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DOUBLE PODIUM FOR M-SPORT FORD

M-Sport Ford World Rally Team's EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta WRCs secured a double podium at this weekend's Vodafone Rally de Portugal – Elfyn Evans and Teemu Suninen claiming second and third places respectively. Giving the whole team a huge boost, both drivers have proved their ability to fight for the top positions

THE C3 R5 ALSO PASSES ITS “GRAVEL” LICENCE

Stéphane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau held the lead on eight of the twenty stages contested this weekend and equally claimed a stage win as they showed that the C3 R5 also has the potential to become the new benchmark in the category on gravel. Ultimately third overall in the WRC2

NEUVILLE’S SECOND WIN OF THE SEASON

Neuville stays out of trouble on the final day to land second win of the season. Thierry Neuville won Vodafone Rally de Portugal on Sunday afternoon to swing the FIA World Rally Championship pendulum firmly in his favour. Victory at the gruelling four-day dirt road encounter promoted Neuville to the top of

ŠKODA INCREASING CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD

Pontus Tidemand achieved hat-trick win for ŠKODA increasing championship lead ŠKODA FABIA R5 crew Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson (SWE/SWE) for the third time in a row won the WRC 2 category at the Rally Portugal. At the sixth round of the FIA World Rally Championship 2018, the reigning WRC 2

THOUSANDS OF FANS FLOCK TO FAFE

Once again hampered by their role as road-sweepers for the rest of the field, Mads Østberg – Torstein Eriksen and Craig Breen – Scott Martin used today's final leg to work on their C3 WRC's set-up options in low-grip conditions, whilst nonetheless securing the sixth and seventh place points for

AN ENLIGHTENING SHAKEDOWN FOR CITROËN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT

Kris Meeke – Paul Nagle, Mads Østberg – Torstein Eriksen and Craig Breen – Scott Martin finished fourth, eleventh and thirteenth respectively at today's shakedown, using the final practice session to tun through various set-up options on their C3 WRCs. The WRC is an incredibly closely-contested championship these days, with the

JUNIOR WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP HITS GRAVEL IN PORTUGAL WITH PIRELLI

The up-and-coming talent in the Junior World Rally Championship face a third different surface on round three of the 2018 season in Portugal. After the snow of Sweden and asphalt of Corsica, this will be the first gravel event of this year's JWRC. The drivers will all use Pirelli's Scorpion

FORD FIESTA R5 QUOTES FOR RALLY PORTUGAL

M-Sport will run three EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta R5s at this week's Vodafone Rally de Portugal – Gus Greensmith, Pedro Heller and Nil Solans all contesting the FIA World Rally Championship's premier support series, WRC 2. Here's what some of our Fiesta R5 crews had to say in the lead-up to

ŠKODA’S PONTUS TIDEMAND AIMING FOR HAT-TRICK VICTORY IN WRC2

Reigning WRC 2 Champions Pontus Tidemand/Jonas Andersson (SWE/SWE) are entering the competition at Rally Portugal (17/05/-20/05/2018) leading the WRC 2 championship standings. Second placed ŠKODA teammates Jan Kopecký/Pavel Dresler (CZE/CZE) will compete at Rallye Český Krumlov at the same weekend instead of travelling to Portugal. Meanwhile promising Finnish juniors Juuso

JUNIORS READY FOR PORTUGAL

Having tackled snow and asphalt, the FIA Junior World Rally Championship crews will have another new experience next week as they take on the gravel stages of Vodafone Rally de Portugal. Equipped with identical one-litre EcoBoost Ford Fiesta R2s prepared by M-Sport Poland and fitted with Pirelli's SCORPION tyres, the rival

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