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Sport newsKalle Rovanperä secured an emphatic victory at Rally Sweden on Sunday afternoon – 21 years after father Harri claimed his sole FIA World Rally Championship win at the event.The Finn, navigated by Jonne Halttunen, scored his third career success by 22.0sec after Toyota GR Yaris team-mate Elfyn Evans crashed out in a snowbank on the final morning. Rovanperä leads the series by 14 points after round two of 13.Rovanperä was only four months old…

Sport newsFive different drivers led this second round of the FIA World Rally Championship in Friday’s opening leg, but the Finn took control for a second time on Saturday morning and fended off an attack from Toyota GR Yaris team-mate Elfyn Evans.Rovanperä headed Evans by just 1.2sec with two speed tests remaining. As night fell, he turned up the pace further to win both stages and extend his advantage to 8.3sec over the Welshman with…

Sport newsThierry Neuville grabbed the lead of Rally Sweden in Friday night’s closing kilometres after an extraordinary opening leg in which five drivers topped the leaderboard.The Belgian demoted Elfyn Evans in the concluding snow and ice-coated speed test on the edge of host city Umeå to overnight with a 4.3sec advantage in his Hyundai i20 N.Neuville was fifth with two of the seven special stages remaining, but as darkness fell he delivered his best pace…

Sport newsLewis Hamilton led a Mercedes one-two on the final day of Formula 1’s pre-season shakedown at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with the seven-time champion using the C5 compound Pirelli tyres to beat new team-mate George Russell by just under a tenth of a second.Hamilton set his fastest times late in the afternoon session, the early part of which had been given over to wet running on an artificially dampened track. The Mercedes driver ended the session…

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Sport newsFerrari’s Charles Leclerc set the fastest time on the second day of Formula 1’s pre-season shakedown in Spain. The Monegasque driver set his best time of 1:19.689 late in the day with AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly second ahead of the morning’s quickest driver Daniel Ricciardo.Leclerc used the C3 medium compound Pirelli tyres to set his best time while Gasly, who also set his time late, used the C34 soft tyre, as did Ricciardo.Ricciardo had been…

Sport newsFIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIPPresent:Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT – Kalle Rovanperä (FIN), Toyota GR Yaris Rally1Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT – Oliver Solberg (SWE), Hyundai i20 N Rally1M-Sport Ford WRT – Craig Breen (IRL), Ford Puma Rally1Q:Kalle, let’s start with you, it’s going to be first on the road for a brand new Rally Sweden. What are your impressions of the stages from the recce and what it’s going to potentially be like this weekend?KR:I think…

Members newsFunded by the Minister of Natural Resources of Canada, the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) started the development of an interactive Electric Vehicles Buyer’s Guide.The funding for the project was provided through the Natural Resources Canada’s Zero-Emission Vehicle Awareness Initiative, supporting projects aiming to increase awareness, knowledge and public confidence in Zero-Emission Vehicles and public charging and refueling infrastructure.The Guide will provide consumers with details on critical elements of electric vehicle ownership. CAA hopes that once Canadians have the…

Sport newsLando Norris went quickest on the opening day of testing in Barcelona as Formula 1’s new era got underway at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The McLaren driver ended the session more than half a second clear of the Ferrari cars of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. Built to satisfy the most extensive set of regulation changes in the sport’s history, all aimed at closer racing and a more competitive grid, teams arrived in Barcelona with…

Sport newsFollowing technical and administrative checks, the first track action of the event will commence during the Test Day, held on Sunday 5 June.The race week will feature the return of the popular pit walk, which is planned for Tuesday, with practice sessions kicking off the following day and the Hyperpole session scheduled for Thursday evening. The 2022 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans will start at 16:00 on Saturday 11 June.The full…