KALLE ROVANPERÄ SECURED THE WRC 2 PRO WORLD TITLE BY CLAIMING HIS FIFTH VICTORY OF THE SEASON AT WALES RALLY GB ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. The 19-year-old Finn, competing in his first full WRC season, celebrated after leading home Skoda Fabia team-mate Jan Kopecký by 4min 47sec after taming greasy forest roads in north and mid-Wales. […]
THERE’S NO DENYING THE SUN WAS SHINING IN TURKEY LAST WEEK. AND IT SHINED BRIGHTEST ON THE SERVICE PARK’S RED CORNER. The dark cloud that sat over the top of Citroën Racing as Sébastien Ogier and Esapekka Lappi limped back to Bostalsee in Germany three weeks earlier was blown away by one of the French […]
TEEMU SUNINEN HAILED A ‘BIG STEP’ FORWARD IN HIS PERFORMANCE AT RALLY TURKEY AFTER FIGHTING FOR A PODIUM PLACE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. The M-Sport Ford driver eventually finished fourth, the same result as 2018, but said he was a lot faster this time around. The Finn finished 1min 35sec off winner Sébastien Ogier’s pace in […]
KALLE ROVANPERÄ MOVED WITHIN TOUCHING DISTANCE OF THE WRC 2 PRO WORLD TITLE AFTER COMPLETING SATURDAY’S PENULTIMATE LEG OF WALES RALLY GB WITH A HANDSOME LEAD OF ALMOST FIVE MINUTES. Having lost the category lead to Skoda Fabia team-mate Jan Kopecký late on Friday due to a puncture, the teenage Finn regained top spot in […]
HAYDEN PADDON WILL SPICE-UP THE WRC 2 PRO COMPETITION AT NEXT WEEK’S WALES RALLY GB (3 – 6 OCTOBER) BUT THE KIWI SAYS HIS FOCUS IS ON PUTTING HIMSELF BACK IN THE FRAME FOR A 2020 WRC DRIVE. Paddon, who will be co-driven by John Kennard, returns to the FIA World Rally Championship for the […]
EMOTIONS WILL RUN HIGH IN THE SOLBERG FAMILY AT THIS WEEK’S WALES RALLY GB (3 – 6 OCTOBER) WITH PETTER, OLIVER AND HENNING COMPETING IN THE WRC 2 CATEGORY AND CROSSING THURSDAY AFTERNOON’S CEREMONIAL START IN SUCCESSION. Four-time GB winner Petter is signing off from his professional driving career at the age of 44. It […]
