Sami Pajari leads the Croatia Rally after a bruising Friday opening leg turned the FIA World Rally Championship’s first pure asphalt event of the season on its head and left two of the pre-rally favorites on the sidelines.The Toyota Gazoo Racing driver completed the day’s eight special stages in the...

Kalle Rovanpera snatched an extraordinary Croatia Rally victory on Sunday afternoon as a downpour turned round three of the FIA World Rally Championship on its head in the final miles.The 21-year-old Finn led from the start of the three-day, all-asphalt rally in the hills around Zagreb in his Toyota GR...

Kalle Rovanpera’s commanding lead of the FIA World Rally Championship’s Croatia Rally came under serious threat from Ott Tanak during Saturday's absorbing second leg.WRC points leader Rovanpera began the second of three days in the hills near Zagreb with a seemingly impregnable lead of almost 90s over Tanak. But the...

Kalle Rovanpera demolished his opponents in Friday's treacherous opening leg of the FIA World Rally Championship’s Croatia Rally to build a convincing lead of more than a minute.Despite rain, mud and mist in the hills west of capital Zagreb, the 21-year-old Finn won six of the eight asphalt speed tests...

Kalle Rovanpera starts on the back foot this weekend as he defends an early-season FIA World Rally Championship lead in Croatia, the event that marked his low point of 2021.The Toyota Gazoo Racing driver holds a 14-point advantage ahead of the Zagreb-based Croatia Rally (April 21-24), round three of the...