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Elfyn Evans is poised to deliver Toyota Gazoo Racing its first-ever victory on home soil after he maintained a commanding lead over team-mate Sébastien Ogier in FORUM8 Rally Japan’s penultimate leg.   SourceContinue Reading

The Toyota driver carefully navigated through a trio of twisty asphalt stages – one affected by snow – with a 1m14.3s advantage over team-mate Sebastien Ogier.World champion Kalle Rovanpera held onto third (+1m38.9s) to preserve a Toyota 1-2-3, ahead of Hyundai’s Esapekka Lappi (+3m16.8s).M-Sport’s Ott Tanak climbed to fifth whileContinue Reading

Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville was the first to come across the stranded zero car which was pulled over to one side of the road midway through the 20.32km Nukata Forest test.Unaware of the stationary vehicle ahead, Neuville, who rejoined the rally after crashing out of second on stage six yesterday, brieflyContinue Reading

Andreas Mikkelsen has already sealed the 2023 WRC2 title – but the Norwegian driver showed no signs of slowing down on a wet and wild Friday at FORUM8 Rally Japan. SourceContinue Reading

Elfyn Evans was in no mood to take risks on Saturday morning at FORUM8 Rally Japan. And, with a lead of well over one minute already in hand, he didn’t need to either. SourceContinue Reading

The Toyota driver could afford to take a measured approach given his sizeable advantage, but ended the morning loop, held in dry conditions, winning two of the four stages, to lead by 1m35.5s. Nearest rival Ogier was able to claw 14.4s back on Evans across the morning.Toyota’s lockout of theContinue Reading

Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville was the first to come across the stranded zero car which was pulled over to one side of the road midway through the 20.32km Nukata Forest test.Neuville, who rejoined the rally after crashing out of second on stage six yesterday, passed the car but soon switched intoContinue Reading