WRC News Acropolis Rally drama for Katsuta and Lappi on SS11 Takamoto Katsuta and Esapekka Lappi both hit trouble on Saturday’s penultimate Acropolis Rally Greece stage, as Elfyn Evans also punctured. First to find trouble was… Read more by Ida Wood September 9, 2023 3 min
WRC News How a restaurant tap saved Lappi’s Acropolis Fifth place and over 30 seconds down on his rally-leading team-mate, who theoretically had a worse road position than him, didn’t represent the ideal Friday… Read more by Luke Barry September 8, 2023 2 min
WRC Features Winners + losers from Rally Finland 2023 Kalle Rovanperä, Ott Tänak and Esapekka Lappi would’ve been many people’s shouts to be the top three finishers on Rally Finland, rather than the three… Read more by Luke Barry August 6, 2023 5 min
WRC News Lappi out of Rally Finland, Rovanperä to restart Esapekka Lappi will play no further part in Rally Finland, but both Kalle Rovanperä and Pierre-Louis Loubet will restart on Saturday. Four Rally1 cars retired… Read more by Luke Barry August 4, 2023 3 min
WRC News Lappi explains his Rally Finland crash Esapekka Lappi has confirmed he did not sustain any serious injuries in his SS5 crash on Rally Finland, and the chassis of his Hyundai is… Read more by Ida Wood August 4, 2023 2 min
WRC News Lappi crashes out, Rovanperä leads over Evans Kalle Rovanperä leads Rally Finland by a slim 3.9 seconds after Friday’s morning loop, as fellow Finn Esapekka Lappi crashed out of SS5. Lappi had… Read more by Ida Wood August 4, 2023 3 min
WRC News Lappi’s theory for how to slow down Rovanperä Esapekka Lappi has been a long-term admirer of his fellow Finn Kalle Rovanperä. After witnessing his then team-mate produce that stunning powerstage performance in Croatia… Read more by Luke Barry July 29, 2023 2 min
WRC News Lappi searching for more Hyundai grip Today is a big day for Esapekka Lappi. The day where he hopes to make his Hyundai i20 N Rally1 a Rally Finland winner. Straight… Read more by Luke Barry July 24, 2023 3 min
WRC News Neuville reveals how Hyundai unlocked its speed Thierry Neuville dared. Thierry Neuville delivered. Precisely one week ago, Hyundai Motorsport’s team leader stood in a field in England and told DirtFish he had… Read more by David Evans July 21, 2023 2 min
WRC News Why Lappi wasn’t penalized for starting a stage late At the end of Rally Estonia’s first full day, Esapekka Lappi is sitting pretty – third overnight and just 12.2 seconds adrift of the leader… Read more by Luke Barry July 21, 2023 2 min
WRC News Hyundai has a hybrid weakness – Abiteboul Hyundai team principal Cyril Abiteboul says the installation of the hybrid unit is a weakness of the i20 N Rally1, which is in part why… Read more by Luke Barry July 21, 2023 2 min
WRC News Evans and Lappi share lead after Estonia SS1 Home hero Ott Tänak won Thursday evening’s opening superspecial stage, but it is Elfyn Evans and Esapekka Lappi who jointly hold the Rally Estonia lead… Read more by Mark Paulson July 20, 2023 2 min
WRC News Could recce decide Rally Estonia? This week more than perhaps any other, the winner of the latest round of the World Rally Championship is being decided today. And yesterday. That’s… Read more by David Evans July 19, 2023 2 min
WRC News WRC stars enter Estonian and Finnish national events It used to be the Mänttä Rally. Then it was the Pirelli Rally. Latterly, of course, it’s been Rally Estonia, until Tartu transferred from appetiser… Read more by David Evans June 29, 2023 2 min
WRC News The positives Lappi can take from Safari Rally Esapekka Lappi has four very good reasons to forget last weekend’s Safari Rally Kenya – all four of them propshaft related. But the Hyundai driver… Read more by Luke Barry June 27, 2023 3 min
WRC News Hyundai’s propshaft problem has existed since Monte 2022 The propshaft problem that sidelined Esapekka Lappi from both shakedown and the rally itself on Safari Rally Kenya has existed since January 2022, DirtFish can… Read more by Luke Barry June 24, 2023 3 min
WRC News Lappi expected to retire from Safari on Saturday morning Cyril Abiteboul, Team DirtFish is coming to say hello – sent by Esapekka Lappi. And we will get to Hyundai’s team principal at this afternoon’s… Read more by David Evans June 24, 2023 2 min
WRC News Lappi didn’t manage a single run of shakedown Esapekka Lappi will start this week’s Safari Rally Kenya without completing a single test run aboard his Hyundai i20 N Rally1. Lappi suffered a double… Read more by David Evans June 21, 2023 2 min
