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WRC Sardinia: The Good, The Bad and a Hyundai revival

Top Performer - Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm

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WRC Sardinia: Neuville heads Hyundai 1-2 to boost title hopes

Neuville and co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe enjoyed a relatively comfortable run through Sunday’s four stages to complete a 33 seconds victory from Hyundai team-mate Esapekka Lappi.

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WRC Sardinia: Neuville extends lead with first win of 2023 in sight

Despite holding a healthy 36.4s overnight lead, Neuville elected to push while the majority of his rivals opted to preserve their cars and tyres.

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M-Sport explains “difficult to swallow” Tanak WRC Sardinia retirement

Tanak’s Ford Puma initially ground to a halt after running through a water splash in sight of the finish on stage 10. The 2019 world champion lost 20 seconds as the car stalled, although he was able to engage EV mode briefly to finish the stage.

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WRC Sardinia: Ogier reclaims lead from Lappi as water splashes wreak havoc

The eight-time world champion started the loop 0.1s adrift but ended with an 18.2s lead after the pair enjoyed a thrilling battle before Lappi's challenge began to unravel in the final two stages.

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Loubet, Katsuta retire from WRC Rally Sardinia

Loubet endured an eventful Friday at the rough gravel event which ultimately ended with a crash on stage seven.

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WRC Sardinia: Lappi fights back to lead Ogier by 0.1s

Eight-time world champion Ogier took a 16.3s lead over Lappi heading into the afternoon's three stages after winning two of the three morning tests, held in largely dry conditions. However, Lappi starred in the wet to grab the rally lead on the final stage of the day, despite picking up…

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WRC Sardinia: Lappi pips Tanak to lead after super special opener

The Finn successfully navigated the 3.23km test, held across a mix of tarmac and gravel surfaces in host city Olbia, to clock a time 0.2s faster than M-Sport’s Ott Tanak.

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Drivers welcome opportunity to share ideas to improve the WRC

The championship has been pushing for a meeting with the series’ drivers to discuss the future direction of the category following Thierry Neuville’s comments in Portugal last month, where he declared the WRC needs to “change” to improve engagement with manufacturers, media and the fans.

Autosport

WRC Rally Sardinia: Everything you need to know

Sardinia is renowned for its brutal rough gravel stages that test the WRC drivers and cars to the limit, and this year marks the event's 20-year anniversary.

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The important WRC discussion triggered by Neuville's outburst

No matter what the business, if you stand still and fail to innovate as markets change there is a risk of being left behind and the prospect of not achieving the potential. This is the crux of Thierry Neuville’s comments made in the lead up to Rally Portugal. The Hyundai…

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WRC Portugal: The Good, The Bad and Rovanpera's return to form

Top Performer - Kalle Rovanpera and Jonne Halttunen

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WRC Portugal: Rovanpera charges into commanding lead, Loubet retires

The Toyota driver started the day with a 10.8s advantage but a stunning drive to sweep the trio of stages allowed the Finn to open up a 52.4s lead over Hyundai’s Dani Sordo.

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Loubet’s WRC Rally Portugal podium hopes saved by “precision kicking”

The Frenchman led the rally after winning Friday’s opening stage although drama struck at the of stage three when his Ford Puma developed a fire.

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WRC Portugal: Faultless Rovanpera heads Sordo after leaderboard shake up

The Toyota driver produced an head turning display despite being disadvantaged by road position to end the day leading Hyundai’s Dani Sordo by 10.8s. Rovanpera won three of the day’s eight stages to become the fourth different leader of the event to date.

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WRC Rally Portugal: Everything you need to know

Portugal’s rough stages represents the start of the WRC’s gravel season with this round the first of seven consecutive rallies held on the loose surfaces.

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FIA encouraged by WRC Rally USA demonstration

The USA has emerged as a contender to join the WRC schedule for the first time since the Olympus Rally in 1988.

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Tanak: M-Sport WRC Puma sweet spot difficult to find

The 2019 world champion once again showed flashes of speed in Croatia last weekend on his way to finishing second, 27s behind eventual winner Toyota’s Elfyn Evans.

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Tanak: “Many things” compromised WRC Rally Croatia charge

The 2019 world rally champion produced an impressive push at the start of the afternoon loop, resulting in the 2023 Rally Sweden winner cutting Evans’ rally lead from 19.1 seconds to 12.5s, before drama struck on the day's penultimate stage.

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WRC Croatia: Evans leads Tanak after Neuville crash

Evans started the day 5.7s behind leader Neuville but the Welshman inherited the rally lead when his Hyundai rival went off the road in stage 11, which forced Neuville to retire from the day’s action.

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WRC Croatia: Neuville crashes from the lead on stage 11

The Belgian ran wide at a medium-speed right hander in stage 11 (10.13km) and clipped a rock with the rear of his I20 N, which sent the car off the road and into the trees lining the road.

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How a WRC legend is still making people sit up and take notice

Sebastien Loeb hasn’t been snapped up by a World Rally Championship team for a part-time drive this year, but the phone may already be ringing again after his latest triumph. The nine-time world champion once again reminded the rallying fraternity of his supreme talent last Sunday by adding the Azores…

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WRC winner Paddon no longer chasing top-level rally return

The former factory Hyundai driver had hoped to return to the WRC after losing his drive with the South Korean marque at the end of 2018, but has been unable to return to top-flight competition since.

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WRC legend Loeb victorious on rally return in Azores

The nine-time WRC champion was invited by event organisers to tackle the famous Portuguese island rally, which this year has dropped off the European Rally Championship calendar.

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WRC legend Loeb victorious on rally return

The nine-time WRC champion was invited by event organisers to tackle the famous Portuguese island rally, which this year has dropped off the European Rally Championship calendar.

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