Elfyn Evans ended an opening day of tricky, changing conditions on Rally Japan with a 15.7s lead as Toyota Gazoo Racing filled the top four places on Friday’s leaderboard.

Thierry Neuville says his Rally Portugal victory last weekend has restored belief inside Hyundai Motorsport after a frustrating start to the 2026 FIA World Rally Championship season.

Thierry Neuville and Hyundai ended their FIA World Rally Championship win drought after a penultimate-stage puncture dashed Sebastien Ogier’s hopes of a record-extending eighth Rally Portugal victory.

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...

Oliver Solberg made the strongest start to WRC Rally Portugal, the Toyota Gazoo Racing driver ending Thursday’s short opening leg with a 3.4s advantage over Hyundai’s Adrien Fourmaux.The 24-year-old Swede took control on the second test, 12.58-mile Sever-Albergaria, where his fastest time moved him to the head of the field...

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...

Takamoto Katsuta made FIA World Rally Championship history after back-to-back victories in Kenya and Croatia made him the first non-European driver to lead the WRC points.

Thierry Neuville says he will “keep fighting” and “come back stronger” after a dramatic final-stage mistake cost the 2024 FIA World Rally Champion a certain victory at Croatia Rally.Neuville and co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe looked set to claim their first win of the WRC season – and the first for Hyundai...