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Neuville snatched the rally lead from eight-time world champion Ogier after winning the fourth and final test of the morning loop. The Belgian became the third leader across the four stages, following a bright start from newly-crowned world champion Kalle Rovanpera, who won the opening two tests. Rovanpera ended the the loop in third, 4.2s adrift, while Ott Tanak was fourth, a further ...Keep readingView the full article

The runner-up for the past two seasons heads into this weekend's penultimate round of the year in Spain facing a victory drought of more than a year, with his last success arriving at Rally Finland in early October last year. Evans has found himself unable to match teammate and newly crowned world champion Kalle Rovanpera this year in the new GR Yaris, and openly admits that his younger ...Keep readingView the full article

Toyota is yet to announce its driver line-up for next year, although it has been widely expected that the Japanese marque will field an unchanged roster next year. Toyota boss Latvala has previously stated he would like to retain its 2022 driver line-up, comprising newly crowned world champion Kalle Rovanpera, Elfyn Evans, with Sebastien Ogier and Esapekka Lappi continuing to share the third ...Keep readingView the full article

Read Also: Solberg: M-Sport would be a "very interesting option" for 2023 WRC Solberg to leave Hyundai at the end of 2022 WRC season The former factory Mini, Citroen and Toyota WRC driver is among a number of candidates the South Korean marque is considering, as it looks to reshuffle its line-up for 2023. Hyundai is yet to confirm plans for next season although it is ...Keep readingView the full article

Tander chalked up his fifth Bathurst 1000 win and his second alongside van Gisbergen, adding to their 2020 win, as the pair combined to largely dominate Supercars’ showpiece event last Sunday. Van Gisbergen’s second Great Race triumph arrived a week after finishing on the WRC2 podium and scoring points on his World Rally Championship debut at Rally New Zealand. The Mount Panorama victory ...Keep readingView the full article

The 21-year-old is without a drive for 2023 after Hyundai announced it wouldn't be renewing his services, a decision that came as a shock to Solberg after finishing fifth at Rally New Zealand. Solberg agreed a two-year deal with the South Korean marque that began in 2021 with a split WRC2/WRC programme, before jumping into the team's third WRC entry this season alongside veteran Dani ...Keep readingView the full article

Breen will compete alongside Nagle for the final time at Rally Spain later this month, which will mark the latter's 102nd and last WRC event, before hanging up his helmet on a career that has included five WRC wins alongside Kris Meeke and 18 podium finishes in total. After evaluating a number of candidates, Fulton has been selected to fill Nagle's shoes for Japan and for the 2023 ...Keep readingView the full article

Solberg, the son of 2003 world champion Petter, started his association with Hyundai in 2021 when he initially signed a two-year deal, with the Swede set to contest a full WRC2 programme. However, Solberg was unexpectedly offered a full WRC debut behind the wheel of the I20 WRC at Arctic Rally Finland, which resulted in a seventh-place finish. Outings in Kenya, Spain and the season-ending Rally ...Keep readingView the full article

The eight-time world champion elected to scale down his WRC commitments this year in order to spend more time with his family and to explore opportunities in the FIAWorld Endurance Championship. As a result, Ogier is set to compete in six WRC events this year piloting the third GR Yaris which he has shared with Esapekka Lappi. A full season competing in a LMP2 prototype in the WEC was also ...Keep readingView the full article

The 44-year-old has become a familiar voice in the WRC, enjoying a top flight rally career that began in Spain alongside Donie O’Sullivan in 2004, and will coincidently end at the same rally, which will mark his 102nd event. Nagle went on to win five WRC rallies, all alongside Kris Meeke, and score 18 podiums, his last to date being a second in Sardinia while calling the notes for M-Sport’s ...Keep readingView the full article

Top Performer - Kalle Rovanpera and Jonne Halttunen This year Kalle Rovanpera and Jonne Halttunen have put a strong case forward for best double act in world motorsport. This was only enhanced after storming to a memorable sixth win of 2022 at Rally New Zealand to seal a maiden world title. Rovanpera produced yet another mesmerising performance in challenging wet conditions to secure a ...Keep readingView the full article

Roma was due to join the Prodrive-run Bahrain Raid Xtreme operation for its third assault on the Dakar in Saudi Arabia next year, teaming up again with WRC legend Sebastien Loeb and Orlando Terranova as part of its three-car crew. However, having already been forced to miss the Morocco Rally this month, the traditional ‘dress rehearsal’ for Dakar, the Spaniard has now announced that he ...Keep readingView the full article

The two-time Supercars champion joined the second tier WRC2 class for the 11th round of the WRC season, for what was only the fifth event of a part-time foray into rallying. The 33-year-old, partnered by experienced co-driver Glen Weston, turned heads on debut by completing the four days of competition, held in treacherous wet conditions, third in class and ninth overall. Van Gisbergen had ...Keep readingView the full article

Lappi, who shared the third GR Yaris with Sebastien Ogier this year, has watched Rovanpera dominate the WRC, winning six rallies, with five wins coming starting from first on the road. The 31-year-old Finn has known Rovanpera from an early age, and revealed in the lead up to the latter’s title success in New Zealand, that he did attempt to coach the WRC’s new youngest ever world champion 10 ...Keep readingView the full article

Rovanpera sealed a maiden World Rally Championship title in style by winning Rally New Zealand on Sunday, completing the feat a day after turning 22 years old. The achievement means Rovanpera has set a new benchmark for the WRC's youngest ever champion that was previously held by Colin, when the Scot won the title in 1995 aged 27. Former Mitsubishi and Hyundai factory WRC driver Alister was ...Keep readingView the full article

The Toyota driver clinched the 2022 title with two rounds of the season remaining after an impressive dominant victory at Rally New Zealand, his sixth of the campaign. As a result, the Finn - who turned 22 years-old on Saturday - has become the youngest ever WRC champion taking over the mantle previously held by the late Colin McRae, who won the title in 1995 at the age of 27. Rovanpera, the ...Keep readingView the full article

Toyota pairing Rovanpera and co-driver Jonne Halttunen sealed the 2022 WRC title in style with a dominant victory at Rally New Zealand that included a powerstage win. The success has installed the Finn, who turned 22 years-old yesterday, as the WRC’s youngest ever world champion, eclipsing the record previously held by the late Colin McRae, when he won the championship in 1995, aged 27. In ...Keep readingView the full article

Rovanpera and co-driver Jonne Halttunen secured a maiden world crown with a faultless run across the four days of competition on New Zealand’s famous gravel roads that rejoined the World Rally Championship for the first time since 2012. The pair took the win by 34.6s from Toyota team-mate and outgoing world champion Sebastien Ogier, while Hyundai’s Ott Tanak, Rovanpera’s chief title rival ...Keep readingView the full article

The Toyota driver extended his lead to 32.0s over team-mate Sebastien Ogier, while chief title rival Hyundai’s Ott Tanak held third, 46.1s adrift. Rovanpera and Tanak shared the spoils across the pair of Sunday morning stages. Rovanpera will secure a maiden world title if he clinches the rally win and picks up at least two points on the powerstage. Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville completed ...Keep readingView the full article

The 22-year-old has the potential to become the WRC’s youngest ever world champion come Sunday at rally New Zealand, eclipsing the record set by the late Colin McRae in 1995, then aged 27. Rovanpera can seal the title if he outscores Hyundai’s Ott Tanak by eight points. The prospect of winning the championship has increased after a dominant performance from the Finn to surge from fourth ...Keep readingView the full article