Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville has inherited the Acropolis Rally lead after team-mate Dani Sordo became the latest World Rally Championship Rally1 driver to hit trouble.Sordo had moved into the lead of the rally on the opening stage of the day when team-mate and overnight leader Ott Tanak suffered two punctures inContinue Reading
Hyundai’s Dani Sordo moved into the lead of the Acropolis Rally after World Rally Championship title contender Ott Tanak suffered a double puncture in stage seven.Tanak started Saturday with a 21.8s margin over Sordo before drama struck twice in the day’s opening stage, Rengini, 28.67km.The 2019 world champion suffered aContinue Reading
Sebastian Ogier says World Rally Championship leader Thierry Neuville should “stop crying” and “learn driving first on the road” following an eventful opening day at the Acropolis Rally.Ogier’s comments aimed at the Hyundai driver arrived after the eight-time world champion won three of the day’s six stages, starting second onContinue Reading
Sébastien Ogier holds a 5.9-second lead over Adrien Fourmaux at the midway point of Friday’s action at EKO Acropolis Rally Greece, as several of his FIA World Rally Championship title contenders were hit by mechanical woes. SourceContinue Reading
Often referred to as the ‘European Safari’ given the incredibly tough conditions, this weekend’s World Rally Championship Acropolis Rally is likely to be even tougher than its African counterpart.WRC drivers are set to face possibly the roughest Acropolis Rally in recent memory thanks to series of contributing factors that hasContinue Reading
Sebastien Ogier has confirmed plans to contest the remaining rounds of the World Rally Championship to help Toyota challenge for both the drivers’ and manufacturers’ crowns.The eight-time world champion was set to contest a half-season campaign in his role as a part-time driver, but his impressive run of three winsContinue Reading
Thierry Neuville is edging closer towards his maiden WRC crown as finishing second at last month’s Rally Finland extended his advantage at the top.The Hyundai driver arrived in Scandinavia with just an eight-point advantage over team-mate Ott Tanak, but a stage three crash has left the 2019 world champion 31Continue Reading
A new World Rally Championship docuseries will launch later this month offering fans a rare behind-the-scenes look at M-Sport-Ford’s 2024 campaign.The series titled More than Machine produced in partnership with team sponsor SafetyCulture by Superlative Films is a six-part documentary that follows the daily lives of M-Sport’s drivers Adrien Fourmaux andContinue Reading
Dani Sordo will contest another World Rally Championship event this year after confirmation Hyundai has selected the veteran to pilot its third entry at next month’s Acropolis Rally Greece.Sordo’s immediate WRC future had been unknown, with the Spaniard revealing earlier this season that he had only two outings planned withContinue Reading
Ever wondered why a World Rally Championship driver is faster than another on a stage? From next season some of those answers will come to light through the championship’s new Command Centre concept.For rally fans of a certain generation, Virtual Spectator provided the first clear opportunity to understand and compareContinue Reading