Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastien Loeb says his Rally Spain victory has made a 2019 World Rally Championship programme more tempting. Nine-time WRC champion Loeb made a comeback with a three-event programme for Citroen this year and took a shock triumph in Catalunya on the last

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Dani Sordo will be confirmed as a Hyundai driver for another part-time programme in next year’s World Rally Championship this week. The Spaniard’s deal has been expected for some time, and Autosport understands it was only held up by the absence of

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastien Loeb claimed an incredible first World Rally Championship win since 2013 on an unpredictable Rally Spain, as Sebastien Ogier moved into the lead of the title race. The nine-time WRC champion carried a 7.1-second advantage over Ogier into the final two

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Nine-time World Rally champion Sebastien Loeb has taken a shock lead on Rally Spain ahead of the final loop, as Thierry Neuville closed to 3.8 seconds behind Sebastien Ogier. As Ogier attempts to chase down championship leader Neuville ahead of the season

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jari-Matti Latvala became the fourth different leader on Rally Spain after the Saturday stages, as the Toyota driver chases his first World Rally Championship victory in 20 months. Sebastien Ogier is the best of the title challengers in second – ahead of

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toyota driver Ott Tanak has explained the cause of the puncture that cost him his Rally Spain lead and further hurt his World Rally Championship title chances. The Estonian was 32.9 seconds ahead of the field going into the final morning test,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Rally Spain turned on its head during the Saturday morning stages, as a puncture for World Rally Championship title hopeful Ott Tanak gifted the lead to Hyundai’s Dani Sordo. Heading into the final stage of the morning, Tanak held a comfortable 32.9-second

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toyota’s Ott Tanak continued to dominate Rally Spain on Friday’s afternoon loop, as he chases his fourth World Rally Championship victory in five events. Referred to as the ‘day of gravel’, in recent years the rally’s first full day has shaken up

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ott Tanak overhauled Sebastien Ogier for the lead of Rally Spain on Friday morning, as the Toyota driver fights to keep his World Rally Championship title fight alive. After retiring from first place last time out on Rally GB on the back

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. M-Sport’s Sebastien Ogier started the World Rally Championship’s penultimate round in Spain by winning Thursday evening’s opening stage to lead the rally overnight from Hyundai title rival Thierry Neuville. Ogier – who trails Neuville by seven points in the standings – completed

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. World Rally Championship leader Thierry Neuville’s preparations for this weekend’s Rally Spain were disrupted when he rolled his Hyundai i20 on the pre-event shakedown. The Belgian was caught in ruts at a right-hand corner early in the 1.2-mile test and rolled his

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Nine-time World Rally champion Sebastien Loeb says it would be “pretentious” for him to expect he can challenge the series’ current frontrunners for victory in Spain this weekend. Loeb will make his third and final planned WRC appearance of 2018 with Citroen

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. American rally star Ken Block has warned his fans not to expect too much from his World Rally Championship return in Spain this week. Block has not competed at rallying’s highest level since his last one-off outing at Rally Spain in 2014

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toyota World Rally Championship signing Kris Meeke says the atmosphere at his new squad is “completely different” to his experience with any other team he has driven for previously. The former Citroen, Peugeot and Prodrive Mini WRC driver said four-time world champion

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toyota team principal Tommi Makinen says he had concerns that Jari-Matti Latvala might have lost his edge in the middle of the 2018 World Rally Championship. Latvala, who was confirmed in a Yaris WRC for another season last week, suffered a shocking

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Esapekka Lappi has been confirmed as Sebastien Ogier’s team-mate at Citroen for the 2019 World Rally Championship season. Lappi contested eight of last year’s 13 WRC rounds for Toyota, earning a deal to complete the season on the back of an impressive

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toyota has confirmed Kris Meeke will join its World Rally Championship line-up in 2019, as predicted by Autosport. The manufacturer announced Meeke’s signing on Wednesday morning, and confirmed Jari-Matti Latvala will remain in a factory Yaris WRC alongside Ott Tanak, who was

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kris Meeke will not continue his partnership with co-driver Paul Nagle into his 2019 World Rally Championship return with Toyota. Meeke and Nagle have worked together on and off for the last 11 years, including their four and a half year WRC

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Britain’s round of the World Rally Championship is closer to moving out of Wales, but only after it has celebrated a 20th anniversary in the principality next season. This year’s Rally GB was the last in the current agreement with the Welsh

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier says he would “love” to have Kris Meeke back in the series in 2019, believing his return would benefit the championship. Meeke has agreed a deal with Toyota for next season, which is expected to be officially

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The FIA has announced a 14-round World Rally Championship calendar for the 2019 season. The schedule was confirmed at Friday’s meeting of the World Motor Sport Council, which took place in Paris. As revealed by Autosport, Japan has lost the slot it

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Tour of Corsica organisers have confirmed their event will form part of next year’s World Rally Championship after all. The event’s official communication talked of a decision from Friday’s World Motor Sport Council meeting in Paris. The FIA’s official announcement still has

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Rally Japan’s return to the World Rally Championship is expected to be abandoned at Friday’s meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council, Autosport understands. The Honshu-based event, which is scheduled to run its candidate rally next month, was dropped to reduce

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Llandudno has been tipped to host Britain’s World Rally Championship round next season, following the success of the Rally GB town-centre stage that closed last weekend’s event. As well as considering moving the service park and headquarters out of Deeside, Rally GB

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kris Meeke has completed a deal to make a sensational return to the World Rally Championship with Toyota for the 2019 season. Toyota is set to announce next week that the ex-Citroen driver will partner Ott Tanak and Jari-Matti Latvala, as mooted

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. World Rally Championship leader Thierry Neuville says the battle for the 2018 title will go “all the way” to the end of the final round of the season Australia. Hyundai driver Neuville started last weekend’s Rally GB with a 13-point advantage over

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastien Ogier says he came close to “perfection” on the stage that sealed the Rally GB win that revitalised his World Rally Championship bid. With title rivals Ott Tanak and Thierry Neuville out and delayed respectively, Ogier put everything on the line

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toyota World Rally Championship driver Ott Tanak admits his retirement from Rally GB last weekend was the lowest point of his career. The Estonian held a commanding lead of the rally on Saturday afternoon and was poised to win his fourth WRC

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Volkswagen has unveiled the livery its factory WRC2 car will run in when the firm makes its World Rally Championship return on Rally Spain later this month. The Polo GT1 R5 is intended as a customer car for categories such as the

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. M-Sport’s Sebastien Ogier capitalised on trouble for his World Rally Championship rivals Ott Tanak and Thierry Neuville with a fifth Rally GB victory, fending off Toyota’s Jari-Matti Latvala. Latvala took the lead with a brilliant run through the second stage of Sunday