Hyundai driver Thierry Neuville is confident of rebounding from his huge Rally Chile crash immediately to fight for a World Rally Championship victory at the next round in Portugal. Neuville’s accident – which hospitalised he and co-driver Nicolas Gilsoul – cost him third on the event at the time and the WRC points’ lead. He

Toyota World Rally Championship driver Kris Meeke has lost his eighth place at Rally Chile after being hit with a one-minute penalty for removing his windscreen in a time control. Meeke rolled his Toyota Yaris WRC on Saturday’s first stage and was forced to remove the screen, fearing the glass would come into the car

Ott Tanak wrapped up his second World Rally Championship victory of the season on Rally Chile, while new championship leader Sebastien Ogier successfully held Sebastien Loeb at bay for second. Toyota’s team leader Tanak moved into the lead of the rally on stage two and didn’t look back, extending his lead to over half a

Citroen’s Sebastien Ogier pulled off a stunning World Rally Championship stage win on Rally Chile to defend second place from Sebastien Loeb, as Ott Tanak heads for victory. Looking for his first WRC podium finish since joining Hyundai this season, nine-time champion Loeb had been on a charge and went 13 seconds faster than anyone

Hyundai World Rally Championship driver Sebastien Loeb has been given the green light to race his countryman Sebastien Ogier for second place during Sunday’s Rally Chile finale. When Loeb’s team-mate Thierry Neuville crashed out of the South American event on Saturday morning, there was an expectation that Loeb would be asked to hold station through

Ott Tanak continues to lead his World Rally Championship rivals on Rally Chile, though his Toyota team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala retired from third and moved Sebastien Loeb into the podium places. Second-placed Sebastien Ogier gained 4.3s on Tanak over the afternoon loop by taking a different tyre strategy from the rest of the field. Ogier used

Photo credit: @World World Rally Championship leader Thierry Neuville has explained the accident that wrecked his Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC and ruled him out of Rally Chile. Neuville injured his left leg in the Saturday morning crash and arrived back in the service park on crutches, having been told to keep pressure off his left

Hyundai initially feared World Rally Championship leader Thierry Neuville might have broken a leg in his high speed Rally Chile crash. The Belgian’s i20 Coupe WRC went off the road halfway through the Maria Las Cruces stage on Saturday morning, rolling six times. Neuville and co-driver Nicolas Gilsoul emerged from the car unaided, but team

Toyota’s Ott Tanak edged further ahead of reigning World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier on Rally Chile’s Saturday morning stages, while Thierry Neuville escaped unhurt from his massive crash. Though Tanak only won one stage from three on Saturday morning, the loop-ending Pelun test, he gained more than 10 seconds over Ogier in all, extending his

World Rally Championship points leader Thierry Neuville has suffered a dramatic accident on stage eight of Rally Chile, forcing the Hyundai driver to retire. Neuville won the opening stage on Saturday morning, Rio Lia, and had climbed from fourth to third at the expense of Jari-Matti Latvala. He was only 1.4 seconds behind reigning six-time

Toyota’s Ott Tanak has taken command of the World Rally Championship’s inaugural Rally Chile, extending his lead over Citroen rival Sebastien Ogier by dominating Friday afternoon’s two long stages. Tanak ended the opening day 22.4 seconds clear of second-placed Ogier, as well as 29.5 clear of points leader Thierry Neuville of Hyundai, extending his advantage

World Rally Championship leader Thierry Neuville was given the green light to start a stage too early, forcing Rally Chile organisers to red flag the Belgian’s SS2 attempt on Friday. FIA rally director Yves Matton declined to comment on the situation, telling Autosport he wanted to wait for WRC safety delegate Michele Mouton’s comments first.

Toyota’s Ott Tanak leads the way after the opening three stages of the World Rally Championship’s inaugural Rally Chile, while third-placed Thierry Neuville was affected by a red flag. The trio are separated by just 6.6 seconds overall after the first morning of the new rally, and moved well clear of the rest on the

An unusual incident during Thursday’s shakedown test for the World Rally Championship’s inaugural Rally Chile left a policeman in hospital overnight after crashing his motorbike on the stage. The organisers of the Concepcion-based event have explained the incident to Autosport, stating the police officer responded to what he thought was an accident for a competitor

Hyundai World Rally Championship driver Andreas Mikkelsen continued his promising form from Argentina into Thursday’s shakedown for Rally Chile, posting the fastest time in his i20 Coupe WRC. The Norwegian was a second per mile faster than anybody through the four-mile stage south of the new rally’s host city of Concepcion. Benched for the Tour

