WRC News Katsuta quickest on Chile shakedown Takamoto Katsuta set the fastest time on Rally Chile’s shakedown stage, beating Hyundai’s Adrien Fourmaux by an impressive 2.4 seconds. Katsuta endured a troubled Rally… Read more by Luke Barry September 10, 2026 2 min
WRC News Katsuta fastest on Paraguay shakedown Takamoto Katsuta was fastest through Thursday’s Rally del Paraguay’s shakedown stage, posting a time more than a second faster than anybody on the Encarnación-based event…. Read more by Mark Paulson August 27, 2026 3 min
WRC News Katsuta claims Finland shakedown by almost a second Takamoto Katsuta sets the pace at Rally Finland’s shakedown stage – almost a second clear of Adrien Fourmaux and Oliver Solberg. Round 10 of the… Read more by Luke Barry July 30, 2026 3 min
WRC News Evans and Pajari share Estonia shakedown win Elfyn Evans and Sami Pajari shared the fastest time at Rally Estonia shakedown, with Toyota locking out the top-five. The ninth round of the 2026… Read more by Luke Barry July 17, 2026 3 min
WRC News Neuville tops Portugal shakedown, Ogier 11th Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville set the pace at Rally Portugal’s shakedown on Wednesday, with team-mate Adrien Fourmaux also inside the top-three. The 3.5-mile Baltar test offered World… Read more by Luke Barry May 6, 2026 2 min
WRC News Solberg leads Toyota top five on Canarias shakedown Oliver Solberg led a Toyota top five on the shakedown stage ahead of Rally Islas Canarias. Toyota dominated Spain’s round of the World Rally Championship… Read more by Luke Barry April 23, 2026 2 min
WRC News Neuville defeats Toyota quartet at Safari shakedown Thierry Neuville was the fastest on Safari Rally Kenya’s all-new shakedown stage – an event most World Rally Championship drivers predict will be brutal. Heavy… Read more by Luke Barry March 12, 2026 2 min
WRC News Neuville fastest from Fourmaux at Sweden shakedown Thierry Neuville set the pace on Rally Sweden’s Umeå City shakedown stage ahead of Hyundai team-mate Adrien Fourmaux. Elfyn Evans was the quickest of the Toyotas,… Read more by Luke Barry February 12, 2026 2 min
WRC News Toyota locks out top-five at Monte shakedown Takamoto Katsuta set the fastest time on the opening shakedown stage of the 2026 World Rally Championship ahead of the Monte Carlo Rally. The WRC… Read more by Luke Barry January 21, 2026 3 min
WRC News Evans tops Toyota 1-2-3 in Japan shakedown World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans topped the Rally Japan shakedown stage in a Toyota 1-2-3. Leading the standings by 13 points ahead of this… Read more by Luke Barry November 6, 2025 2 min
WRC News Neuville tops CER shakedown despite early off Thierry Neuville set the pace at the Central European Rally shakedown, despite hitting an Armco barrier with force on his first pass. After seven successive… Read more by Luke Barry October 16, 2025 2 min
WRC News Tänak heads Toyota trio on Rally Chile shakedown Ott Tänak set the pace in the first timed action of Rally Chile as World Rally Championship crews took on Thursday’s shakedown. The Hyundai driver… Read more by Mark Paulson September 11, 2025 3 min
WRC News Katsuta quickest on Paraguay shakedown that surprised drivers As a dress rehearsal to one of the most unpredictable rounds of the World Rally Championship rounds in years, Thursday morning’s Rally del Paraguay shakedown… Read more by Luke Barry August 28, 2025 2 min
WRC News Katsuta fastest at Rally Finland shakedown Takamoto Katsuta set the fastest time at Rally Finland shakedown ahead of Toyota team-mate Sébastien Ogier and M-Sport’s Josh McErlean. Using a reduced version of… Read more by Luke Barry July 31, 2025 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä clear at Estonia shakedown On an event he’s dominated since 2021, Kalle Rovanperä again looks the man to beat in 2025 as he set the pace at the Rally… Read more by Luke Barry July 17, 2025 2 min
WRC News Neuville and Katsuta joint top of Acropolis shakedown Thierry Neuville and Takamoto Katsuta shared the fastest time on the shakedown stage for Acropolis Rally Greece. The 2.2-mile Lygaria test was a small sample… Read more by Luke Barry June 26, 2025 3 min
WRC News Evans’ ire at ‘unrepresentative’ shakedown World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans is frustrated that “nobody’s listening” to drivers’ calls to make sure shakedown is representative of the competitive event. The Olbia Cabu… Read more by Luke Barry June 5, 2025 3 min
WRC News Ogier heads Toyota 1-2-3 in Sardinia shakedown Sébastien Ogier topped a Toyota 1-2-3 on the shakedown stage for Rally Italy Sardinia. Sardinia is the sixth round of the 2025 World Rally Championship,… Read more by Luke Barry June 5, 2025 2 min
