Toyota have had a fairytale start to their return to the WRC Jari-Matti Latvala victory in Rally Sweden, but he must thank Thierry Neuville for his solid points haul due to the Belgian throwing away two dominate victories this season. Gus Greensmith was the stand out of the British drivers this weekend.
Jari-Matti Latvala secured Toyota’s first victory in the WRC since 1999 with an excellent performance on Rally Sweden. The Finn also secured maximum Power Stage points to take the championship lead away from Sébastien Ogier.
Jari-Matti Latvala regained the lead of Rally Sweden after day-long leader Thierry Neuville crashed on the Karlstad super-special stage. Stage 12 was cancelled after average stage speed record broken by 7mph on the first run through the stage.
Thierry Neuville dominated day one of Rally Sweden, coming out on top of a day long battle with Toyota’s Jari-Matti Latvala to hold a 28 second overnight lead.
Mads Ostberg set the fastest time in Rally Sweden Shakedown, giving his brand new team a significant confidence boost for the event. Gus Greensmith in his first WRC2 event with M-Sport was only 0.4 seconds slower than Sébastien Ogier.
The second round of the World Rally Championship takes us to Sweden where, unlike last year, there is plenty of snow and chance to see how the new cars perform on ice.
A tragic start couldn’t disguise the high octane spectacle of the 2017 Monte Carlo Rally
Andreas Mikkelsen took the honours in the WRC2 class of the Rallye Monte Carlo and admitted he was happy with his performance throughout the event.
Sébastien Ogier begin the new era of the WRC by winning the 2017 Rallye Monte Carlo on his first rally for M-Sport. Ott Tanak’s engine problems drop him to third, allowing Jari-Matti Latvala to clinch second on Toyota’s first rally in eighteen years.
World Champion Sébastien Ogier leads a M-Sport 1-2 heading into the final day of the 2017 Rallye Monte Carlo, after Thierry Neuville crashed on the day’s final stage.
Thierry Neuville gave Hyundai some good news by dominating day one of the Rallye Monte Carlo, after Sébastien Ogier went off in stage 3.
Thierry Neuville fastest after first evening of 2017 WRC action, Mikkelsen leads WRC2 while Dumas crashes out of RGT class.
Ogier quickest on Rallye Monte Carlo shakedown
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Sébastien Ogier dominated the 2017 Rallye Monte Carlo shakedown test, quickest by five seconds from WRC2 runner Andreas Mikkelsen. Latvala is fourth fastest for Toyota.
The opening round of the 2017 World Rally Championship, the Rallye Monte Carlo sees brand new cars, new teams and of course the legendary mix of snow, ice and tarmac will mean that the rally will be a fascinating affair.
Éric Camilli and Teemu Suninen will spearhead’s M-Sport’s 2017 WRC2 campaign in a pair of Ford Fiesta R5s starting from Rallye Monte Carlo.
Rising Rally stars; Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm have collected the WRC2 title after winning the final four rounds of the season with Skoda Motorsport.
Volkswagen’s Andreas Mikkelsen lead throughout day one of Rally Australia and holds a 15 second lead over Sebastién Ogier entering the second day.
