The mental challenge WRC leader Elfyn Evans faces at Rally Japan
World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans says his approach will not change for next week’s Rally Japan, but is wary not to fall into the same trap that hampered his title bid last year. The Toyota driver heads to Japan’s asphalt stages leading the championship by 12 points from team-mate and home hero Takamoto Katsuta […]
Oliver Solberg crashes out on opening stage
Oliver Solberg retired from Friday’s action at the Croatia Rally after being caught out on the opening stage of the asphalt World Rally Championship event. The Monte Carlo winner clipped a bank 4.8km into the Vodice — Brest 1 (14.2km) test, which fired the car into a wild 360-degree spin. The Swede’s Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 […]
Elfyn Evans leads as Oliver Solberg drops to P5 after lucky escape
Elfyn Evans claimed the Rally Sweden lead to head a Toyota 1-2-3 as overnight frontrunner Oliver Solberg dropped to fifth following a dramatic Friday morning. After three snow stages, Evans headed to the midday service with a 14.5s lead over Toyota’s Takamoto Katsuta, with team-mate Sami Pajari in third [+23.3s]. The top five was completed […]
How Elfyn Evans plans to finally achieve rallying’s holy grail
Elfyn Evans says lessons have been learned and areas for improvement identified to become world rally champion after the agony of losing the title by four points to Sebastien Ogier last year. The Toyota driver heads into the 2026 season as a five-time title runner-up and the most successful driver of the current WRC crop […]
What Elfyn Evans was missing in his 2025 WRC title fight
Elfyn Evans believes he needs to be more ruthless in the World Rally Championship next year after missing out on the 2025 title to Sebastien Ogier. Evans finished runner-up in the WRC title race for a fifth time in his career after falling four points shy of Toyota team-mate Ogier, who sealed a record-equalling ninth […]
Elfyn Evans set for ‘all or nothing’ attack in WRC title showdown
Elfyn Evans is prepared for an ‘all or nothing’ approach in a bid to secure a maiden World Rally Championship title on the final day at Rally Saudi Arabia. The WRC championship leader heads into the season finale’s final three stages behind fellow title contenders and Toyota team-mates Sebastien Ogier and Kalle Rovanpera. Evans has […]
WRC title contenders set for “lottery” championship showdown
The fight for the 2025 World Rally Championship title is teetering on a knife-edge with three drivers set to do battle for the coveted crown on brutal and unknown Saudi Arabian stages. The WRC’s new Saudi Arabia finale is likely to offer up perhaps the most unpredictable title decider in decades with Toyota trio Elfyn […]
Ott Tanak’s exit a «huge loss» for WRC
Ott Tanak’s decision to step away from full-time rallying will be a “huge loss” for the World Rally Championship, reckons current points leader and former team-mate Elfyn Evans. Tanak announced plans to leave Hyundai at the end of the year and take a break from competing in the WRC just hours after finishing fourth at […]
Heavy rain could turn WRC Rally Japan into “lottery” on final day
Forecasted heavy rain and limited experience on wet asphalt with this year’s tyres will render the final day of Rally Japan a “lottery”, according to World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans. Since the start of the week, teams have been expecting rain showers on Sunday to add an extra curveball in what could prove to […]