“Everybody’s supporting us from family to friends, fans and Lithuanian Federation.” Deividas Jocius isn’t a name that many people know in the rallying world. Before WRC Monte-Carlo, we hadn’t heard of him. But the Lithuanian came to Rallye Monte-Carlo in a M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC – and didn’t do too badly. In sportscars we would […]
Thierry Neuville delivered a stunning final day drive to score his first Rallye Monte-Carlo victory on Sunday – 12 months after missing out in the event’s closest-ever finish. The Belgian won all four final-leg speed tests in the mountains above Monaco to charge from third, sealing a perfect weekend with maximum bonus points after winning […]
It was almost a fairytale start at Toyota for Welshman Elfyn Evans. He led through the first two days of running of the WRC Rallye Monte Carlo. In the end, his efforts on Sunday would see him finish third after inspired drives from Thierry Neuville and teammate Sébastien Ogier. It was a very good result […]
It was not quite the off season that Esapekka Lappi had expected. After Spain (and Australia), the Finn still had another year on his contract. Sure it was a hard year with Citroen but the French squad had been preparing updates for 2020 to return to the top. But it never happened. Ogier left and […]
ELFYN EVANS FINISHED SATURDAY’S PENULTIMATE LEG OF RALLYE MONTE-CARLO WITH A NARROW LEAD AFTER A GRIPPING SEE-SAW BATTLE WITH TEAM-MATE SÉBASTIEN OGIER IN THE FRENCH ALPS. The Toyota Yaris debutants swapped the lead on three occasions before Evans ended with a 4.9sec advantage over Ogier, with Thierry Neuville hot on their heels in his Hyundai […]
First thing is first. We cannot underestimate the strength of the modern WRC cars. Ott Tänak’s crash in his Hyundai was nothing short of frightening. He left the road at some 180km/h. The car rolled and rolled but as Hyundai team boss, Andrea Adamo said in the Meet the Crews session, “The job has been […]
Rallye Monte-Carlo master Sébastien Ogier moved into position for a seventh consecutive victory after snatching a slender lead in the 2020 FIA World Rally Championship’s season-opener on Friday night. The Frenchman, making his Toyota Yaris debut, ended the first full day’s competition with a 1.2sec advantage over Elfyn Evans after demoting his team-mate in the […]
If Thierry Neuville feels pressure he certainly doesn’t show it. Coming into the 2020 WRC season at Rallye Monte Carlo, he finds himself as now, equal number 1 alongside the current world champion, pressure from Korea to go one better than he has the last few seasons and to add to it all, his ice […]
