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Sport newsOtt Tänak stormed has won Ypres Rally Belgium to seal back-to-back FIA World Rally Championship victories.The Estonian driver, co-driven by compatriot Martin Järveoja, inherited the top spot late on the penultimate day when Hyundai i20 N Rally1 team-mate and long-time leader Thierry Neuville understeered off the road and into a ditch, shattering the Belgian’s hopes of a repeat home win. Tänak – winner of Secto Rally Finland earlier this month – carried an 8.2s buffer over…

Sport newsThe young Spaniard claimed victory in the opening competitive heat of the encounter, overcoming pole position runner Samuel Drews from Germany, with Italy’s Valentino Ledda finishing third.The race crowned a busy day’s action for the youngsters competing in this year’s FIA Cross Car Academy Trophy, who are all aged between 13 and 16 years and drive identical LifeLive TN5 cross car machines, boasting 75 horsepower. The young talents, who are hoping to progress towards…

Sport newsOtt Tänak is the new Ypres Rally Belgium leader after home hero and long-time pacesetter Thierry Neuville crashed into retirement on this afternoon’s penultimate stage.Belgian Neuville had been in front by 17.2s with two stages of Saturday’s second leg remaining but a crash on the penultimate stage handed the initiative to his fellow Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team driver Tänak, who will carry an 8.2s advantage over Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Elfyn Evans into…

Sport newsThierry Neuville resisted an early charge from Hyundai Motorsport team-mate Ott Tänak to lead Ypres Rally Belgium by 16.2s after Saturday morning’s opening loop of four stages.Just 2.5s split the South Korean manufacturer pairing after Friday’s opening leg and Tänak – fresh from victory in Finland last time out – wasted no time in pressuring the overnight leader on round nine of the FIA World Rally Championship.He was fastest out of the blocks and…

Sport newsThe championship remains wide open among the drivers, who are between 13 and 16 years of age and competing in a fleet of identical 75-horsepower LifeLive TN5 Cross Car machines, prepared and run by the expert Belgian outfit. As well as preparing the cars, the drivers receive coaching and tuition throughout the year from LifeLive’s world-class support team.The points table is currently headed by Spaniard Miguel Gayoso Vazquez, who built upon his second place…

Sport newsFor all eight juniors who participated, the three days at the famous Winfield Racing School have been a gruelling but enjoyable experience. On the final day the girls focused on track action during the morning, behind the wheel of go-karts supplied by Kart Republic. The juniors were put through their paces in a number of practice sessions, qualifying and super pole sessions, before the final race simulation providing some thrilling action as the talented…

Sport newsThierry Neuville produced a plucky comeback drive to head up a Hyundai Motorsport 1-2 at the completion of the opening leg of Ypres Rally Belgium, round nine of the 2022 FIA World Rally Championship.Just 2.5s separated Neuville and team-mate Ott Tänak at the end of an action-packed Friday on challenging asphalt lanes in the Flanders region in the north of the country.Neuville’s day got off to a difficult start when he dropped more than…

Sport newsPre-event Press ConferencePresent:Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT – Thierry Neuville (BEL), Hyundai i20 N Rally1M-Sport Ford World Rally Team – Adrien Fourmaux (FRA), Ford Puma Rally1M-Sport Ford World Rally Team – Gus Greensmith (GBR), Ford Puma Rally1Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT – Elfyn Evans (GBR), Toyota GR Yaris Rally1Q:Elfyn let’s start with you. Ypres Rally is always a tough challenge on the calendar. We certainly saw that last year. We are going to throw in a…

Sport news“Inexperienced is an understatement. I’m a complete rookie and it’s all a little bit daunting.“I’m hearing that the start is super important, Turn 1 is bumpy so don’t mess it up there, Turn 2 is tricky so don’t mess that up either – it just seems like there is tons of stuff that can go wrong anywhere!”But you don’t win five world titles in any sport without a razor-sharp competitive edge and an extraordinary…

Sport newsDesigned to identify the world’s best young female competitors, the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission’s flagship programme, Girls on Track – Rising Stars,  is this week putting the last 14 girls identified as part of a global talent search through their paces across four days of intense evaluation at the world renowned Winfield Racing School as they seek a career in motor sport. Having been proposed by their National Sporting Authority and selected by the FIA…