Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier held a slender overnight lead at Rally Sardinia after a punishing Friday leg that wreaked havoc among several leading contenders on Italy’s rough, tough FIA World Rally Championship counter.

Becoming World Rally Champion is nothing new for Sebastien Ogier, who clinched his fifth drivers' title with a third-place finish in the Wales Rally GB at the weekend. But in contrast to his first four championships, this one was achieved in a privateer entry as the Frenchman, along with longtime...

Sport newsPresent: Elfyn Evans, M-Sport World Rally Team Kris Meeke, Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team Jari-Matti Latvala, Volkswagen Motorsport Hayden Paddon, Hyundai MotorsportQ: Elfyn, this is your home event – how do you feel? EE: I’m really excited. The stages look in fantastic nick. I can’t wait to...

Jari-Matti Latvala has admitted he will not take risks to try to catch Rally Argentina leader Kris Meeke, having fallen to third at the end of Friday's leg.After suffering a transmission fault on his Volkswagen Polo R WRC and seeing the gap to the leading Citroen mushroom to more than...