Toyota reveals new liveries for WRC Rally Finland
Toyota has unveiled special liveries that will adorn entries for Kalle Rovanpera and Sebastien Ogier for next week’s World Rally Championship round in Finland. The Japanese brand will field an expanded five-car Rally1 line-up at the team’s home event with both part-time drivers Rovanpera and Ogier competing alongside full-time entrants Elfyn Evans and Takamoto Katsuta, while […]
Hyundai WRC future to be clarified “in very near future”
Hyundai is yet to commit to the 2026 World Rally Championship, but team principal Cyril Abiteboul says rallying is the “manufacturer’s roots” and he is not “over with rally”. The long-term future of the Korean marque in the WRC is unclear with the brand understood to be gearing up to join the World Endurance Championship […]
Hyundai WRC status to be clarified “in very near future”
Hyundai is yet to commit to the 2026 World Rally Championship, but team principal Cyril Abiteboul says rallying is the “manufacturer’s roots” and he is not “over with rally”. The long-term future of the Korean marque in the WRC is unclear with the brand understood to be gearing up to join the World Endurance Championship […]
Neuville, Tanak free to fight for WRC title
Hyundai has reiterated its drivers Thierry Neuville and Ott Tanak are currently free to fight for the World Rally Championship without fear of team orders, according to team principal Cyril Abiteboul. The Korean manufacturer’s two full-time drivers Neuville and Tanak are split by eight points in the title race after last weekend’s Rally Latvia with […]
FIA conducting WRC Latvia arch incident review, Tanak apologises
The FIA is conducting a review into a “potentially dangerous” incident where an inflatable promotional arch halted Ott Tanak during the World Rally Championship’s visit to Latvia. Read Also: The WRC title contender collected a deflated promotional arch that was lying in the road after Toyota’s Elfyn Evans made contact with the structure while recovering […]
Rovanpera storms to victory, Tanak snatches podium from Sesks
Kalle Rovanpera clinched his third win of a partial World Rally Championship campaign with a dominant performance in Latvia as the Baltic nation made its WRC debut. Two-time world champions Rovanpera and co-driver Jonne Halttunen were rarely challenged through the 20 predominantly gravel stages to record a comfortable win by 39.2s. Rovanpera took the win […]
Rovanpera closes in on victory, Ogier tops Sunday standings
Kalle Rovanpera maintained his control of Rally Latvia as the Toyota driver closed in on a dominant World Rally Championship victory on Sunday morning. The two-time world champion was unable to relax with Super Sunday points on offer and managed to balance the need for points and to preserve his overall rally lead perfectly. Rovanpera […]
Hyundai calls for investigation into bizarre Tanak arch incident
Hyundai has called for a “clear and transparent” investigation to understand why its World Rally Championship driver Ott Tanak was delayed by a fallen inflatable promotional arch at Rally Latvia. Stage 14 provided one of the strangest incidents of the season when a promotional arch halted fourth-placed Tanak. Tanak and co-driver Martin Jarveoja collected the […]
Dominant Rovanpera leads Ogier into final day
Kalle Rovanpera dominated Saturday’s stages to open up a commanding Rally Latvia lead over Toyota World Rally Championship team-mate Sebastien Ogier. The reigning world champion set a rapid pace to claim six of the eight stages and transform an overnight 15.7s advantage to a 42.5s lead [18 provisional points] heading into Sunday’s final four stages. […]