RALLY (Page 13)

Hyundai’s Tanak and co-driver Martin Jarveoja were involved in rally-long battle with Toyota’s Ogier and Vincent Landais, as the WRC trailed a new shorter 48-hour format for the first time on Sardinia’s rough gravel roads.Tanak put Ogier under pressure through Sunday’s four stages overhauling a 17.1s to snatch a stunningContinue Reading

Sébastien Ogier is on course to claim a remarkable third FIA World Rally Championship victory in succession after distancing Ott Tänak on Saturday’s gruelling second leg at Rally Italia Sardegna. SourceContinue Reading

Sami Pajari extended his WRC2 lead to almost one minute at Rally Italia Sardegna, but it was championship leader Yohan Rossel who was raising eyebrows on Saturday. SourceContinue Reading

Ott Tänak came out on top of a seesaw battle with overnight frontrunner Sébastien Ogier on Saturday morning to lead Rally Italia Sardegna by 3.5sec at the day’s midpoint. SourceContinue Reading

Sami Pajari threw caution to the wind on Friday, opening a gap of more than 18 seconds over his WRC2 rivals on opening day at Rally Italia Sardegna. SourceContinue Reading

The eight-time world champion claimed two of Friday afternoon’s four gravel stages that made up a much shorter leg than usual courtesy of the WRC’s trial of a new event format.Starting fifth on the road, Ogier made the most of his road position and managed to hold off charge fromContinue Reading

Sébastien Ogier made early inroads for his third victory in as many rallies, charging ahead on Friday morning on the Mediterranean. SourceContinue Reading

Italian helmet supplier Stilo has created a helmet which incorporates an onboard camera, similar to those in operation in F1, to provide a raw drivers’ eye view to the WRC’s television coverage.Stilo is working in conjunction with the WRC Promoter to develop a helmet camera with the device now reachingContinue Reading

Toyota part-time driver Ogier made the most of his favourable road position to win one of the two afternoon tests to lead Hyundai’s Tanak by 1.8s.M-Sport Ford’s Adrien Fourmaux completed the loop in third [+10.5s], ahead of Toyota’s Takamoto Katsuta [+13.5s], with the third Hyundai of Dani Sordo fifth [16.5s].ChampionshipContinue Reading