Elfyn Evans claimed his third Rally Japan victory on Sunday and extended his FIA World Rally Championship points lead with a controlled drive on Toyota Gazoo Racing’s home roads.

Elfyn Evans will take a 17.8s lead into the final day of WRC Rally Japan after a dramatic Saturday which saw Toyota Gazoo Racing teammate Oliver Solberg crash out of victory contention.

Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier will take a 21.9s lead over Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville into the final day of Rally Portugal after a fast, but clean run through a chaotic, rain-hit Saturday.

Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier (above) will carry a slender 3.7s lead over Thierry Neuville and Hyundai into Saturday’s penultimate day of WRC Rally Portugal after an incident-filled Friday afternoon reshaped the lead battle.Neuville’s Hyundai teammate Adrien Fourmaux had looked in control for much of the day after moving ahead of overnight...

The FIA World Rally Championship's early-season pacesetters face a very different kind of test this week as Rally Portugal threatens to turn their strong positions in the points battle into a disadvantage. After five rounds, Toyota Gazoo Racing drivers Elfyn Evans (above, during shakedown), Takamoto Katsuta and Sami Pajari occupy...

WRC points leader Takamoto Katsuta leads the Canary Islands Rally after Thursday evening’s opening super special, edging Toyota teammate Sami Pajari in a closely-fought shootout inside Las Palmas’s Gran Canaria Stadium.Katsuta comes to the FIA World Rally Championship’s second all-asphalt event of the season riding the momentum of back-to-back wins...

Thierry Neuville moved into the Croatia Rally lead on Saturday after a brutal afternoon loop on the FIA World Rally Championship’s first pure asphalt rally of the season ripped a potential first WRC win from Sami Pajari’s grasp and transformed the shape of the fight for victory.

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...

Oliver Solberg has been grabbing the early-season headlines in his first full campaign in Toyota’s World Rally Championship roster. But right behind the title-chasing Swede, factory teammate Sami Pajari believes he’s “getting to a place where he can basically fight with anyone in any condition” after taking back-to-back podium finishes...

Takamoto Katsuta is closing in on his first FIA World Rally Championship victory after a day of unprecedented attrition at Safari Rally Kenya left the Toyota driver with a 1m25.5s lead heading into Sunday's final leg.