined Tanak, hit by a […]
Tanak wins opening stage, Evans and Lappi share lead
The 2019 world champion kicked off the 21-stage event by winning the opening 3.3km Tartu Vald test but is sitting last in the overall standings after being hit with a five-minute penalty following an enforced engine change after shakedown. Facing an uphill struggle to score championship points, Tanak highlighted what could have been by winning […]
Tanak’s «harsh» engine penalty a «shame» for WRC Estonia fight
Toyota’s championship leader Rovanpera and M-Sport rival Tanak headed into the event as the overwhelming favourites to challenge for the win on Estonia’s fast gravel roads. However, an enforced engine change on Tanak’s Ford Puma due to a significant failure following Thursday’s shakedown has effectively put the Estonian out of the victory hunt on home […]
WRC engine update to put Toyota on par with Hyundai
Toyota will debut its new engine update at this weekend’s Rally Estonia after the reigning world champions elected to use one of its homologation jokers to make the change. It has been widely considered that Hyundai has held a top-end speed advantage over Toyota since the introduction of the Rally1 regulations last year. The deficit […]