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Double delight for Katsuta father and son Half a world separated them but the Katsuta family were united in celebrating outstanding results last weekend. While Takamoto achieved another career-best finish in fourth at Vodafone Rally de Portugal in a Yaris World Rally Car, father Norihiko guided his Toyota GR Yaris to second place at the Tango Rally, 10,700km away from Matosinhos in Kyōtango, Japan. Katsuta Junior was quick to pile the praise onto his 52-year-old father who was sandwiched on th...

For the first time in almost two decades, World Rally Championship is coming back to Kenya in June bringing fortunes to the country.

FIGHT TO THE FINISH IN VARIABLE CONDITIONS AS PIRELLI SCORPION KX MAKES ITS DEBUT Pirelli WRC Portugal Challenging weather in Portugal puts tyre choice at the forefront Toyota’s Elfyn Evans beats the Hyundai of Dani Sordo in a close battle on the final day Martin Sesks wins the Pirelli-equipped Junior WRC class, for the next generation of champions Milan, May 23, 2021 – Former Pirelli Star Driver Elfyn Evans triumphed on Rally Portugal for Toyota, with three different manufacturers in the t...

View from the service park: Portugal The FIA World Rally Championship visits some very special locations through the season, but only a few can compare with Fafe on a Sunday afternoon. Down the decades, this same stretch of road has played host to some of the sport’s biggest and best, but on Sunday it was the cast of 2021 that entertained the fans. Yes, the fans. After some exceptional work by the event organisers, the local government and police, spectators were allowed back to the side of t...

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Evans powers to Portugal victory Elfyn Evans won Vodafone Rally de Portugal on Sunday afternoon to claim his fourth career victory in the FIA World Rally Championship. He put behind him the disappointment of defeat by fractions of a second at the previous round in Croatia to climb to second in the drivers’ standings. He sits two points behind Toyota Gazoo Racing team-mate Sébastien Ogier. Evans, driving a Yaris World Rally Car, grabbed top spot from Ott Tänak when the Estonian retired his H...

Kajto: ‘Portugal win better than Croatia’ Kajto Kajetanowicz rates Sunday’s Vodafone Rally de Portugal WRC3 victory as one of his best – but admits he still has work to do to match the fastest Rally2 cars in the FIA World Rally Championship. The Škoda Fabia driver edged series leader Yohan Rossel in a thrilling battle for victory at the Matosinhos-based event to climb to second in the points. Kajetanowicz’s Portuguese success came on the back of a Croatia Rally victory last month, bu...

Elfyn Evans led Vodafone Rally de Portugal on Saturday night after daylong pacesetter Ott Tänak retired in the penultimate speed test.

Vodafone Rally de Portugal leader Ott Tänak has been forced to stop on late on Saturday, breaking his rear right suspension on the days penultimate stage.

Evans fastest in Portugal shakedown Elfyn Evans was quickest in Thursday morning’s shakedown at Vodafone Rally de Portugal after a frantic session in which the top five drivers were blanketed by less than a second. The Toyota Yaris driver posted the benchmark time in his fourth and final run through the 4.60km Paredes test, edging Ott Tänak’s Hyundai i20 by two-tenths. Evans’ Toyota Gazoo Racing team-mate, Kalle Rovanperä, was another tenth back in third while Japan’s Takamoto Katsuta...