Kalle Rovanperä kept his cool to win Central European Rally on Sunday, guiding Toyota Gazoo Racing to a fifth consecutive FIA World Rally Championship manufacturers’ crown and igniting one of the closest drivers' title battles in modern WRC history. The Finn assumed control on Saturday when team-mate Sébastien Ogier crashed out in treacherous conditions. … [Read more...]
Toyota on verge of WRC 2025 title
Toyota Gazoo Racing can seal the WRC manufacturers’ crown at Central European Rally 16 – 19 October as Sébastien Ogier and Elfyn Evans resume their two-point drivers’ title fight on asphalt. Toyota holds a 125-point lead over Hyundai and will clinch a fifth straight manufacturers' title in Passau if it avoids being outscored by more than five … [Read more...]
Tänak takes WRC title fight to the line
The fight for this year’s FIA World Rally Championship is set to go down to the wire after Ott Tänak claimed a dramatic victory at Central European Rally on Sunday. In yet another twist to what has been a thrilling 2024 season, Tänak took the win by 7.0sec after Sébastien Ogier crashed his Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 HYBRID on a left-hand corner in the … [Read more...]
Neuville days away from WRC crowning
Thierry Neuville is on the verge of shedding his reputation as the FIA World Rally Championship’s “nearly-man” by clinching the 2024 drivers’ title at this week’s Central European Rally (17 – 20 October). The Belgian, who drives an i20 N Rally1 HYBRID for Hyundai Motorsport, starts this penultimate round of the season carrying a 29-point lead over team-mate … [Read more...]
Three-in-one event may decide WRC for drivers
Fresh from its latest manufacturers’ championship success, Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team will face an all-new challenge at the penultimate round of the 2023 season: the Central European Rally, 26 – 29 October in Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria. After TGR-WRT secured its third consecutive manufacturers’ title on the previous rally in Chile, … [Read more...]
