After a crash in Croatia, Fourmaux’s future at M-Sport wasn’t looking bright but he has now been given a new opportunity and keeps his seat for Rally de Portugal
With just about two weeks left to the start of the first gravel rally of the season, the teams have started to carry out some pre-event testings. The M-Sport squad have tested their Ford Puma Rally1 car at the legendary Fafe stage as seen on two great videos featured in this article
Rally de Portugal sees a bumper entry of 100 crews for the fourth round of the 2022 FIA World Rally Championship on 19-22 May
The reigning WRC champion Sébastien Ogier, has been confirmed to join the Toyota Gazoo Racing line-up for Rally de Portugal.
Adrien Fourmaux will not continue Croatia Rally as his Ford Puma Rally1 is too damaged after his off on the third stage this morning
Kalle Rovanperä claimed a remarkable win in Rally Croatia on the power stage despite having selected the wrong tires on doing it meanwhile Yohan Rossel had a dominant win in WRC2, Zoltan Laszlo a well deserved win in WRC3 and Lauri Joona was handed the win in JWRC as Robert Virves picked up a four minute penalty on an early check-in
Toyota’s Kalle Rovanperä is still holding on to the rally lead after day two but with tricky conditions earlier the young Finn lost time and allowed Ott Tänak to close down the gap
Rovanpera leads Rally Croatia after Day One
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Kalle Rovanpera tops the days leaderboard after finishing fastest above Thierry Neuville and Ott Tanak.
The 2022 Rallye Monte-Carlo winner and nine-time WRC champion Sébastien Loeb will be returning for Rally Portugal in May with M-Sport
After claiming a podium finish on his second ever rally outting, the two-time Australian Supercar champion Shane van Gisbergen is keen to do more rallies and eyes an outting at the WRC round of New Zealand in September
After having to sit out the season-opener due to an injury, the 26-year-old Jean-Baptiste Franceschi is now confirmed to return to JWRC at Croatia Rally
Sean Kim is now selected as the new president of the Hyundai Motorsport division, replacing Scott Noh
The Finnish motorsport governing body AKK have released the dates for the 2023 season that includes the potential date for Rally Finland, which is set to be hosted on 3-6 August
Most parts of Europe was hitted by a snow forecast over the weekend and that caused problems for the Hyundai Motorsport squad as Thierry Neuville’s test day had to be delayed to Monday
Toyota Gazoo Racing is the first team that have been randomly selected by the FIA to carry out the in-season tire tests for Pirelli and Toyota have selected Kalle Rovanperä to carry them out today (7 April)
After a two years hiatus, the former PWRC champion Benito Guerra will be returning to the WRC2 class as he has now revealed his 2022 program
Mads Ostberg and Craig Breen are some of the star drivers entered for this weekend’s Rallye Sanremo in Italy
