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Sunday, June 27th, 2021 — Evans beat his opening run by two seconds to consolidate 10th place and Fourmaux continued to push hard and extended his advantage over Greensmith to 4.7 seconds in the fight for fourth overall. The Frenchman was 8.5 seconds faster than Evans and second quickest on the stage. Ogier was quickest […]

Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA Snatched the lead of the Safari Rally for the first time since the super special stage on Thursday afternoon. The Frenchman sets the fastest time. He takes a lead of 8.3 seconds into the final Wolf Power Stage. Car 33. EVANS/MARTIN Consolidated his 10th place with an opening time of 7min 47.3sec. […]

Malewa may have been a short stage but it was rough and demanding. Evans managed to pass Bertelli and claim 10th place and a potential WRC point with a time of 7min 21.9sec. An inspired Fourmaux delivered a scintillating time of 7min 01.1sec to go 15.8 seconds quicker than Sordo and his efforts were rewarded […]

Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA “This one honestly it was about survive and make sure and save the car on that one. It is a difficult end of the rally.” Car 11. NEUVILLE/WYDAEGHE Speaking about his retirement after SS14: “Basically we came to a very slow left-right corner and something broke on the car. We saw that […]

The first pass through Hell’s Gate was shortened to 5.63km by rally officials after regrading and repair work. Crews were then permitted to recce the repaired section for the subsequent Wolf Power Stage after the stage finish. Hyundai confirmed that Neuville would not be able to continue after breaking a rear damper on the previous […]

Sunday, June 27th 2021 — The stage was shortened to 5.63km but the repeat as the Wolf Power Stage will run as per the original itinerary. Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA “That was the plan to try and fight for second place. Now that Thierry is out it is a fight for the victory.” Car 33. EVANS/MARTIN […]

Evans was handed road-sweeping duties on the first pass through the 11.33km of the narrow and twisty Loldia stage and completed in 7min 49.4sec. Sordo had been 20 minutes late leaving service because of a reported fuel pressure issue and then clocked in 10 minutes early to the stage start and lined up in third […]

Sunday, June 27th 2021 — Four-minute intervals. Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA Soft tyres all round. “I have to push to fight for the second place. Not a perfect stage. A little stall on one corner but we have to try and see what will happen.” Car 33. EVANS/MARTIN “It was a bit slippery in places. The […]

NAIROBI (KENYA) Saturday, June 26th, 2021 — The Belgian crew of Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe survived heavy rain on the last stage to extend their overall advantage to 57.4 seconds at Safari Rally Kenya on Saturday. The Hyundai driver had managed to keep Toyota rival Takamoto Katsuta at bay over the leg’s other five […]

Saturday, June 26th, 2021 — With dark storm cloud gathering ominously overhead, would the re-run of the Sleeping Warrior stage be the sting in the tail after a relatively processional day at the Safari? Sordo was 19 seconds quicker on his second pass in dry conditions and that pace gave the Spaniard the fastest time […]