Sebastien Ogier extended his record at in the World Rall Championship Rally of Portugal on Sunday, securing a seventh victory on the event as Toyota continued its perfect start to 2025 with a fifth win in as many rounds. With co-driver Vincent Landais, Ogier completed the four-day gravel event 8.7s...

Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier has taken a record-breaking sixth WRC Rally Portugal win, securing his victory 7.9s clear of Hyundai’s charging Ott Tanak. The 40-year-old Frenchman (above) breaks a tie with WRC legend Markku Alen, who won Rally Portugal -- a founding round of the FIA World Rally Championship back in...

Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier (above) is closing in on a record-breaking sixth WRC Rally Portugal win -- providing he can maintain his lead over Hyundai rival Ott Tanak on Sunday’s final leg. A dramatic and at times chaotic Saturday on the 2024 FIA World Rally Championship’s fifth round wreaked havoc among...

Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera made the most of a favorable Friday starting spot to head a frenetic to-and-fro battle for the WRC Rally Portugal’s overnight lead. Rovanpera (above) ended the day a mere 1.0s ahead of Toyota Gazoo Racing teammate Sebastien Ogier after an intense fight that saw five different winners...

Defending champ Kalle Rovanpera vaulted to the top of the FIA World Rally Championship standings with a dominant Rally Portugal victory on Sunday afternoon.It was the Toyota Gazoo Racing driver’s second consecutive triumph at the Matosinhos-based all-gravel event, and his first time on top of a WRC podium since his...

Just four stages stand between reigning WRC champ Kalle Rovanpera and his first win of 2023 after the Finn obliterated his rivals on Rally Portugal’s Saturday leg.Unyielding and unstoppable, the Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 driver (above) unleashed an onslaught of raw speed as he romped to fastest times on five...

Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera mastered a brutal opening leg on WRC Rally Portugal to head Hyundai rival Dani Sordo overnight.A thrilling fight in the morning became a matter of survival in the afternoon as heat, dust and punishing rock-strewn roads took a heavy toll in the fifth round of the FIA...

Kalle Rovanpera claimed his third FIA World Rally Championship victory in as many events on Rally Portugal, the Toyota ace open a commanding lead in the WRC points standings.The 21-year-old Finn had demoted long-time leader and Toyota Gazoo Racing teammate Elfyn Evans late in Saturday’s second leg, then extended his...

Kalle Rovanpera snatched the Rally Portugal lead from Toyota teammate Elfyn Evans on Saturday’s penultimate special stage to set up a thrilling finale on Sunday.The 21-year-old Finn trailed Evans by almost 20s after the morning’s loop of three special stages, before crushing the Welshman when the stages were repeated in...

Elfyn Evans mastered a brutal opening leg of the FIA World Rally Championship’s Rally Portugal to lead his Toyota Gazoo Racing teammate Kalle Rovanpera on Friday night.A furious fight in the morning became a matter of survival in the afternoon as heat, dust and punishing rock-strewn roads took a heavy...