WRC Canary Islands: Ogier leads Solberg by 3.8s heading into final day
Rally Islas Canarias (Canary Islands) is set for a tense final day victory battle after Sébastien Ogier ended Saturday with a slender 3.8s lead over Toyota team-mate Oliver Solberg.Ogier had started the day with an 8.9s lead over Solberg, but that margin was whittled down to 5.3s by the time crews headed to midday service after two asphalt stages were affected by rain. Sébastien …Keep reading
WRC Canary Islands: Oliver Solberg closes on Sebastien Ogier as rain hits
Oliver Solberg reduced Sebastien Ogier’s Rally Islas Canarias lead to 5.3s as rain threatened to shake up the order on Saturday morning.Nine-time world champion Ogier kicked off the loop with an 8.9s lead but faced a strong challenge from his chasing Toyota team-mates Solberg and Elfyn Evans.Evans, sitting in fourth overall, claimed the opening stage that proved to be a wake-up call for …Keep reading
Ogier heads Yaris 1-2-3-4-5 as Toyota dominates WRC Canary Islands Rally Friday
WRC benchmark Sebastien Ogier headed a Toyota Gazoo Racing lockout of the top five after a near-flawless day for the GR Yaris Rally1 fleet on the race track-like asphalt of the Canary Islands Rally.The nine-time and reigning FIA World Rally Champion won four of Friday’s five all-asphalt stages to build…
WRC Canary Islands: Sebastien Ogier leads as Toyota locks out top five
The nine-time world champion was the pick of the Toyotas as the Japanese brand locked out the top five positionsSébastien Ogier ended Friday’s leg of Rally Islas Canarias with a slender 8.9 second lead as Toyota strengthened its stranglehold of the top five at the asphalt World Rally Championship event. Toyota proved untouchable on the smooth asphalt roads on the Spanish island …Keep reading
Dani Sordo reacts to interest from WRC’s newest constructor
Hyundai’s Dani Sordo has responded to interest in his services from the World Rally Championship’s newest manufacturer RMC Motorsport, which aims to join the championship next year.Spanish team RMC Motorsport unveiled plans to join rallying’s top tier next year by confirming it will design and develop a car built to the WRC’s new 2027 technical regulations. Operating under WRT …Keep reading
WRC Canary Islands: Sebastien Ogier extends lead as Toyota dominates
Reigning world rally champion Sébastien Ogier extended his lead at Rally Islas Canarias as Toyota pulled away from the chasing Hyundai and M-Sport Ford runners on Friday morning.The nine-time world champion ended a shortened morning loop with a 5.9s lead over team-mate Pajari. Toyota filled the top five positions to outline its dominance on the Spanish Island’s smooth asphalt roads.WRC …Keep reading
WRC Canary Islands: Sebastien Ogier leads, SS3 cancelled due to spectators parking illegally
Reigning world rally champion Sebastien Ogier has grabbed the lead of Rally Islas Canarias, while officials have been forced to cancel stage three due to spectators parking illegally. The FIA has confirmed that more than 100 spectator vehicles have been found illegally parked in a protected area near SS3 Tejeda – San Mateo 1 (18.62km), which has made it impossible to run the test. “Due …Keep reading
Fast-starting Katsuta puts down a marker in WRC Canary Islands Rally curtain-raiser
WRC points leader Takamoto Katsuta leads the Canary Islands Rally after Thursday evening’s opening super special, edging Toyota teammate Sami Pajari in a closely-fought shootout inside Las Palmas’s Gran Canaria Stadium.Katsuta comes to the FIA World Rally Championship’s second all-asphalt event of the season riding the momentum of back-to-back wins…
Kalle Rovanpera offering tips as Takamoto Katsuta chases Rally Islas Canarias win: “I cannot waste this support”
Last year’s Rally Islas Canarias winner is offering valuable tips to his close friend and former team-mate World Rally Championship leader Takamoto Katsuta is benefiting from advice from two-time world champion Kalle Rovanperä as well as Ott Tanak at Rally Islas Canarias.Katsuta announced earlier this season that 2019 world champion Tanak has been offering regular advice this year …Keep reading
WRC Canary Islands: Katsuta takes early lead after stadium super special
World Rally Championship leader Takamoto Katsuta has grabbed the early lead at Rally Islas Canarias after winning a hotly contested stadium super special stage.The 50th edition of the Spanish asphalt rally kicked off with an all-new fan friendly super special stage, held inside the 32,000 Gran Canaria football stadium, which saw crews go head-to-head across three loops of a tricky 1.89km …Keep reading
Everything we know about the WRC’s newest constructor
RMC Motorsport plans to roll out its 2027 World Rally Championship challenger in October ahead of a plan to contest at least half of the WRC rounds next year, before a full campaign in 2028.The Spanish squad has become the second tuner operation to commit to the WRC’s 2027 technical regulations after unveiling plans to develop a car in partnership with FIA member club, Real Federacion …Keep reading
New constructor set to join WRC top tier in 2027
RMC Motorsport has unveiled plans to construct an all-new car to compete in the top tier of the World Rally Championship next year.The experienced Spanish team is set to develop a car constructed to the new WRC27 technical regulations in partnership with FIA member club, Real Federacion Espanola de Automovilismo (RFEDA).The project was announced at this weekend’s Rally Islas Canarias WRC …Keep reading
Davies looking to put a stamp on 250SX East Division Championship
Last Saturday at Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland, Ohio, Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing team rider Cole Davies motored to 5-4-1 race finishes to finish third overall in the rain-lashed Cleveland Supercross.In doing so, the 18-year-old moved to within four points of clinching the 2026 250SX East Division Championship over…
How Rally Islas Canarias could crown another new WRC winner
The 2026 World Rally Championship has already crowned a new winner in Takamoto Katsuta, and now Sami Pajari has his sights set on joining that club at this weekend’s Rally Islas Canarias.Following Katsuta’s maiden triumph in Safari Rally Kenya in March, which he followed up with another in Croatia, only four of the current crop of Rally1 drivers are yet to stand on the top step of a WRC …Keep reading
Why Dani Sordo is excited for his WRC topflight return
It has been approximately 19 months since the rally world last saw Dani Sordo contest a World Rally Championship event in a Rally1 car. But that streak ends at this weekend’s Rally Islas Canarias.The three-time winner is back competing in the WRC’s top tier for the first time since finishing second at 2024 Acropolis Rally Greece for Hyundai. This week, the WRC veteran and co-driver Candido …Keep reading
Ott Tanak lands 2027 WRC car testing role with Toyota
Ott Tanak has taken on a test driver role at Toyota to help develop the Japanese marque’s all-new car for the 2027 World Rally Championship.As first reported by Dirtfish, Toyota has since confirmed to ApexF1News that the 2019 world champion has joined the team to help with the development of its 2027 WRC challenger, built to new technical regulations that will come into force next …Keep reading