WRC Features Was this Rovanperä’s best ever day in the WRC? Was this Kalle Rovanperä’s best ever day in the World Rally Championship? You could certainly make a strong case for it based on that opening… Read more by Luke Barry May 13, 2023 2 min
WRC Features News Abiteboul finds Hyundai team orders tough as he “cares and feels” As soon as he spotted DirtFish duo Colin Clark and David Evans ushering him for an interview in the Rally of Portugal media zone, Cyril… Read more by Luke Barry May 13, 2023 3 min
WRC News Peerless Rovanperä dominates second Portugal leg Kalle Rovanperä holds a dominant Rally of Portugal lead heading into the final day, ending Saturday’s action with a 57.5-second lead after five stage wins… Read more by Adam Proud May 13, 2023 3 min
WRC News Neuville steals third from Lappi Dani Sordo has strengthened his grip on second place of Rally of Portugal, as Thierry Neuville snatched third from Esapekka Lappi. A battle between all… Read more by Adam Proud May 13, 2023 3 min
WRC News Sordo repels team-mates Lappi and Neuville The three-way battle for second between all Hyundais continued on the first stage of Saturday afternoon, but Dani Sordo continued to fend off his team-mates… Read more by Adam Proud May 13, 2023 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä obliterates his rivals on Saturday morning Kalle Rovanperä holds a dominant lead on Rally of Portugal at the end of Saturday’s morning loop, heading to service with a 52.4 second lead… Read more by Adam Proud May 13, 2023 3 min
WRC News Loubet explains his Portugal retirement Pierre-Louis Loubet has explained the cause of his Rally of Portugal accident which sent him out of Saturday’s running prematurely. Heading onto the second stage,… Read more by Adam Proud May 13, 2023 2 min
WRC News Loubet crashes out of Portugal Pierre-Louis Loubet has crashed out of Rally of Portugal with a big impact that looked to have broken his steering. Just a stone’s throw away… Read more by Adam Proud May 13, 2023 3 min
WRC News Lappi grabs third from Neuville, Rovanperä dominates Thierry Neuville lost third place to Hyundai team-mate Esapekka Lappi on Saturday’s first stage, as Kalle Rovanperä more than doubled his lead with a dominant… Read more by Adam Proud May 13, 2023 3 min
WRC News Evans unable to restart Rally of Portugal Elfyn Evans will not restart Rally of Portugal following his crash on the penultimate stage of Friday. Evans shares the lead of the World Rally… Read more by Luke Barry May 12, 2023 2 min
WRC News The hidden problem that nearly caused Tänak to retire Ott Tänak has revealed he was carrying a water pump problem throughout Friday’s leg of Rally of Portugal, and only sterling work from M-Sport’s mechanics… Read more by Luke Barry May 12, 2023 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä holds Portugal lead going into Saturday Kalle Rovanperä leads Rally of Portugal after a dramatic opening day in which two of his World Rally Championship rivals hit problems. Ott Tänak, who… Read more by Luke Barry May 12, 2023 3 min
WRC News Evans crashes out of Rally of Portugal World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans has crashed out of Rally of Portugal on Friday’s penultimate stage. It had been a difficult event for the… Read more by Luke Barry May 12, 2023 3 min
WRC News Katsuta explains Portugal retirement Takamoto Katsuta has confirmed that it was a broken alternator that forced him out of Rally of Portugal on Friday morning. Katsuta had been running… Read more by Luke Barry May 12, 2023 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä overhauls Sordo to move into Portugal lead Kalle Rovanperä has become the fourth different leader in five stages of Rally of Portugal, overhauling Hyundai driver Dani Sordo. After Ott Tänak’s front-right tire… Read more by Luke Barry May 12, 2023 3 min
WRC News Tänak loses Portugal lead with tire issue Dani Sordo is the new leader of Rally Portugal after M-Sport’s Ott Tänak ran into tire trouble on the first stage of Friday afternoon. Tänak… Read more by Luke Barry May 12, 2023 3 min
WRC News Meeke fears he may have to retire from Portugal Kris Meeke fears he may not make it through Friday afternoon on Rally of Portugal due to a leaking damper. Meeke is contesting his first… Read more by Luke Barry May 12, 2023 2 min