RALLY (Page 24)

World rally champion Kalle Rovanpera extended his Rally Poland lead on Sunday morning, while drama for Hyundai’s Andreas Mikkelsen shook up the leaderboard.The last-minute replacement for injured Toyota team-mate Sebastien Ogier, Rovanpera opened up a comfortable 18.1s lead after Mikkelsen lost almost a minute when he knocked a tyre offContinue Reading

Kalle Rovanpera surpassed Toyota’s expectations by delivering a world rally champion’s performance to lead Rally Poland onto the final day, despite limited preparation as a last-minute substitute for Sebastien Ogier.Rovanpera, who has scaled back his World Rally Championship programme to a part-time schedule in 2024, was servicing his jet skiContinue Reading

World rally champion Kalle Rovanpera produced a stunning effort to lead Rally Poland by 0.1s from Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans as the top three were covered by 2.2s on Saturday morning.Despite his limited and rushed preparation for the event, Rovanpera showed his class to overhaul overnight leader Hyundai’s Andreas MikkelsenContinue Reading

Hyundai’s Andreas Mikkelsen ended Friday leading an interrupted Rally Poland after World Rally Championship organisers were forced to cancel two stages due to spectator controlling issues.Mikkelsen won two of the three morning stages to open up a 7.4s lead before briefly losing the advantage to Toyota’s reigning world champion Kalle Rovanpera.Continue Reading

Simply known as “Mr Hollywood” during his World Rally Championship pomp, Petter Solberg has always been a showman powered by an abundance of energy and a drive to achieve – whatever the challenge. These attributes, in addition to his skill behind the wheel, combined to help the Norwegian win theContinue Reading

Hyundai’s Andreas Mikkelsen heads into Friday afternoon with the Rally Poland lead from Martins Sesks, who stunned on his World Rally Championship Rally1 debut.Mikkelsen impressed throughout the morning to win two of the three stages to leap into a 7.4s lead from Sesks, driving a non-hybrid powered Ford Puma Rally1Continue Reading

All eyes were on new kid Martins Sesks and the unexpected entry of Kalle Rovanperä but it was Ott Tänak setting the early tempo. SourceContinue Reading

Kalle Rovanpera expects to face a “big challenge” to prepare for Rally Poland after receiving a last-minute call up to replace Sebastien Ogier while he was repairing his jet ski.Toyota has drafted in Rovanpera and co-driver Jonne Halttunen to pilot the team’s third GR Yaris in Poland, which returns toContinue Reading

Toyota World Rally Championship driver Sebastien Ogier has avoided serious injuries following a Rally Poland reconnaissance crash, but has withdrawn from this week’s event.Eight-time world rally champion Ogier and co-driver Landais were taken to hospital on Tuesday morning for medical checks after being involved in a road traffic accident.Ogier andContinue Reading