WRC Sweden: Elfyn Evans reclaims lead as Oliver Solberg sets sights on podium
World Rally Championship title contender Elfyn Evans reclaimed the lead at Rally Sweden after delivering an impressive display through Saturday morning’s stages.The Toyota driver trailed his team-mate Takamoto Katsuta by 2.8s heading into the morning loop of snow stages, but exited the tricky tests with…
WRC Sweden: Takamoto Katsuta snatches lead from Elfyn Evans
Toyota’s Takamoto Katsuta delivered a string of fast times to snatch the Rally Sweden lead away from his World Rally Championship team-mate Elfyn Evans after an eventful Friday.Katsuta started the day sitting in third overall, but ended the leg of seven stages with a 2.8s…
Thierry Neuville labels WRC struggles the “hardest time of my career”
Thierry Neuville described his current World Rally Championship struggles as the ‘hardest time of his career so far’ following a difficult morning at Rally Sweden.The 2024 champion has been struggling for confidence behind the wheel of his Hyundai i20 N Rally 1 this season, with…
WRC Sweden: Elfyn Evans leads as Oliver Solberg drops to P5 after lucky escape
Elfyn Evans claimed the Rally Sweden lead to head a Toyota 1-2-3 as overnight frontrunner Oliver Solberg dropped to fifth following a dramatic Friday morning.After three snow stages, Evans headed to the midday service with a 14.5s lead over Toyota’s Takamoto Katsuta, with team-mate Sami…
WRC Sweden: Oliver Solberg sets the pace to grab early lead
World Rally Championship points leader Oliver Solberg kicked off Rally Sweden in fine style by winning the opening stage to grab an early lead on Thursday night.The Monte Carlo winner, spurred on by his home crowd, kicked off the championship’s only dedicated snow rally by…
Low snowfall throws up extra curveball for WRC crews at Rally Sweden
Rally Sweden is renowned for being one of the fastest on the World Rally Championship calendar, as crews thread their way through snowbank-lined stages. This year, that might not be the case, and they will have to be extra careful.Snow levels in the lead up…
Martins Sesks sets out target ahead of WRC return
Rising World Rally Championship star Martins Sesks has set out two key objectives ahead of his return to rallying’s tip tier at Rally Sweden this weekend.Sweden’s snow stages mark the start of Sesks’ seven-round partial programme with M-Sport-Ford that includes the same line-up of rallies…
Oliver Solberg keeping feet on the ground ahead of “dream” WRC homecoming
Oliver Solberg says he is “taking everything rally-by-rally” and still has a lot to learn despite emerging as an early contender for this year’s World Rally Championship.Toyota’s new signing tops the championship standings after scoring a dominant victory in Monte Carlo last month. In doing…
Esapekka Lappi thought his WRC career was over, but he’s back
Esapekka Lappi is surprised and excited to make his World Rally Championship return at Rally Sweden after admitting he thought his top-level rallying career was over.The two-time WRC event winner will rejoin Hyundai next week, which will mark the first round of a part-time programme….
Kalle Rovanpera co-driver Jonne Halttunen lands Toyota rally management role
Toyota has named Jonne Halttunen, former co-driver to Kalle Rovanpera, as project manager for the brand’s move into the American Rally Association (ARA) National Championship this year.The Japanese marque announced plans to contest the championship last year with its newly developed GR Corolla RC2 rally…
