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
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
WRC Features How Tänak’s feeling as his Hyundai chapter ends Demob-happy? Maybe just happy. Either would work for Ott Tänak on Wednesday night. Especially when he was talking about Japanese nature and his ability to… Read more by David Evans November 10, 2022 3 min
WRC News Moncet’s WRC future in question Hyundai deputy team director Julien Moncet’s World Rally Championship future appears to be in doubt as he hinted to DirtFish that he may not be… Read more by Luke Barry November 10, 2022 3 min
WRC News Ogier edges Breen to win Rally Japan’s opening stage Sébastien Ogier has taken an early lead of Rally Japan, winning Thursday night’s opener by just one tenth of a second over Craig Breen. Kuragaike… Read more by Luke Barry November 10, 2022 3 min
WRC News Neuville and Evans share Japan shakedown honors Thierry Neuville topped the shakedown stage for Rally Japan, edging Sébastien Ogier’s Toyota by half a second. Uniquely, the final World Rally Championship shakedown stage… Read more by Luke Barry November 9, 2022 2 min
WRC News Rally Japan tipped to be trickiest event of the year World Rally Championship drivers predict that this week’s Rally Japan will be the most demanding asphalt really they have ever faced. The return of the… Read more by Mark Paulson November 9, 2022 3 min
WRC Features David Evans: Why I’ve missed the trip to Japan Barely out of the Tokyo suburbs and I’m already pulling 200mph, while eating a mince pie bought from Pret in London yesterday. Or was it… Read more by David Evans November 9, 2022 3 min
WRC News Hyundai’s 2023 driver lineup expected next week The identity of Hyundai Motorsport’s 2023 World Rally Championship driver lineup is expected to be announced next week, according to deputy team director Julien Moncet…. Read more by Luke Barry November 9, 2022
