Sebastien Ogier won a rain-lashed Rally Japan on Sunday to set up a three-way fight for the 2025 FIA World Rally Championship drivers’ title at the Saudi Arabian finale later this month.

Sebastien Ogier leads a Toyota Gazoo Racing 1-2-3 after Friday’s opening leg of Rally Japan, kick-starting his mission to outscore teammate and FIA World Rally Championship points leader Elfyn Evans on the series’ penultimate round.

Kalle Rovanpera took a decisive win in the Central European Rally on Sunday, guiding Toyota Gazoo Racing to a fifth consecutive WRC crown.

The 2026 FIA World Rally Championship will not include a long-sought U.S. round, but series organizers are confident of Rally USA getting a slot in ’27.

After years of near-misses, including five frustrating runner-up finishes, Thierry Neuville could finally celebrate a first FIA World Rally Championship drivers’ title at the season-closing Rally Japan. But his Hyundai Motorsport team missed out on a WRC title double as Toyota Gazoo Racing snatched the manufacturers’ crown after a gripping...

Ott Tanak extended his Rally Japan lead on Saturday, but all eyes were on his Hyundai teammate, Thierry Neuville (above), as he vaulted up the leaderboard to put himself within touching distance of the 2024 FIA World Rally Championship crown.Neuville, often referred to as the WRC’s “nearly-man” after five runner-up...

The battle for this year’s FIA World Rally Championship title is set to go to the wire as Hyundai Motorsport’s Ott Tanak leads Rally Japan overnight, with teammate and WRC points leader Thierry Neuville (above) enduring a disastrous Friday that leaves his championship hopes on a knife-edge.The day began with...

Elfyn Evans secured a lights-to-flag victory on Sunday at WRC Rally Japan as his Toyota Gazoo Racing team locked out the top three positions on home asphalt. The Welshman (above) clinched his eighth career win, and third of the season, by finishing a dominant 1m17.7s ahead of teammate Sebastien Ogier...

Elfyn Evans (above) is poised to deliver Toyota Gazoo Racing its first home WRC after maintaining a commanding lead over teammate Sebastien Ogier on Rally Japan’s penultimate leg. The early lead built by Evans when he dominated Friday’s soaking-wet leg of the FIA World Rally Championship’s all-asphalt finale meant he...

Elfyn Evans led Rally Japan by 1m49.9s overnight after streaming-wet conditions in Friday’s opening leg caught out several of his FIA World Rally Championship rivals.Torrential rainfall, thick fog and roads covered with damp leaves were just some of the challenges faced by crews on the first full day of action...