Welshman grabs narrow lead over Toyota team-mate Ogier. Elfyn Evans finished Saturday’s penultimate leg of Rallye Monte-Carlo with a narrow lead after a gripping see-saw battle with team-mate Sébastien Ogier in the French Alps. The Toyota Yaris debutants swapped the lead on three occasions before Evans ended with a 4.9sec
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LAPPI ON THE HUNT FOR FOURTH
M-Sport Ford World Rally Team’s Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm are on the hunt for fourth place at this weekend’s Rallye Monte-Carlo – their EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta WRC just 14 seconds adrift of nine-time World Champion Sébastien Loeb. Finding more grip behind the wheel of the Fiesta and more precise
OGIER SNATCHES MONTE-CARLO LEAD AS CHAMPION TÄNAK CRASHES BADLY
Estonian has lucky escape as French legend excels in Toyota debut. Rallye Monte-Carlo master Sébastien Ogier moved into position for a seventh consecutive victory after snatching a slender lead in the 2020 FIA World Rally Championship’s season-opener on Friday night. The Frenchman, making his Toyota Yaris debut, ended the first
RALLYE MONTE-CARLO DAY 2 : OGIER AND EVANS IMPRESSİVELY LEAD THE WAY ON TOYOTA GAZOO RACING DEBUTS
Sébastien Ogier and Elfyn Evans occupy first and second places on the Rallye Monte-Carlo leaderboard after both drivers enjoyed fantastic first full days behind the wheel of the Toyota Yaris WRC, winning five of the day’s six stages between them. Car 17 (Sébastien Ogier, Julien Ingrassia) The longest day of the event consisted
LAPPI CHASES MONTE BEST
M-Sport Ford World Rally Team’s Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm are chasing a career-best result at this weekend’s Rallye Monte-Carlo, but the Finns were keen for more on their FIA World Rally Championship debut with the EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta WRC. Currently holding fifth place, the pairing had hoped to move closer
THIERRY NEUVILLE FIRES EARLY WARNING TO LEAD RALLYE MONTE-CARLO
Belgian rockets into the lead ahead of Ogier and Tänak at season opener. A sensational time through Thursday night’s second speed test rocketed Thierry Neuville into the lead of Rallye Monte-Carlo after the opening loop of stages in the French Alps. The Hyundai i20 driver headed Sébastien Ogier’s Toyota Yaris
RALLYE MONTE-CARLO DAY 1 : A STRONG START FOR THE NEW TOYOTA YARIS WRC DRIVERS
The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team’s all-new driver line-up made a stunning start as Rallye Monte-Carlo got underway with two tricky night-time stages. Sébastien Ogier won his very first stage in the Toyota Yaris WRC and ended the night in second overall, with Elfyn Evans only two places behind,
TOUGH START FOR M-SPORT FORD
M-Sport Ford World Rally Team got their 2020 FIA World Rally Championship off to a tough start this evening, but new-boy Esapekka Lappi made the most of the situation to bring his EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta WRC home in sixth place overall. https://youtu.be/Mkk1ITTNxFc Overheating as leaves became caught in the grill and prevented
OGIER LEADS HIS FIRST SHAKEDOWN IN THE TOYOTA YARIS WRC
Sébastien Ogier recorded the fastest time in shakedown for Rallye Monte-Carlo: his competitive debut behind the wheel of the Toyota Yaris WRC. Two-thirds of the team’s all-new line-up featured in the top three, with Elfyn Evans in third, while Kalle Rovanperä was seventh as he prepares for his first appearance at rallying’s highest level.









