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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 Hyundai i20 on Saturday afternoon with smashed suspension. He was in no mood to risk another setback ...

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, but Sunday’s win was special, given that it was his debut on Europe’s westernmost WRC round.

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 day's 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 made it three Yaris cars in the top four. FIA World Rally Championship leader Sébastien Ogier comp...