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Dani Sordo’s Hyundai burned to the ground at the Japan Rally
Incredible scene on the first leg of Rally Japan when the Hyundai i20 N Rally1 burst into flames and was completely destroyed.
On the first stage of Rally Japan, the 13th and final WRC round of the year, a fuel leak caused the Hyundai i20 N Rally1 to catch fire, completely destroying it. The Spaniard and his co-driver Candido Carrera are in excellent health.
Sordo stopped the car on the first stage of the day and the second of the race when he started smelling smoke from the fire that had already started. The Spaniard and Carrera exited the i20 N Rally1 and none of their frantic efforts to put out the fire was enough.
The flames started at the rear right end of the car and then spread to the hybrid system’s battery and 100 kW electric motor.
Sordo later explained that he could smell the fuel in the car yesterday. “I told the team in the morning that there was a very strong smell of petrol, very strong. I’ve never seen anything like this. There was a lot of smoke yesterday too, but we didn’t know, and today my eyes were watering from the smoke again because of fuel burning.
The fire started to burn more and more intensely, and eventually we saw flames inside the car. As we braked for this corner, we saw the flames hit where we were going. It all happened very quickly, the car filled with smoke, so I pulled the handbrake and we got out to try to put out the fire“.
The Spaniard continued: “The fire under the car, in the battery or somewhere there, had already started a few meters before. I could not to put it out with our little fire extinguisher, but then Gus came along [Γκρίνσμιθ, της M-Sport Ford] and I also asked him for his own fire extinguisher. But once a fire has started, it is very difficult to put out.
I tried my best to put out the fire but it was impossible. I’m very sorry for the team that we lost the car. I never thought a car could burn down to the ground“.
The first full day of Rally Japan, which concludes this year’s World Rally Championship, continues with Toyota’s Elfyn Evans leading by 3 seconds over Hyundai’s Thierry Neville and 5.1 inches over this year’s champion Kale Rovanpera in the other Toyota Yaris Rally1 .
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For one more season, 19 in a row from 2007, Toni Bou, together with Busto and Marcelli, achieved their annual goal of winning titles in all outdoor and indoor competitions: Montesa Cota 4RT, X Trial, Trial GP and Trial of Nations. The Repsol Honda Team rider has taken his world title tally to 38 and, if the back tendon injury does not interfere with the indoor competition in 2025-26, where he is already in the lead, he will set off for his next year in 2026, which will be an “incredible challenge to achieve 40 titles at the age of 40”.
In 2025, one of the “greatest players”, Adam Raga, six-time world champion from 2003 to 2006 and historical rival of Toni Bowe, retired. He passes the baton to Jaime Busto and Gabriel Marcelli.
Josep Garcia also won a pair of enduro titles. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider Josep Garcia reconfirmed his EnduroGP and E1 world titles and led the prestigious ISDE to become a great world leader in the specialty field. The 29-year-old Suria rider has won seven world titles: four in E1 (2017, 2023, 2024, 2025), one in E2 (2021) and two in EnduroGP (2024 and 2025).
Herrera and Abellan debut
toledo Maria Herrera She succeeded Ana Carrasco from Murcia in the WorldWCR record, the women’s world championship within the Superbike World Championship program, where Basque Beñat Fernández won the last title in the Supersport 300 category.
Egarense women win their first victory in the Trial GP bertha abellan They also won silver at the Trial of Nations with Laia Pi and Daniela Hernando, after missing out on gold due to an appeal from Italy.
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Two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso added the new high-performance SUV Aston Martin DBX S to his car collection. The driver took delivery of the car, valued at more than $260,000, a few days before Christmas in Monte Carlo, where he was photographed next to the new product near the Aston Martin dealership in Monaco.
Powered by Mercedes’ 727 horsepower 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8, the DBX S reaches 100 km/h in just 3.3 seconds. The new SUV joins Alonso’s collection, which already includes the Aston Martin Valiant and Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR.
With 2026 rule changes approaching, Alonso and Aston Martin hope the new DBX S will signal the beginning of better times. The team’s new technical partnership with Honda and Adrian Newey’s experience pave the way for Aston Martin to challenge for top spot next season.
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Seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton has admitted he has had to significantly change his daily training regime as he gets older to cope with the physical and mental demands of the World Championship. The 40-year-old Ferrari driver is preparing for his 20th season in F1 and is the second oldest driver on the grid after Fernando Alonso.
The Briton stated that his preparation is now much tighter than at the beginning of his career, with recovery playing a key role in maintaining a competitive level.
“The regime has changed, it has improved. I still love running. This morning I ran 6 to 8 miles. Then I took an ice bath. But above all, the first thing I do as soon as I get out of bed is stretch,” Hamilton said.
According to the pilot, in order not to gain excessive weight, he limits strength training and prefers pilates, yoga and interval training. At the same time, there are two elements that he does not reject under any circumstances.
“Ice baths are not an option. Before, I didn’t really think about recovery: I just trained and got on with my life. Now stretching and ice baths are things I force myself to do every day,” Hamilton emphasized.
The seven-time champion athlete attaches great importance to mental health as well as physical training. He admitted that breathing exercises, meditation and yoga helped him cope with the stress of the 24-stage season.
The Ferrari driver concluded: “An ice bath teaches you to control your breathing and fight the urge to give up. This helps me stay positive throughout the year.”
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