WRC News Rovanperä loses two minutes as wheel issue continues Kalle Rovanperä has leaked several more minutes and is now out of the points on Rally Japan after starting SS10 late, losing one minute once… Read more by Luke Barry November 11, 2022 3 min
WRC News Neuville reduces Evans’ lead on SS9 Thierry Neuville has responded to Elfyn Evans’ Saturday charge on Rally Japan, taking time back out of the leader as Takamoto Katsuta flirted with disaster…. Read more by Luke Barry November 11, 2022 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä hits rockface on SS8, Evans extends lead A collision with a rockface has cost Kalle Rovanperä his third position on Rally Japan but he continued on with just a puncture, as Elfyn… Read more by Luke Barry November 11, 2022 3 min
WRC Features Witnessing every WRC driver’s worst nightmare Nothing prepares you for a sight like this one. Nothing. Hyundai i20 N Rally1 chassis #4 appears to have melted into the Aichi asphalt on… Read more by David Evans November 11, 2022 3 min
WRC News Hyundai unsure it will ever find cause of Sordo’s fire Hyundai deputy team director Julien Moncet is “not sure we will ever be able to find out” what caused Dani Sordo’s fire on the first full… Read more by Luke Barry November 11, 2022 3 min
WRC News FIA to investigate “serious breach” of safety The FIA has launched an investigation into what it’s labeled a ‘serious breach’ of safety after a non-competing car drove the wrong way down the… Read more by David Evans November 11, 2022 3 min
WRC News Kajetanowicz’s WRC2 title hopes are over Kajetan Kajetanowicz cannot win this year’s WRC2 title as the damage sustained to his Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo from his crash on Friday proved too… Read more by Luke Barry November 11, 2022 3 min
WRC News What you missed from Friday in Japan What didn’t you miss? That’s perhaps the better question to pose after a quite dramatic first full day (and loop in particular) of the World Rally Championship’s… Read more by Luke Barry November 11, 2022 3 min
WRC News Evans leads after opening day of Rally Japan Elfyn Evans leads Rally Japan overnight but a stage win on Friday’s final test for Kalle Rovanperä has edged him closer to second placed Thierry… Read more by Luke Barry November 10, 2022 3 min
WRC News Evans wins SS5 to move ahead of Neuville Elfyn Evans has nudged ahead of Thierry Neuville to lead Rally Japan as Friday afternoon’s loop began. After a chaotic morning in which Dani Sordo’s… Read more by Luke Barry November 10, 2022 3 min
WRC News Pajari had to avoid civilian car on Rally Japan SS4 WRC2 driver Sami Pajari has revealed the reason the fourth stage of Rally Japan was canceled was because he came across a civilian car heading… Read more by Rob Hansford November 10, 2022 2 min
WRC News Sordo fire and Breen crash shake up itinerary In response to Dani Sordo’s fire and Craig Breen’s accident on Friday morning’s loop of Rally Japan, the event organizer has shortened SS5 and canceled… Read more by Luke Barry November 10, 2022 2 min
WRC News Breen crashes out of Rally Japan Craig Breen has become the latest casualty of Rally Japan, crashing out midway through SS4 as Thierry Neuville and Elfyn Evans moved into a joint… Read more by Rob Hansford November 10, 2022 2 min
WRC News Sordo explains what happened in dramatic SS2 fire Dani Sordo has explained that he was smelling fuel inside his Hyundai as early as Thursday before his car dramatically caught fire on Friday morning’s… Read more by Luke Barry November 10, 2022 2 min
WRC News SS3 canceled due to Sordo’s fire on previous stage The third stage of Rally Japan has been canceled due to Dani Sordo’s Hyundai catching fire on the previous test, but the final stage of Friday… Read more by Luke Barry November 10, 2022 3 min
WRC News SS2 red flagged after Sordo’s car catches fire Dani Sordo has retired from Rally Japan on Friday’s opening Isegami’s Tunnel test as his Hyundai caught fire, while overnight leader Sébastien Ogier dropped close… Read more by Luke Barry November 10, 2022 3 min
Rally Features What Dom Buckley Snr gave the world of rallying Hassington was never part of ‘The Big Circuit’ when I was growing up. This gruelling five-mile cycle, created by my dad, traversed the lanes north… Read more by Luke Barry November 10, 2022 2 min
WRC Features Kovalainen begins next stage of rally career Rally Japan is, for most of the World Rally Championship drivers, an occasion of last-times. The last rally of the season. The last event before… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay November 10, 2022 5 min
