FORUM8 Rally Japan WRC2 Sunday highlights
2024-11-25
Sami Pajari has created history, driving the Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 to WRC2 championship victory, in just the car’s first season contesting the category. SourceContinue Reading
Toyota expands WRC driver line-up for 2025, Kankkunen lands management role
2024-11-25
Toyota will expand its World Rally Championship entry to five cars at selected events next year following confirmation Sami Pajari will join the team for a maiden full-time Rally1 campaign.Fresh from sealing the WRC manufacturers’s title in dramatic fashion at last weekend’s Rally Japan, Toyota has unveiled its 2025 plans,Continue Reading
Rally Japan organisers hit with hefty €50,000 fine for safety breach
2024-11-24
Rally Japan organisers have been fined €50,000 and issued an additional €100,000 suspended fine after an unauthorised vehicle ventured onto a live stage at the World Rally Championship season finale. A minivan entered stage 12 (Ena) on Saturday morning, forcing officials to cancel the test after six of the eight Rally1Continue Reading
Verstappen admits he reconsidered his future at Red Bull during 2024
2024-11-24
Max Verstappen has admitted he came close to quitting Red Bull during his turbulent title-winning season in Formula 1 this year.Verstappen sealed his fourth world title at the Las Vegas Grand Prix after he finished ahead of Lando Norris to extinguish the McLaren man’s faint championship hopes for good.OPINION: WhyContinue Reading
Toyota’s final stage WRC manufacturer triumph at Rally Japan an “amazing story”
2024-11-24
Toyota snatching the World Rally Championship manufacturers’ crown on the final stage of the season was a great advert for rallying, according to team boss Jari-Matti Latvala. The Japanese brand overhauled an unlikely 15-point deficit to Hyundai coming into the Japan season finale, culminating in an extraordinary final stage showdown.They wereContinue Reading
Why Verstappen’s 2024 Title Success is His Greatest Yet – F1 Las Vegas GP Analysis
2024-11-24
Max Verstappen is your 2024 Drivers’s Champion! Following a tough start to the weekend for Red Bull, Max fought hard to claim his 4th consecutive title from Lando Norris, whilst Mercedes finished in Las Vegas in style claiming a 1-2 finish, closely followed by Carlos Sainz. But what makes thisContinue Reading
Red Bull shareholders to decide on Perez’s future after Abu Dhabi GP
2024-11-24
Sergio Perez will discover whether he has a future at Red Bull following a shareholder meeting after the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.The beleaguered Mexican has hung onto a seat so far this year despite enduring a dismal season that has left him 251 points adrift of team-mate and newly-crownedContinue Reading
Autosport podcast: Las Vegas GP analysis as Verstappen clinches F1 title
2024-11-24
Ben Hunt and Mark Mann-Bryans are live from the casino to round up the Las Vegas Grand Prix, where Max Verstappen hit the ultimate jackpot of a fourth Formula 1 world championship. The duo discuss his title win, which Ben says is the Red Bull driver’s best one yet, and takeContinue Reading
Neuville: WRC title a reward for “years of fighting and never giving up”
2024-11-24
Thierry Neuville has said his ability to keep calm in moments of adversity and his “never give up” attitude were key to finally achieving the World Rally Championship title.The five-time WRC runner-up (2013, 2016-2019) took the last step and became a world champion after finishing sixth in a dramatic seasonContinue Reading
How Neuville’s long and winding road led to WRC glory
2024-11-24
Thierry Neuville clinched a career-defining maiden World Rally Championship title in dramatic circumstances at this weekend’s Rally Japan.Often regarded among the best drivers never to win a WRC title, the Belgian can now lay that claim to rest after he and co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe beat Hyundai team-mate Ott Tanak and co-driverContinue Reading