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Dani Sordo secured a shock second career WRC victory at Rally Italia Sardegna on the final stage, taking advantage of a power steering failure for long time leader Ott Tanak. Sordo led the rally after Friday’s running, using his far-back road position to lead M-Sport’s Teemu Sunninen and Tanak, who put in a great drive […]
Ott Tanak secured his third victory of 2019 by conquering Rally Portugal, surviving a broken damper on Saturday to close further on championship leader Sebastian Ogier. Tanak moved into the lead on SS3 during the first loop on Friday morning, as early leader Dani Sordo was forced to crawl through the stage when his Hyundai […]
Ott Tanak scored an emphatic victory at the inaugural World Rally Championship Rally of Chile event, leading home Citroen’s Sebastian Ogier by 23.1 seconds at the finish. The Estonian moved into a lead he would never relinquish after winning SS2, snatching the lead from Toyota team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala. He then continued to edge away from […]
Thierry Neuville scored his second successive WRC victory by winning the Rally Argentina, extending his championship advantage and leading a Hyundai 1-2 ahead of Andreas Mikkelsen. Neuville moved into a lead he would never relinquish on SS8, taking advantage of heavy rainfall that had a significant effect on Friday’s competitive order. Due to the rain […]
Thierry Neuville took victory in the Tour de Corse following a heartbreaking final-stage puncture for leader Elfyn Evans, the M-Sport racer slipping to third as a result. The Welshman led Neuville ahead of the rally-ending power stage by 11.5 seconds having decimated the field in this morning’s 33km Eaux de Zilia test, but suffered a […]
Sebastien Ogier secured his second victory in three rallies by winning the 2019 Rally Mexico, defeating Ott Tanak by 30.2 seconds. The reigning world champion led most of the rally, building a 14.8 second advantage ahead of M-Sport driver Elfyn Evans by the end of Friday running. Key to victory for Ogier was a lucky […]
Ott Tanak clinched his and Toyota’s first victory of the 2019 World Rally Championship season with a dominant Rally Sweden performance. Tanak beat the Citroen of Esapekka Lappi by a mammoth 53.7 seconds, while Thierry Neuville rounded off the podium just a further three seconds behind. Tanak didn’t have it all his own way however, […]
Mahindra’s Pascal Wehrlein secured pole position in just his third Formula E qualifying session for the Mexico City E-Prix ahead of Lucas Di Grassi and Felipe Massa. The former Formula 1 and DTM driver set a blistering lap time of 59.347 seconds to take pole from Di Grassi by over three-tenths. The Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez […]
Antonio Felix Da Costa topped final free practice ahead of the Mexico City E-Prix after becoming the first driver to set a lap time under 59 seconds The BMW driver’s 58.963s lap was the only one to get under 59s, although second-placed Felipe Massa was just 0.175s slower in what was a promising session for […]
Lewis Hamilton capped off his title-winning campaign with victory in Abu Dhabi, just four seconds clear of Sebastian Vettel. Polesitter Hamilton got a good start to lead into the first turn ahead of team-mate Valtteri Bottas and Vettel. A safety car was deployed as a result of a frightening crash involving Nico Hulkenberg and Romain […]
George Russell secured the 2018 Formula 2 championship with victory in the feature race at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi. Russell lost the lead to Nyck de Vries early on thanks to a sub-par start, shortly before the race was halted under safety car conditions following a frightening start line accident. Several cars, […]
Lewis Hamilton led Kimi Raikkonen at the top of the timesheets in the final practice session of 2018 in Abu Dhabi, the world champion nearly three-tenths clear of the Finn. Most of the 20 drivers set their fastest qualifying simulation laps in the closing minutes of the session, Sebastian Vettel the first to set a […]