Rally

Takale survived a puncture, a damaged car and a time penalty to make it to the finish line of one of the world’s most prestigious rallies, which is known for its fast straights and jump sections.He completed the rally’s 26 stages scheduled over the course of four days in 3hr55m20.3s, just over four seconds slower than the next highest-placed driver.The Pune-based driver, who has past ... Keep reading View the full article

Driving a M-Sport-prepared Ford Fiesta in the WRC2 class, Gill started the Rally Finland strongly on Thursday, setting the 13th fastest time during the 2.31km super special stage on the city streets of Jyvaskyla.A technical issue on Friday meant the car had to enter service at the midday point, but it was back and running in time for Saturday’s stages.Gill improved his pace over the ... Keep reading View the full article

After a spectacular lead battle with the resurgent Citroen of Mads Ostberg through Friday, Tanak broke away with a crushing string of stage wins on Saturday morning and then protected his advantage to win by 32.7 seconds. He ensured a maximum 30-point score by winning the Power Stage too. Ostberg came under increasing pressure from Tanak's teammate Jari-Matti Latvala in the second half of ... ... Keep reading View the full article

After a spectacular lead battle with the resurgent Citroen of Mads Ostberg through Friday, Tanak broke away with a crushing string of stage wins on Saturday morning and then protected his advantage to win by 32.7 seconds. He ensured a maximum 30-point score by winning the Power Stage too. Ostberg came under increasing pressure from Tanak's teammate Jari-Matti Latvala in the second half of ... ... Keep reading View the full article

After a spectacular lead battle with the resurgent Citroen of Mads Ostberg through Friday, Tanak broke away with a crushing string of stage wins on Saturday morning and then protected his advantage to win by 32.7 seconds.He ensured a maximum 30-point score by winning the Power Stage too.Ostberg came under increasing pressure from Tanak's teammate Jari-Matti Latvala in the second half ... Keep reading View the full article

With a healthy lead already in place overnight Tanak slowed his pace somewhat, unlike his younger team-mate who continued to push hard. Lappi was battling over fourth place with Hyundai’s best placed driver Hayden Paddon, holding a nine second advantage overnight after grabbing the position away from him late on Saturday. Running wide with only a few corners left of the Laukaa test ... ... Keep reading View the full article

With a healthy lead already in place overnight Tanak slowed his pace somewhat, unlike his younger team-mate who continued to push hard. Lappi was battling over fourth place with Hyundai’s best placed driver Hayden Paddon, holding a nine second advantage overnight after grabbing the position away from him late on Saturday. Running wide with only a few corners left of the Laukaa test ... ... Keep reading View the full article

With a healthy lead already in place overnight Tanak slowed his pace somewhat, unlike his younger team-mate who continued to push hard.Lappi was battling over fourth place with Hyundai’s best placed driver Hayden Paddon, holding a nine second advantage overnight after grabbing the position away from him late on Saturday.Running wide with only a few corners left of the Laukaa test ... Keep reading View the full article

A controlled run through the Saturday afternoon stages meant he extended his advantage to 39.9s despite a minor power steering worry. Tanak's escape was helped by erstwhile lead rival Mads Ostberg struggling with the tyre wear on his Citroen. Even though he took two spare tyres compared to most others' one, Ostberg still felt he had run out of rubber by the start of the day's final ... ... Keep reading View the full article

A controlled run through the Saturday afternoon stages meant he extended his advantage to 39.9s despite a minor power steering worry. Tanak's escape was helped by erstwhile lead rival Mads Ostberg struggling with the tyre wear on his Citroen. Even though he took two spare tyres compared to most others' one, Ostberg still felt he had run out of rubber by the start of the day's final ... ... Keep reading View the full article

A controlled run through the Saturday afternoon stages meant he extended his advantage to 39.9s despite a minor power steering worry.Tanak's escape was helped by erstwhile lead rival Mads Ostberg struggling with the tyre wear on his Citroen.Even though he took two spare tyres compared to most others' one, Ostberg still felt he had run out of rubber by the start of the day's final ... Keep reading View the full article

On Friday Tanak had amazed rivals by emerging with a 5.4-second lead over Mads Ostberg's Citroen despite his third place in the start order giving him some of the worst stage conditions. Eleventh on the road for Saturday, Tanak stretched his legs and dominated - setting the fastest time on all four of the first loop's stages and pulling 23.7s clear. Though unable to match Tanak, Ostberg has ... ... Keep reading View the full article

On Friday Tanak had amazed rivals by emerging with a 5.4-second lead over Mads Ostberg's Citroen despite his third place in the start order giving him some of the worst stage conditions. Eleventh on the road for Saturday, Tanak stretched his legs and dominated - setting the fastest time on all four of the first loop's stages and pulling 23.7s clear. Though unable to match Tanak, Ostberg has ... ... Keep reading View the full article

On Friday Tanak had amazed rivals by emerging with a 5.4-second lead over Mads Ostberg's Citroen despite his third place in the start order giving him some of the worst stage conditions.Eleventh on the road for Saturday, Tanak stretched his legs and dominated - setting the fastest time on all four of the first loop's stages and pulling 23.7s clear.Though unable to match Tanak ... Keep reading View the full article

Tanak and Citroen's Ostberg spent Friday embroiled in a huge battle for first position, swapping the lead repeatedly. When Tanak's Toyota faltered out of a hairpin on the afternoon's opening Oittila stage, Ostberg inched into a lead of just 0.1s - which he held on the following Moksi stage as the pair set identical times. Ostberg then built his cushion up to 1.9s with a strong run on Urria ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Tanak and Citroen's Ostberg spent Friday embroiled in a huge battle for first position, swapping the lead repeatedly. When Tanak's Toyota faltered out of a hairpin on the afternoon's opening Oittila stage, Ostberg inched into a lead of just 0.1s - which he held on the following Moksi stage as the pair set identical times. Ostberg then built his cushion up to 1.9s with a strong run on Urria ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Tanak and Citroen's Ostberg spent Friday embroiled in a huge battle for first position, swapping the lead repeatedly.When Tanak's Toyota faltered out of a hairpin on the afternoon's opening Oittila stage, Ostberg inched into a lead of just 0.1s - which he held on the following Moksi stage as the pair set identical times.Ostberg then built his cushion up to 1.9s with a strong run on ... Keep reading View the full article

Neuville had insisted before the weekend that his focus was on protecting his 27-point WRC standings cushion over Sebastien Ogier on an event where his Hyundai team had struggled last year and where he would spend Friday first on dusty roads. Initially ninth to Ogier's seventh, Neuville gained one place when his teammate Andreas Mikkelsen lost three minutes with a trip off the road on third ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Neuville had insisted before the weekend that his focus was on protecting his 27-point WRC standings cushion over Sebastien Ogier on an event where his Hyundai team had struggled last year and where he would spend Friday first on dusty roads. Initially ninth to Ogier's seventh, Neuville gained one place when his teammate Andreas Mikkelsen lost three minutes with a trip off the road on third ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Neuville had insisted before the weekend that his focus was on protecting his 27-point WRC standings cushion over Sebastien Ogier on an event where his Hyundai team had struggled last year and where he would spend Friday first on dusty roads.Initially ninth to Ogier's seventh, Neuville gained one place when his teammate Andreas Mikkelsen lost three minutes with a trip off the road on ... Keep reading View the full article