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Sport newsThirty-five cars grace the entry in the T1 category, with a further 36 lining up in the T3 section for lightweight prototype machines and 21 entered in the increasingly popular T4 category at the Teruel-based event.Al-Rajhi was triumphant with co-driver Michael Orr at the recent Italian Baja and that success has lifted the Saudi to within seven points of the pace-setting Czech driver Miroslav Zapletal (Hummer H3 Evo) in the Drivers’ Championship. The closest…

Sport newsThe Team MRF Tyres star sits at the top of the championship standings with a neat 46-point lead before round six of the eight-rally season.After two high-speed gravel fixtures in Poland and Latvia, the series returns to asphalt for the first time since Rally Islas Canarias in May. There, Llarena finished second overall behind Nil Solans – his closest title challenger.Solans will steer a Hyundai i20 N Rally2 and needs a strong result to…

Sport newsFor a driver who utterly dominated the 2019/20 campaign, the subsequent season-and-a-half have yielded relatively slim pickings for António Félix da Costa in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship – but the DS TECHEETAH ace produced a champion’s drive in New York today (17 July) to cement his seventh career triumph.Promoted to pole position following a penalty for Saturday winner Nick Cassidy (Envision Racing), da Costa made a textbook getaway and – aside…

Sport newsFIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIPPresent:Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT – Kalle Rovanperä (FIN), Toyota GR Yaris Rally1Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT – Elfyn Evans (GBR), Toyota GR Yaris Rally1Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team – Ott Tänak (EST), Hyundai i20 N Rally1Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT – Jari-Matti Latvala (FIN), Team PrincipalQ:Kalle, you recreate the magic of last year’s first WRC win. How has it been out there on the stages?KR:Generally, of course it was a nice weekend….

Sport newsKalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen clinched back-to-back Rally Estonia wins this afternoon with a masterclass drive to secure their fifth FIA World Rally Championship win from seven rounds.Twelve months ago, Rovanperä became the WRC’s youngest rally winner with victory in Estonia. Today’s virtuoso success moved him a step closer to becoming the youngest champion in the series’ 50-year history.The 21-year-old Finn finished the four-day gravel fixture 1m00.9s clear of his Toyota GR Yaris Rally1-driving…

Sport newsKalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen have made it five wins in this season’s FIA World Rally Championship and their seventh in total with their second victory on Rally Estonia.After scoring their first WRC career triumph in Estonia 12 months ago, the Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT pair moved in front on Friday’s final stage and steadily pulled clear of their rivals to take top spot in their hybrid-powered Toyota GR Yaris Rally1.They underlined their dominance…

Sport newsThe Category 4 battle was just as fierce and the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4×4 of Tibor Erdi Jnr and Zoltan Csoko made the early running after leading the category overnight.  The BMW M3 E30 of Marty McCormack and Barney Mitchell powered its way to the front on SS7, with McCormack taking the fastest category time on six stages and the fastest overall time on SS13.Erdi retired at the end of SS11 and this promoted…

Sport newsKalle Rovanperä took a giant step towards his fifth win in six FIA World Rally Championship rounds with a superlative performance on Rally Estonia’s second leg today.The 21-year-old Finn, who became the youngest event winner in history in Estonia 12 months ago, reeled off seven consecutive fastest times to demoralise Toyota team-mate and early leader Elfyn Evans.Co-driven by Jonne Halttunen, Rovanperä relegated Evans on Friday’s final stage to reach the overnight halt with an…

Sport newsKalle Rovanperä has almost doubled his Rally Estonia lead over team-mate Elfyn Evans on Saturday morning with a hat-trick of fastest times alongside co-driver Jonne Halttunen.The Finn, who snatched top spot from Evans on Friday evening’s rain-soaked finale, conceded a few tenths on Saturday’s short opening speed test at Elva before punching in a terrific treble to stretch his advantage to 19.1s.Driving a Toyota GR Yaris Rally1, 21-year-old Rovanperä admitted he was caught napping…

Sport newsThe Audi quattro set the pace on the first four stages of the day, with the Porsche keeping pace and keeping the gap to a manageable 15 seconds ahead of the fifth and final stage of the day.  The Porsche set the fastest overall time on SS5, closing the gap to the Audi by three seconds.  Third overall was being fought over by the BMW M3 of Marc Valliccioni and Yoann Raffaelli, the Ford Sierra RS…