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Hyundai driver Sordo began the final day just 0.8 seconds ahead of Tanak's Toyota teammate Latvala in the fight for second. But by the end of the first run of the Grafschaft stage, both Sordo and Latvala were out of contention and Neuville had moved up from fourth to second. Latvala was first to run into trouble when his Yaris developed transmission problems on the road section out of ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Hyundai driver Sordo began the final day just 0.8 seconds ahead of Tanak's Toyota teammate Latvala in the fight for second. But by the end of the first run of the Grafschaft stage, both Sordo and Latvala were out of contention and Neuville had moved up from fourth to second. Latvala was first to run into trouble when his Yaris developed transmission problems on the road section out of ... ... Keep reading View the full article

World Rally champion Ogier was Tanak's nearest rival until he had to stop to change a damaged wheel on the afternoon running of the Panzerplatte stage. That cost him around 1m40s and dropped him from second to ninth. Ogier immediately took eighth from M-Sport Ford teammate Teemu Suninen by winning the following Freisen stage. He then gained another place when sixth-placed Craig Breen ran ... ... Keep reading View the full article

World Rally champion Ogier was Tanak's nearest rival until he had to stop to change a damaged wheel on the afternoon running of the Panzerplatte stage. That cost him around 1m40s and dropped him from second to ninth. Ogier immediately took eighth from M-Sport Ford teammate Teemu Suninen by winning the following Freisen stage. He then gained another place when sixth-placed Craig Breen ran ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Ogier had looked set to make inroads into WRC title rival Thierry Neuville's 21-point lead as he ran second to Ott Tanak in Germany while Neuville struggled for pace. But just after Neuville had fallen to fifth place, Ogier was forced to stop to change the damaged tyre, giving up 1m40s and tumbling down the order. "Same line like always. Here we know it's always going to be a lottery with ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Ogier had looked set to make inroads into WRC title rival Thierry Neuville's 21-point lead as he ran second to Ott Tanak in Germany while Neuville struggled for pace. But just after Neuville had fallen to fifth place, Ogier picked up a 1m40s delay and tumbled down the order. "Same line like always. Here we know it's always going to be a lottery with the rocks," said Ogier. The M-Sport ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Though Ogier trimmed Toyota driver Tanak's advantage to 10.6 seconds on the short version of the Panzerplatte military range stage that opened the day, Tanak was quicker on the following three stages and is now 14.1s in front. The better news for Ogier is that his main WRC title rival Neuville has struggled. Running with a less-than-ideal differential after an oil leak forced a gearbox ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Though Ogier trimmed Toyota driver Tanak's advantage to 10.6 seconds on the short version of the Panzerplatte military range stage that opened the day, Tanak was quicker on the following three stages and is now 14.1s in front. The better news for Ogier is that his main WRC title rival Neuville has struggled. Running with a less-than-ideal differential after an oil leak forced a gearbox ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Tanak won every one of the three stages run in the afternoon to extend his lead to 12.3s over Ogier, who continually finished a distant second to the Estonian. The current WRC champion grew into a lonely second place by consistently outpacing Neuville and open up a buffer of over 15s. Neuville showed no ill effects of a turbo-related oil leak that stopped him between stages earlier this ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Tanak won every one of the three stages run in the afternoon to extend his lead to 12.3s over Ogier, who continually finished a distant second to the Estonian. The current WRC champion grew into a lonely second place by consistently outpacing Neuville and open up a buffer of over 15s. Neuville showed no ill effects of a turbo-related oil leak that stopped him between stages earlier this ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Tanak had led the rally overnight following Thursday's superspecial stage but fell behind Ogier after the M-Sport driver narrowly beat his rival by 0.8s on the morning's stage to edge ahead. Ogier held a one-second lead to Tanak, who was squeezed into third by Neuville on the same stage, but the gap was obliterated when the Rally Finland winner blitzed Ogier by 5s through Mittelmosel's 13-mile ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Tanak had led the rally overnight following Thursday's superspecial stage but fell behind Ogier after the M-Sport driver narrowly beat his rival by 0.8s on the morning's stage to edge ahead. Ogier held a one-second lead to Tanak, who was squeezed into third by Neuville on the same stage, but the gap was obliterated when the Rally Finland winner blitzed Ogier by 5s through Mittelmosel's 13-mile ... ... Keep reading View the full article

The Lithuanian squad has fielded a Super1600 Volkswagen Polo for owner Ernestas Staponkus in recent years, but will now graduate to Supercar with the new Fabia, based on the Czech marques’ R5 chassis and utilising an Oreca rallycross engine. The car has recently been completed at Vaison Sport’s base in France, where the first testing was undertaken last week for two days with Christophe ... ... Keep reading View the full article

The Lithuanian squad has fielded a Super1600 Volkswagen Polo for owner Ernestas Staponkus in recent years, but will now graduate to Supercar with the new Fabia, based on the Czech marques’ R5 chassis and utilising an Oreca rallycross engine. The car has recently been completed at Vaison Sport’s base in France, where the first testing was undertaken last week for two days with Christophe ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Last year tarmac specialist Kopecky stunned the WRC field by leading outright in Germany following SS1, and the Skoda driver appeared set to repeat that feat as a string of factory World Rally Car drivers failed to beat his 2m11.8s time. But Kopecky was eventually pipped by Dani Sordo's Hyundai and then Toyota driver Tanak beat both to take the early rally lead. Tanak, dominant winner of ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Last year tarmac specialist Kopecky stunned the WRC field by leading outright in Germany following SS1, and the Skoda driver appeared set to repeat that feat as a string of factory World Rally Car drivers failed to beat his 2m11.8s time. But Kopecky was eventually pipped by Dani Sordo's Hyundai and then Toyota driver Tanak beat both to take the early rally lead. Tanak, dominant winner of ... ... Keep reading View the full article

The series had been set to switch to electric cars for 2020, but that has now been postponed by a year “to allow optimal time for all manufacturers investigating the possibility of competing to develop their plans,” the series released in a statement on Thursday. The deadline for manufacturers to sign up for electric World Rallycross in 2020 was August 15 (on Wednesday), but marques will ... ... Keep reading View the full article

The series had been set to switch to electric cars for 2020, but that has now been postponed by a year “to allow optimal time for all manufacturers investigating the possibility of competing to develop their plans,” the series released in a statement on Thursday. The deadline for manufacturers to sign up for electric World Rallycross in 2020 was August 15 (on Wednesday), but marques will ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Build by Swedish team OlsbergsMSE to compete in the now defunct GRC series in America, which ran under its own regulations, the Civic has now been added to the ‘list of cars not homologated with the FIA but eligible in Supercar’, by the Swedish ASN, SFB, after a lengthy process. The new-for-2018 American Rallycross Championship is being run under similar FIA regulations to World RX ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Build by Swedish team OlsbergsMSE to compete in the now defunct GRC series in America, which ran under its own regulations, the Civic has now been added to the ‘list of cars not homologated with the FIA but eligible in Supercar’, by the Swedish ASN, SFB, after a lengthy process. The new-for-2018 American Rallycross Championship is being run under similar FIA regulations to World RX ... ... Keep reading View the full article