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WRC Chile: Kalle Rovanperä leads as thick fog shuffles the order

Kalle Rovanpera moved ahead of Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans to lead Rally Chile as thick fog turned the fight for the World Rally Championship victory on its head.

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WRC Chile: Rovanpera overhauls Evans as thick fog turns rally on its head

Kalle Rovanpera moved ahead of Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans to lead Rally Chile as thick fog turned the fight for the World Rally Championship victory on its head.

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WRC Safari Rally: Rovanpera preserves lead as Hyundai hits more trouble

After building up a sizeable lead through Friday and Saturday, Toyota’s Rovanpera could afford to take a measured approach, completing the trio of stages with a 1m53.5s rally lead over team-mate Takamoto Katsuta, with M-Sport-Ford’s Adrien Fourmaux third [+2m57.4s].

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WRC Safari Rally: Rovanpera stuns rivals to lead as Neuville suffers puncture

Two-time world champion Rovanpera, making the second start of a partial WRC campaign, managed to tame an at times ill-handling GR Yaris to open up a 15.5s lead over Hyundai’s Esapekka Lappi.

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WRC Safari Rally: Neuville edges Tanak to grab early lead

The most gruelling event on the WRC calendar began with its traditional Kasarani side-by-side super special [4.84km] in the centre of the Kenyan capital city Nairobi. Neuville came out on top with a 0.1-second margin over Tanak.Neuville took on Toyota title rival Elfyn Evans in their heat, which resulted in…

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Gravel Notes Podcast: WRC Sweden review

Lappi managed to successfully navigate the challenging 18 stages that caught out world champions Kalle Rovanpera and Ott Tanak to claim a well-received second career WRC victory.

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WRC Sweden podium exceeded Evans’ expectations

Before the event, Toyota driver Evans downplayed his Sweden chances given the disadvantage of starting second on the road.

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WRC Sweden: Evans snatches second as Lappi closes on win

Hyundai driver Lappi took no risks to complete Sunday morning’s stages safely with a 34-second lead over Evans, who jumped ahead of M-Sport’s Adrien Fourmaux (+48.1s).

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WRC Sweden: Lappi preserves lead over M-Sport’s Fourmaux

The Hyundai driver will take a 1m06.3s advantage over M-Sport’s Adrien Fourmaux into Sunday's final three stages, with Toyota’s Elfyn Evans sitting 1m23.0s back in third, as he seeks a first win since his maiden success on the 2017 Rally Finland.

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WRC Sweden: Katsuta crash hands Lappi comfortable lead

Lappi ended the morning loop with a 1m24.3s lead over M-Sport’s Adrien Fourmaux, with Toyota’s Elfyn Evans [+1m40.5s] in third after Toyota driver Katsuta’s victory tilt came to an end on stage 10.

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WRC Sweden: Katsuta leads as Rovanpera, Tanak crash out

Starting the day sitting second, Katsuta leapt into an 11.4s rally lead over Hyundai's Esapekka Lappi after a drama-filled stage four, which resulted in Rovanpera and Ott Tanak retiring from the day's action.

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WRC Japan: Evans extends lead as Katsuta continues charge

The Toyota driver increased his overnight lead over Toyota team-mate Sebastien Ogier by 9.6s across Sunday morning’s three stages to move 1m24.6 clear.

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WRC Japan: Evans closes out Saturday with comfortable lead

Evans took a commanding 1m49.9s lead over team-mate Sebastien Ogier into the day’s eight stages after starring in treacherous wet conditions on Friday.

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WRC Japan: Evans in control as Ogier nibbles at deficit

The Toyota driver could afford to take a measured approach given his sizeable advantage, but ended the morning loop, held in dry conditions, winning two of the four stages, to lead by 1m35.5s. Nearest rival Ogier was able to claw 14.4s back on Evans across the morning.

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WRC Japan: Evans in command after surviving horrendous conditions

The Toyota driver emerged as the class of the field in arguably the most challenging and dangerous conditions the crews have experienced this season.

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WRC Central Europe exit among Lappi’s biggest disappointments

The Hyundai driver headed into stage five sitting an impressive third overall in extreme wet weather, having faced some of the worst road surface conditions.

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WRC Central Europe: Rovanpera grabs lead after stage sweep, Lappi crashes

The championship leader survived slippery conditions to win the three asphalt stages to climb from sitting fourth overnight into a 29.2s lead over Toyota team-mate and title rival Elfyn Evans by 29.2s.

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Abiteboul sheds light on Lappi’s WRC future at Hyundai

The Korean marque had made a bold statement ahead of next season by re-signing 2019 world champion Ott Tanak to join the already contracted Thierry Neuville.

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WRC Chile: Evans leads as Lappi, Loubet suffer high-speed rolls

Evans guided his Toyota GR Yaris to two fastest times from the three stages, to open up a 2.6s-lead over Hyundai’s Teemu Suninen, as the WRC endured a spectacular return to South America's gravel roads.

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WRC Chile: Lappi suffers heavy roll on opening stage

Lappi misjudged the final corner of the opening gravel test (Pulperia, 19.77km) which resulted in instant retirement from the first day of action from the championship’a return to Chile after a four-year hiatus.

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WRC Greece: Rovanpera snatches lead after late Ogier drama

Championship leader Rovanpera started the day third, 25.5s down on overnight leader Neuville, but returned to the service park with a 2m04.4s rally lead over Hyundai’s Dani Sordo.

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WRC Greece: Neuville heads charging Rovanpera, Loubet retires

Neuville completed the rally's first loop of gravel stages with a slender 2.0s advantage ahead of overnight leader Rovanpera, who impressed despite starting first on the road.

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Rovanpera rolls out of WRC Rally Finland lead

Rovanpera and co-driver Jonne Halttunen lost control of their GR Yaris going over a crest 11.1km into the famous Myhinpaa stage.

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WRC Estonia: Rovanpera extends winning streak as victory march continues

The reigning world champion remained in a class of his own to claim the three morning stages to increase his rally lead to 46.5s over Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville.

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WRC Estonia: Untouchable Rovanpera wins nine stages in a row

The reigning world champion delivered his best display of the season to date to transform a 3.0s overnight advantage into a 34.9s over Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville.

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