The route for the inaugural Rally Chile has drawn universal praise from the drivers in the World Rally Championship. The crews completed their pre-event recce on Wednesday and said that the organisers had done a good job in finding the right roads. Championship leader Thierry Neuville said: “We have discovered some interesting stages which are

World Rally Championship teams have warned that the FIA is now leaving it too late to finalise its plans for introducing hybrid technology to the series in 2022. FIA rally director Yves Matton has made clear there will be an electric element in the next WRC rules cycle, and intends to outline further details next

Britain’s round of the World Rally Championship, Wales Rally GB, will include a new Saturday night spectator stage up and down the Colwyn Bay promenade on the North Wales coast. The two-mile asphalt test will be completed following the mid-Wales forests on the run into final service in Llandudno on Saturday, day two. This Colwyn

Dissatisfied defending World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier is pushing his Citroen team for what he sees as overdue changes to the C3 WRC. Ogier scraped onto the bottom step of the podium after an inspired five-point powerstage win at last week’s Rally Argentina – but stressed that improvements are required. Ogier’s efforts ensured he contained

M-Sport managing director Malcolm Wilson is working on a deal to put Toyota’s Ott Tanak back in one of his Ford Fiesta WRCs for next season’s World Rally Championship. Tanak drove a factory Fiesta in 2012, 2015 and 2017 before moving to Toyota, where he took four wins and six podiums while narrowly missing out

World Rally Championship leader Thierry Neuville is ‘making the difference’ for Hyundai while its car awaits upgrades, says team boss Andrea Adamo. Hyundai now leads the WRC manufacturers’ championship by 37 points over Toyota after its one-two in Argentina last weekend, where Neuville and co-driver Nicholas Gilsoul followed up their Corsica win with a second

World Rally Championship leader Thierry Neuville is ‘making the difference’ for Hyundai while its car awaits upgrades, says team boss Andrea Adamo. Hyundai now leads the WRC manufacturers’ championship by 37 points over Toyota after its one-two in Argentina last weekend, where Neuville and co-driver Nicholas Gilsoul followed up their Corsica win with a second

Toyota World Rally Championship team boss Tommi Makinen has urged his squad to tackle the “small” problems that are hampering its 2019 title bid. Ott Tanak’s Rally Sweden triumph in February is Toyota’s only win of a season so far. It had been tipped to dominate after Tanak’s run of mid-2018 wins which led to

Citroen insists it still ‘trusts’ its struggling World Rally Championship driver Esapekka Lappi after his Rally Argentina crash and he has its full backing. The 2017 Rally Finland winner’s tough start to life alongside Sebastien Ogier at Citroen continued last weekend with a Friday crash that has forced his team to fly a new chassis

Thierry Neuville extended his World Rally Championship lead to 10 points with victory on Rally Argentina, heading a Hyundai one-two by 48.4 seconds from Andreas Mikkelsen. Heavy rain had meant unpredictable conditions on Friday morning, which hindered Neuville as first car on the road and he ran down in ninth after SS3. But he quickly

Toyota’s Kris Meeke regained third place from World Rally Championship rival Sebastien Ogier on Sunday morning, recovering time lost from an overnight penalty, while Thierry Neuville is set for victory. Meeke regained a podium spot he had lost overnight from a 10 second penalty, passing Dani Sordo for fourth place after El Condor and then

Toyota driver Kris Meeke dropped behind rival Sebastien Ogier following a stewards’ decision to hit him with a 10-second penalty for deviating from the Rally Argentina route on Saturday morning. Kris Meeke has fallen of the World Rally Championship Rally Argentina podium after being hit with a 10-second penalty for deviating from the event route.

Thierry Neuville appears set for a second World Rally Championship victory of the season with three stages in Argentina remaining, leading a Hyundai one-two by 45.7 seconds over Andreas Mikkelsen. Current WRC points leader Neuville had been locked in a close fight with Ott Tanak until the Toyota was forced to pull off during the

Ott Tanak has been forced to retire his Toyota from the Rally Argentina lead battle, handing World Rally Championship leader Thierry Neuville a big advantage over Hyundai team-mate Andreas Mikkelsen. Tanak was closing on Neuville during Saturday morning, but the Hyundai driver extended his lead by 4.6 seconds on SS13, the first stage of the

The Citroen World Rally team has requested the FIA and Rally Argentina officials review onboard footage of the Cuchilla Nevada-Characato stage, suspecting some crews gained time by deviating from the route. Sebastien Ogier damaged the steering on his C3 WRC when he arrived at a junction that had been altered from the recce. On the