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WRC Portugal: Relentless Rovanpera in control after Saturday domination

The reigning world rally champion won five of the day’s seven tests to transform an overnight 10.8s advantage into a 57.5s lead, as the Finn moved closer to a first WRC win since New Zealand last October.

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WRC Portugal: Rovanpera charges into commanding lead, Loubet retires

The Toyota driver started the day with a 10.8s advantage but a stunning drive to sweep the trio of stages allowed the Finn to open up a 52.4s lead over Hyundai’s Dani Sordo.

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WRC Portugal: Rovanpera pulls away from Sordo on Saturday morning loop

The Toyota driver started the day with a 10.8s advantage but a stunning drive resulted in the Finn to clean sweep the trio of stages to open up a 52.4s-lead over Hyundai’s Dani Sordo.

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WRC Portugal: Faultless Rovanpera heads Sordo after leaderboard shake up

The Toyota driver produced an head turning display despite being disadvantaged by road position to end the day leading Hyundai’s Dani Sordo by 10.8s. Rovanpera won three of the day’s eight stages to become the fourth different leader of the event to date.

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WRC points leader Elfyn Evans crashes out of Rally Portugal

The Toyota driver went off the road 13.8 kilometres into stage seven (Mortagua, 18.5km) while occupying sixth position after difficult day opening the gravel roads.

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WRC points leader Evans crashes out of Rally Portugal

The Toyota driver went off the road 13.8 kilometres into stage seven (Mortagua, 18.5km) while occupying sixth position after difficult day opening the gravel roads.

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WRC Rally Portugal: Everything you need to know

Portugal’s rough stages represents the start of the WRC’s gravel season with this round the first of seven consecutive rallies held on the loose surfaces.

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Breakthrough WRC win leaves Evans with mixed emotions

The Toyota driver scored a first WRC win since Finland in October 2021 after he and co-driver Scott Martin came through to chalk up a comfortable 27.0s victory over M-Sport’s Ott Tanak on Croatia’s asphalt stages.

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WRC Croatia: Neuville holds onto lead from charging Evans

Neuville held a 16.1s rally lead on Friday morning after early leader Sebastien Ogier suffered a wheel failure on his Toyota during stage 2, but the Belgian faced a stern challenge from Toyota’s Evans in the afternoon.

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Rovanpera: Rougher Croatia WRC stages will require more puncture management

The reigning world champion won last year’s visit to Croatia after coming through a thrilling final stage showdown with then Hyundai driver Ott Tanak.

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WRC Rally Croatia: Everything you need to know

The WRC heads to Croatia in a sombre mood following the death of Hyundai driver Craig Breen, who succumbed to injuries sustained in a testing crash ahead of the event last Thursday.

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How a WRC legend is still making people sit up and take notice

Sebastien Loeb hasn’t been snapped up by a World Rally Championship team for a part-time drive this year, but the phone may already be ringing again after his latest triumph. The nine-time world champion once again reminded the rallying fraternity of his supreme talent last Sunday by adding the Azores…

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M-Sport: No immediate plans to expand 2023 WRC Rally1 entries

Nine-time world champion Sebastien Loeb joined the team to contest four WRC events last year to help boost the squad’s championship hopes.

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WRC Mexico: Ogier powers into commanding lead from Evans

The eight-time world champion, competing in a partial WRC campaign, assumed the lead on Saturday morning after Hyundai rival Esapekka Lappi crashed out on stage 11.

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WRC Mexico: Leader Lappi crashes out as stage 11 red-flagged

The Hyundai driver lost control 10 kilometres into the Ibarrilla test and speared into a bank. The force of the impact flicked the car around, before rear-ending a telegraph pole as it came to a halt in the road.

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Lappi crashes out of WRC Mexico lead on Saturday's opening stage

The Hyundai driver lost control of his i20 N, 10 kilometres into the Ibarrilla test and speared into a bank. The force of the impact flicked the car around before rear ending a telegraph pole as it came to a halt in the road.

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WRC Mexico: Lappi stars to lead Ogier after eventful Friday

Lappi lit up the timing screens across the afternoon’s stages, winning three of the five tests to turn a 1.4s margin from the morning loop into a 5.3s advantage over six-time Rally Mexico winner Ogier.

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WRC Mexico: Lappi edges Ogier after hectic Friday morning

Lappi made the most of an advantageous road position on the rough gravel stages to win two of the three tests that made up the morning loop.

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WRC Mexico: Stage 3 red-flagged as all three M-Sport Pumas hit trouble

Stage 3, the first of the day’s eight tests, was halted after the third M-Sport Ford Puma driven by privateer Jourdan Serderidis blocked the narrow El Chocolate road and was stuck facing in the opposite direction.

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WRC Mexico: Stage 3 red flagged as all three M-Sport Pumas hit trouble

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Toyota confident of rough gravel improvements for Mexico WRC round

The reigning world champion squad has been working to solve its pace deficit on rough gravel which was highlighted last year in Sardinia and Greece, the only events a Toyota failed to score a podium in 2022.

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WRC Rally Mexico: Everything you need to know

Mexico’s famous rough gravel and high altitude mountainous stages last appeared on the WRC schedule in 2020, although the event, won by Sebastien Ogier, was shortened by the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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FIA introduces rule to make WRC Rally1 cars louder in EV mode

Following a a discussion during last week’s World Motor Sport Council in Bahrain, the world motorsport governing body has ratified a new rule which will be enforced from 1 May.

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M-Sport still "has work to do" despite breakthrough WRC win

M-Sport boss Malcolm Wilson says his World Rally Championship team has 'a lot of things we need to improve' despite scoring a breakthrough win in Sweden.

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How Breen and Solberg rediscovered the belief to succeed in WRC

Last season tested Craig Breen’s and Oliver Solberg’s mental strength to the limit. At times, the World Rally Championship drivers were reduced to tears, but in Sweden the duo banished the demons of 2022 and rediscovered the ingredients for success

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