Twenty-year-old Finn is youngest FIA World Rally Championship event winner. Kalle Rovanperä made history as the youngest winner of an FIA World Rally Championship round on Sunday after a masterful drive at Rally Estonia. The 20-year-old Finn is more than two years younger than fellow countryman Jari-Matti Latvala, now his team principal at Toyota Gazoo […]
The Munich-based company has added another FIA series to its burgeoning business portfolio, having managed the commercial rights to the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) since 2013. In February, the two parties also agreed to work together to implement the 2021 FIA World and European Rallycross Championships. Since then, Rallycross Promoter GmbH has been established […]
Belgian retires on Sunday to extend Frenchman’s title lead to 34 points. Sébastien Ogier snatched an unlikely victory at Safari Rally Kenya on Sunday afternoon after longtime leader Thierry Neuville’s dreams were shattered alongside his car’s suspension. When Neuville retired his Hyundai i20 in Sunday’s opening speed test, after hitting a rock and smashing the […]
Katsuta and Ogier on track for Sunday podium with Tänak back in fourth. Thierry Neuville stretched his Safari Rally Kenya lead to almost a minute on Saturday after a tense finale to the penultimate leg. On a day when the African classic appeared to be showing its more benign side after Friday’s brutal opening leg, […]
Belgian leads from Katsuta in Kenya as Evans and Rovanperä suffer in the sand. Thierry Neuville led the survivors of Safari Rally Kenya’s vicious opening leg that destroyed the hopes of virtually half the top-flight drivers on Friday. The Belgian won three of the six punishing and sandy speed tests on the shores of the […]
Sébastien Ogier stretched his FIA World Rally Championship lead with a convincing but surprise victory at Rally Italia Sardegna on Sunday afternoon. The reigning champion headed a Toyota Yaris 1-2 finish on the Mediterranean island’s punishing rock-strewn gravel roads to claim his third win of the season. He finished 46.0sec clear of Elfyn Evans, extending […]
The Welshman went into Saturday night’s short Porto – Foz street stage with a 16.4sec advantage over the Spaniard. He conceded 5.7sec in just 3.30km to put the pressure back on himself ahead of the short final leg. Evans finally crushed Sordo’s hopes by retaking almost 10sec in Sunday’s opening Felgueiras speed test, doubling his […]
By now you have read the Dirtfish articles on Seb Ogier’s traffic infringements. If not, you should read them here and here. The cliff’s notes – he got into a road traffic accident and it was recorded, as was an incident with the police and running a red light. The punishment was a suspended one-round […]
M9re WRC photos! Because you can never have too many. Enjoy our latest gallery from WRC Rally Croatia with Sam Tickell behind the lens… The RacerViews info By Sam Tickell We are passionate, dedicated motorsport professionals. In 2021 you will see us trackside and stage side with exclusive coverage of The World Endurance Championship The […]
Frenchman clinches 51st career win to move top of the WRC standings. Sébastien Ogier claimed a breathtaking last-gasp victory at the Croatia Rally on Sunday afternoon in the third closest FIA World Rally Championship finish in history. After a remarkable final day to Croatia’s maiden WRC appearance, the world champion relegated Toyota Yaris team-mate Elfyn […]
