WRC News The one time Ogier was happy to be second Sébastien Ogier’s driving, and championship-winning, style might be more in-line with Alain Prost, but he’s demonstrated throughout his career that he’s learned plenty from his… Read more by Luke Barry November 22, 2023 3 min
WRC News Neuville/Tänak question strength of WRC after Rovanperä’s decision Thierry Neuville and Ott Tänak both feel something must be going wrong in the World Rally Championship for reigning world champion Kalle Rovanperä to decide… Read more by Luke Barry November 21, 2023 2 min
WRC Features What we learned from Rally Japan 2023 Rally Japan 2023 isn’t an event the World Rally Championship drivers will be forgetting in a hurry. In a way the rally was all over… Read more by Luke Barry November 20, 2023 3 min
WRC News Akio Toyoda toasts Toyota’s dream result Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala summed up his team’s Rally Japan perfectly. “We came here with one aim which was to take the victory, and… Read more by Luke Barry November 19, 2023 5 min
WRC Features WRC manufacturers to score a 1-2-3 at home Toyota has done it – it has won its home World Rally Championship event in Japan. But not only that, it sealed it by locking… Read more by Luke Barry November 18, 2023 3 min
WRC News Evans wins Rally Japan in Toyota 1-2-3 Elfyn Evans led home an historic Toyota 1-2-3 on the final round of the 2023 World Rally Championship season, Rally Japan. Sébastien Ogier and Kalle… Read more by Luke Barry November 18, 2023 3 min
WRC News Rally Japan clerk of the course reprimanded The Rally Japan clerk of the course, Haruo Takakuwa, has been reprimanded for the SS9 incident in which Thierry Neuville caught a zero car. Saturday’s… Read more by Luke Barry November 18, 2023 2 min
WRC News Katsuta passes Tänak, Lappi in his sights Takamoto Katsuta has overhauled Ott Tänak into fifth place on Rally Japan and has just 16.2 seconds to make up if he wants to steal… Read more by Luke Barry November 18, 2023 2 min
WRC News What you missed from Saturday in Japan Compared to the chaotic first full day on Friday, Saturday’s leg of Rally Japan was a calm affair. With the leaderboard more or less established… Read more by Luke Barry November 18, 2023 3 min
WRC News Katsuta moves up three places, closing on Tänak Takamoto Katsuta has jumped up three positions to sixth on Rally Japan and is putting Ott Tänak under considerable pressure for fifth. Katsuta has shown… Read more by Luke Barry November 17, 2023 2 min
WRC News Evans controlling his Rally Japan advantage Elfyn Evans remains safe in the lead of Rally Japan, comfortably over a minute clear of Toyota team-mate Sébastien Ogier. Evans already held a healthy… Read more by Luke Barry November 17, 2023 2 min
WRC News Saturday’s opening Rally Japan stage red flagged The ninth special stage of Rally Japan was red-flagged amid a bizarre incident in which Thierry Neuville came across a safety car on the stage…. Read more by Luke Barry November 17, 2023 2 min
WRC News Sordo and Fourmaux will not restart Rally Japan For the second year running, Dani Sordo will not make it beyond the second stage of Rally Japan. Last year the Hyundai driver retired due… Read more by Luke Barry November 17, 2023 2 min
WRC News What you missed from Friday in Japan With heavy rain forecast for Friday, we always knew that the first proper day of Rally Japan was going to be eventful given how the… Read more by Luke Barry November 17, 2023 3 min
WRC News Evans heads Toyota 1-2-3 in Japan Elfyn Evans comfortably leads Rally Japan with just the superspecial remaining on Friday, as closest rival Thierry Neuville crashed out on the sixth stage. Friday… Read more by Luke Barry November 16, 2023 2 min
WRC News Neuville crashes on first corner of SS6 Thierry Neuville has crashed just 100 meters into the sixth special stage of Rally Japan. Neuville, who won the event last year, had been running second… Read more by Luke Barry November 16, 2023 1 min
WRC News How Fourmaux and Sordo crashed in the same place It’s not a sight you see every day, two Rally1 cars parked next to each other straddling a stream. But there aren’t many days like… Read more by Luke Barry November 16, 2023 2 min
WRC News Evans opens huge Japan lead, SS4 canceled Elfyn Evans leads Rally Japan from Thierry Neuville after a shortened Friday morning loop held in torrential weather. Nobody really had a clean, or enjoyable,… Read more by Luke Barry November 16, 2023 2 min