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Tanak wins in Sweden to take WRC lead
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Tanak wins in Sweden to take WRC lead

Feb 12 (Reuters) - Estonian Ott Tanak won Rally Sweden for M-Sport Ford on Sunday to take the lead in the world rally championship after two rounds. Tanak, who left Hyundai for M-Sport at the end of last year, finished 18.7 seconds clear of Hyundai's Irish part-timer Craig Breen for Ford's first win since Sebastien Loeb in Monte Carlo last year -- a wait of 385 days. Hyundai's Thierry Neuville was third with Toyota's reigning world champion Kalle Rovanpera fourth. Tanak now has 41 points to Rovanpera's 38 with Neuville third on 32. "It obviously means a lot to me, to come into a new car and deliver to these guys," said Tanak. "It's a big effort for them to fight against such big manufacturers." Breen took a strategic 10-second penalty before the final stage to lift Neuville, who is ...
Ogier beats Loeb to break Monte Carlo win record
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Ogier beats Loeb to break Monte Carlo win record

The Frenchman Sébastien Ogier (Toyota Yaris) won the Monte Carlo Rally, in Monaco, and became the driver with the most triumphs in the mythical opening race of the World Rally Championship, with nine victories. Ogier concluded the Monegasque rally with a time of 3.12.02 hours, beating in just 18.8 seconds the runner-up, Finnish Kalle Rovanpera, title champion also in a Toyota Yaris. The Belgian Thierry Neuville (Hyundai i20) was third, 44.6 seconds behind the Frenchman. With this victory, Ogier is isolated at the top of the list of drivers with the most victories in Monte Carlo, surpassing Sébastien Loeb, a compatriot who also started the year breaking records... but in the Dakar Rally: he achieved the highest number of consecutive victories (6) in a single edition of the all-...
World Rally Championship starts in Monte Carlo
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World Rally Championship starts in Monte Carlo

It is the return to the road of the WRC, with the 91st edition of the Monte Carlo, the starting rally of the 51st World Championship. The 2.29 km "shakedown" (Sainte-Agnés/Peille) is scheduled for the morning (starting at 8.31 am in mainland Portugal) and, for today, the first of four days of action, only two stages are planned, La Bollène-Vésubile-Col de Turini 1 (15.12 km, at 19.05 h) and La Cabanette-Col de Castillon (24.90 km, at 20.03 h). This year, in Monte Carlo, scoring race for the WRC (Rally1), WRC2 (Rally2) and WRC3 (Rally3), 75 participants, including 10 in the main category, with 4 Toyota, 3 Hyundai and 3 Ford in competition! The defending champion, Kalle Rovanpera, 22 years old from Finland, chose to keep the 69 in the GR Yaris Rally 1, giving up the right to participate w...