Kris Meeke’s bid to secure second place at Rally Guanajuato Mexico was all but ended when he crashed his Citroën C3 in Sunday morning’s opening speed test.
The victory fight at Rally Guanajuato Mexico was turned on its head in Saturday afternoon’s opening speed test as Sébastien Ogier charged into the lead.
Sébastien Loeb withstood a determined fightback from Dani Sordo to hold a narrow lead at Rally Guanajuato Mexico at the midpoint of Saturday’s second leg.
Kris Meeke threw down the gauntlet to his Rally Guanajuato Mexico rivals by winning Friday morning’s opening dirt road stage to lead this third round of the FIA World Rally Championship.
Meeke, who triumphed at this third round of the FIA World Rally Championship in dramatic circumstances in 2017, topped the times through the 5.31km Llano Grande test in his Citroën C3 by 0.4sec.
Between them, the pair have won the last 14 WRC titles, with Loeb, 44, claiming nine in a row between 2004 and his full-time WRC retirement in 2012 and 34-year-old Ogier collecting the five since.
Toyota’s Ott Tänak made the most of his first gravel kilometres in a Yaris World Rally Car ahead of his dirt road debut with the Japanese manufacturer in Mexico this week.
2017 Rally Guanajuato Mexico winner Kris Meeke says his road position on the opening day of this week's event will be key to achieving another top result.
Sébastien Ogier will tackle this week's Rally Guanajuato Mexico [9 - 11 March] without the benefit of a full pre-event test, after heavy snow forced it to be scrapped.
Morales spoke on Thursday at the launch of the 17-year-old’s six-round campaign, in which he will go up against fellow teen sensation Kalle Rovanperä. Bulacia is four days older than the Finn.
Tommi Mäkinen hopes to demonstrate the progress made with the Toyota Yaris WRC at Rally Guanajuato Mexico [8 - 11 March] 12 months after the car failed to withstand the event's tough conditions.
The nine-time world champion returns to Citroën's C3 hot seat after a WRC absence of more than three years. His last top-flight outing with the French manufacturer came at Rallye Monte-Carlo in 2015 where he and co-driver Daniel Elena finished eighth.
Los Angeles, CA (February 27, 2018) – Red Bull Global Rallycross announced today the 2018 season launch of the Red Bull GRC Gold class. An evolution of the series’ GRC Lites class from previous seasons, the new Gold class cars will debut aggressive bodywork and strategic mechanical updates designed to tighten up the field, highlight the skills of the drivers, and make for an incredible show for on-site spectators and broadcast viewers alike.
Sébastien Loeb has given the thumbs up to suspension modifications Citroen Racing has made to its C3 WRC, saying the latest gravel set-up inspired confidence.
If you’ve been following Red Bull Global Rallycross iRacing action on RaceSpot TV’s #DIRTNight shows, you know that Mitchell deJong’s dominance has nearly been a given. Fans expecting a surprise on Friday night found themselves wanting once again, as the 2014 GRC Lites champion and current pro Supercar driver scored yet another dominant victory at Daytona International Speedway.