SS6: Lappi is out The Finn has parked the car up and will play no further part in the action today. That promotes everybody up a position – crucially… Read more by Luke Barry August 2, 2024
SS6: Lappi hits a tree! Through a messy, rutted section Lappi bounces around and collects a tree, damaging the front-right of his Hyundai! “Sorry for everybody, we are OK,” Janne… Read more by Luke Barry August 2, 2024
SS6: Rovanperä extends his lead! A big time from the world champion – 4.5s faster than Evans to extend his advantage to 4.7s. by Luke Barry August 2, 2024
Järveoja to remain in hospital overnight Martin Järveoja will remain in hospital overnight for observation as a precaution, Hyundai has confirmed. That means car #8 has been withdrawn from the rally… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay August 2, 2024
Media zone: Frustrated Fourmaux The lack of a pre-event test is really irking the Frenchman, who said he had to start the rally with his Poland/Latvia setup despite those… Read more by Luke Barry August 2, 2024
Media zone: Solberg’s quandary Oliver Solberg currently leads WRC2 by 18.1s over Jari-Matti Latvala, but there’s suspicion that gap may reduce with Latvala given quite a poor notional time… Read more by Luke Barry August 2, 2024
Katsuta is out It’s over – Takamoto Katsuta and Aaron Johnston are sat at a bus shelter, the upright detached from their Toyota. by Luke Barry August 2, 2024
Katsuta still not at service The Toyota driver made repairs to his car but appears to be stopped again on the road section. He was due to check into regroup… Read more by Luke Barry August 2, 2024
Media zone: Neuville missing the magic The Hyundai driver isn’t sure what to do to improve his feeling aboard the i20. He told DirtFish: “We try to improve it, but then… Read more by Luke Barry August 2, 2024
SS5: Overall classification Rovanperä Evans +0.2s Ogier +3.0s Lappi +9.7s Neuville +14.1s Fourmaux +31.3s Munster +1m08.3s Pajari +1m16.8s Katsuta +1m40.5s Solberg +1m47.0s by Luke Barry August 2, 2024
Video: Tänak’s crash explainer We’ve been at the scene of Ott’s SS3 accident to survey what went wrong. by Luke Barry August 2, 2024
SS5: Katsuta clinging on What happened? “Just snapped the rear.” Can he get it back to service? “I’ll try.” by Luke Barry August 2, 2024
SS5: Katsuta hits a tree! The Toyota driver ran wide and hit a tree with the rear-right, dragging his wheel along the stage with what looks like suspension damage! by Luke Barry August 2, 2024
SS5: Rovanperä grabs the lead! A great response from the world champion! Faster than Evans by 1.4s, he now leads the rally by 0.2s as they head to service. … Read more by Luke Barry August 2, 2024
Video: Pajari’s damage up close Colin Clark and the rest of the DirtFish crew chased down Sami Pajari on the road section to inspect the damage to his GR Yaris… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay August 2, 2024
SS5: Ogier on the edge! The eight-time world champion is flirting with disaster on SS5, his rear wheels skirting a ditch as he drops 1.2s to Evans’ fastest time so… Read more by Luke Barry August 2, 2024
SS4: Linnamäe gets away with one! A huge moment for the Toyota Rally2 driver who went off the road on SS4, but barely did any damage at all. However two tires… Read more by Luke Barry August 2, 2024
