Sebastien Ogier leads as Toyota locks out top five
The nine-time world champion was the pick of the Toyotas as the Japanese brand locked out the top five positions Sébastien Ogier ended Friday’s leg of Rally Islas Canarias with a slender 8.9 second lead as Toyota strengthened its stranglehold of the top five at the asphalt World Rally Championship event. Toyota proved […]
Sebastien Ogier extends lead as Toyota dominates
Reigning world rally champion Sébastien Ogier extended his lead at Rally Islas Canarias as Toyota pulled away from the chasing Hyundai and M-Sport Ford runners on Friday morning. The nine-time world champion ended a shortened morning loop with a 5.9s lead over team-mate Pajari. Toyota filled the top five positions to outline its dominance on […]
I cannot waste this support
Last year’s Rally Islas Canarias winner is offering valuable tips to his close friend and former team-mate World Rally Championship leader Takamoto Katsuta is benefiting from advice from two-time world champion Kalle Rovanperä as well as Ott Tanak at Rally Islas Canarias. Katsuta announced earlier this season that 2019 world champion Tanak has […]
Katsuta takes early lead after stadium super special
World Rally Championship leader Takamoto Katsuta has grabbed the early lead at Rally Islas Canarias after winning a hotly contested stadium super special stage. The 50th edition of the Spanish asphalt rally kicked off with an all-new fan friendly super special stage, held inside the 32,000 Gran Canaria football stadium, which saw crews go head-to-head across three […]
How Rally Islas Canarias could crown another new WRC winner
The 2026 World Rally Championship has already crowned a new winner in Takamoto Katsuta, and now Sami Pajari has his sights set on joining that club at this weekend’s Rally Islas Canarias. Following Katsuta’s maiden triumph in Safari Rally Kenya in March, which he followed up with another in Croatia, only four of the current crop […]
Why Dani Sordo is excited for his WRC topflight return
It has been approximately 19 months since the rally world last saw Dani Sordo contest a World Rally Championship event in a Rally1 car. But that streak ends at this weekend’s Rally Islas Canarias. The three-time winner is back competing in the WRC’s top tier for the first time since finishing second at 2024 Acropolis […]
Thierry Neuville wants to «make everyone proud again” at WRC Rally Islas Canarias
Thierry Neuville says the target for next week’s Rally Islas Canarias is to “make everyone proud again” after a mistake cost Hyundai a World Rally Championship win in Croatia. Hyundai appeared on course to claim a first win of the season last weekend, with Neuville taking a lead of more than a minute into the […]
Ott Tanak lands 2027 WRC car testing role with Toyota
Ott Tanak has taken on a test driver role at Toyota to help develop the Japanese marque’s all-new car for the 2027 World Rally Championship. As first reported by Dirtfish, Toyota has since confirmed to Motorsport.com that the 2019 world champion has joined the team to help with the development of its 2027 WRC challenger, […]
The Rally1 rookie proving he belongs in the WRC top flight
M-Sport-Ford’s new signing Jon Armstrong feels his head turning pace in Croatia last weekend has proved he belongs in the World Rally Championship’s top tier.At the start of the year, the 2025 European Rally Championship runner-up outlined that one of his objectives was to prove he deserves a place in rallying’s elite after M-Sport showed […]