Sébastien Ogier admitted it was “hard to accept” losing a likely World Rally Championship victory in Portugal after running “out of luck” with a penultimate stage puncture.The nine-time world champion produced a wet weather masterclass in treacherous conditions on Saturday to take a 21.9s lead…

Thierry Neuville says victory in Portugal was personal ”revenge” for letting Hyundai down after a final stage mistake in Croatia cost the team a first World Rally Championship win of 2026.This weekend the 2024 world champion found himself in a similar position to that of…

Thierry Neuville emerged from the final day drama to win Rally Portugal and claim his and Hyundai’s first win of the 2026 World Rally Championship season.The 2024 world champion was firmly in the victory battle throughout the 23 gravel stages, but appeared set to finish…

Thierry Neuville inherited the Rally Portugal lead with one stage remaining after World Rally Championship title holder Sebastien Ogier suffered a puncture on the penultimate stage.Ogier headed into stage 22 seemingly on course to score an eighth career Rally Portugal victory, equipped with a 17.3s…

Rally Portugal organisers have been issued a suspended €15,000 fine and a reprimand following a security breach that resulted in two unauthorised vehicles entering a live stage of the World Rally Championship event.Friday’s second pass through the famous Arganil test (stage seven) was halted after…

Reigning world rally champion Sébastien Ogier delivered a wet weather masterclass as the Toyota driver reclaimed the Rally Portugal lead after Oliver Solberg lost ground to a puncture and spin.  The nine-time world champion once again outlined his class in tricky conditions to end Saturday’s…

Oliver Solberg snatched the lead at Rally Portugal after delivering a stunning time in wet conditions on the final stage of the morning loop, to climb from fourth to first. Solberg faced an 18.6s margin to rally leader Sebastien Ogier heading into stage 14, which was…

Rally Portugal organisers have opened an investigation to understand why two unauthorised vehicles entered a live stage forcing organisers to red flag the test.The second pass through the famous Arganil stage was halted after two separate incidents where unauthorised vehicles had entered the stage while…

Reigning world rally champion Sebastien Ogier ended Friday leading Rally Portugal after a wild off inflicted a double puncture for Hyundai’s Adrien Fourmaux.Ogier had started Friday’s leg struggling to extract the desired pace from his Toyota GR Yaris Rally1, but changes made during the midday remote service…

Dani Sordo called for changes to the regulations after labelling the rules that forced World Rally Championship crews to select tyres 13 hours before they needed to be used as “stupid”.WRC crews in Portugal had to make tyre choices for Friday morning’s opening loop immediately…