WRC News Todt declares snow-less Sweden won’t be repeated FIA president Jean Todt has told DirtFish there will be no repeat of this week’s snow-less Rally Sweden. Todt was quick to praise the efforts… Read more by David Evans February 15, 2020 3 min
WRC News Evans carries commanding lead into finale Just one stage lies between Elfyn Evans and a second career World Rally Championship victory as he heads Ott Tänak and Toyota team-mate on Sébastien… Read more by Luke Barry February 15, 2020 3 min
WRC News Evans in control, Rovanperä retakes Ogier Elfyn Evans took a clean sweep of Saturday’s morning Rally Sweden stages to head Ott Tänak by 16.9 seconds, as Sébastien Ogier lost third place… Read more by Luke Barry February 15, 2020 3 min
WRC News Ogier deposes Rovanperä from podium spots Sébastien Ogier overhauled Toyota team-mate Kalle Rovanperä into third place as Elfyn Evans once again extended his Rally Sweden lead over Hyundai’s world champion Ott… Read more by Luke Barry February 15, 2020 3 min
WRC News First Sunday stage cancelled The final day of Rally Sweden will comprise just one run of the Likenas stage, with the planned first pass being cancelled. Organizers have been… Read more by David Evans February 15, 2020 2 min
WRC News Evans storms into even bigger lead Elfyn Evans has extended his Rally Sweden lead into double figures over defending world champion Ott Tänak for the first time all weekend with another… Read more by Luke Barry February 15, 2020 3 min
WRC News History repeating for the Rovanperä family? On a Friday night, 19 years ago this month, a Rovanperä was running second on the International Swedish Rally. Fast forward from 2001 to 2020… Read more by David Evans February 14, 2020 3 min
WRC News Toyota gives Latvala extra rally as apology Toyota team principal Tommi Mäkinen has apologized to Jari-Matti Latvala for his early retirement from Rally Sweden and promised the Finn a run at Rally… Read more by David Evans February 14, 2020 3 min
WRC News Mäkinen lauds “new stars” Rovanperä and Evans Toyota World Rally Championship team boss Tommi Mäkinen thought about his answer, but realised he didn’t have to think too long. Fastest time on two… Read more by David Evans February 14, 2020 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä spin hands Evans bigger lead Elfyn Evans’ Rally Sweden lead grew on Friday’s final stage as a spin dropped Kalle Rovanperä from second to third. Toyota rookie Rovanperä had starred… Read more by DirtFish Media February 14, 2020
WRC News Latvala’s car withdrawn from Friday’s final stage Jari-Matti Latvala withdrew his Toyota Yaris WRC from Friday’s final Rally Sweden stage so the team could investigate the car’s issues. After losing time with… Read more by David Evans February 14, 2020 3 min
WRC News Evans pulls clear after first loop Elfyn Evans stormed into a clear Rally Sweden lead on Friday’s final full-length stage. The Toyota driver won Nyckelvattnet by 2.6s over young team-mate Kalle… Read more by DirtFish Media February 14, 2020 3 min
WRC News Peugeot 206 WRC – Marcus Grönholm’s Favorite Rally Car It’s 21 years this weekend since Marcus Grönholm took the first of his 30 World Rally Championship victories, with a triumph on Rally Sweden in… Read more by DirtFish Media February 14, 2020 2 min
WRC News Tänak closes onto leader Evans’ tail Ott Tänak trimmed Elfyn Evans’ Rally Sweden to just 0.2s by winning the second stage of the event. On a Finnskog stage that mixed areas… Read more by DirtFish Media February 14, 2020 3 min
WRC News Evans takes early Sweden lead Elfyn Evans took an early Rally Sweden lead for Toyota on the opening Hof-Finnskog stage. The long-time Monte Carlo leader heads reigning World Rally champion… Read more by DirtFish Media February 14, 2020 2 min
WRC News Ogier: Short route leaves no margin for error Rally Sweden’s shortened route means drivers will have to be neater, tidier and faster than ever to win, according to six-time World Rally champion Sébastien… Read more by David Evans February 13, 2020 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä stuns by setting shakedown pace Kalle Rovanperä stunned the World Rally Championship with his maiden shakedown stage win at Rally Sweden on Thursday. He headed a Toyota 1-2-3 on the… Read more by David Evans February 13, 2020 3 min
WRC News Mäkinen trying to persuade Ogier not to retire Tommi Mäkinen has declared persuading six-time World Rally champion Sébastien Ogier to stay on with Toyota rather than retiring is one of his primary 2020… Read more by David Evans February 13, 2020 3 min
