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Sescs leads the Saudi Rally after the third day, Ogier takes his ninth crown
ford driver martins sescus He becomes the new provisional leader of the Saudi Rally and will enter the final day with a minimum 3.4 inch advantage over Fundai. Thierry Neuville Following French Hyundai Adrian Formeau was given a one-minute penalty. dominated the day on Friday, rising from 1st to 4th place..
3 people The difference in ranking between the winning candidates is 5.8 points.– Rovanperä in 5th, Ogier in 6th and Evans in 8th – and after the first 14 specials, the world title race is tentatively open with eight-time world champion Ogier, part-time driver for Toyota, one point ahead of Evans.
The Hyundai driver was given a 60-second penalty for showing up one minute early for SS14A, the end-of-the-day pre-service check. Along the way, Fourmaux had completed the penultimate stage 2.4 seconds ahead of Martiš Sescous. With the time corrections, Sescous now leads the rally, ahead of Thierry Neuville and Takamoto Katsuta, with Fourmaux now 57.6 seconds behind the leader.
The penalty came after a frightening final stage for the participants, with both Sescous and Fourmaux sustaining tire damage but reaching the finish line without stopping.
On the contrary, the leader of the World Rally Championship, Elfyn Evans He lost more than two minutes in the 11th special when he stopped to repair a puncture on his Toyota’s left rear tire. This demoted him to 10th place, but he eventually rose to 8th place.
Evans had a three-point lead over teammate Sébastien Ogier at the start of the weekend, but is provisionally sixth and at risk of losing out to the Frenchman, who is on track to equal compatriot Sébastien Loeb’s record of nine titles.
“The puncture alarm went off right after (the stage) started,” Evans said. “It was going pretty slowly, but there were so many things left that we had to make the decision to change as much as we could. It’s not ideal.”
Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera, third title contender, was fifth, with Ogier also suffering a puncture in the closing stages and losing the position to the Finn.
This Friday, Tänak signed up for Four Mo’s three-car special. It started with Algra 1, Sescs and Rovanpera, before signing up for a dramatic SS14 to bid farewell to the WRC in Saudi Arabia and move to single-seaters in Japan’s Super Formula.
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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Verstappen announced the conditions under which he will run in the legendary race in 2026
Max Verstappen says his participation in the Nürburgring 24 Hours is in doubt.
The four-time F1 champion has long been involved in endurance racing and is actively racing and testing in GT3, but full preparation for the Nordschleife marathon coincides with the Formula 1 calendar. The preparation races coincide with the F1 stages and the Dutchman does not want to go to the start without them.
“It’s very difficult to give a definitive answer right now,” Max said.
“I would like to start well prepared, but the preparation races coincide with Formula 1. Therefore, this year I will only be able to participate in the race if there is a change in the calendar.”
Therefore, Verstappen’s participation in the 2026 Nürburgring 24 Hours is still in doubt and directly depends on possible changes in the program or compromises between Formula 1 and the marathon training program.
Source: Sport UA
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The Argentina national team is scheduled to play a friendly match against qatar On March 31st, four days after they played the “Finalissima” against current European champions Spain on the same stage at the Lusail Stadium. Albiceleste is a member of the World Cup and Copa America.
The country’s local organizing committee for football events announced that the Qatar Football Festival 2026 will be held from March 26 to 31, with the participation of “Finalissima” and other international matches. Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Serbia.
Additionally, information provided by the organization states that tickets will be available for purchase from February 1 on exclusive travel packages for international fans in partnership with Visit Qatar and Qatar Airways. However, individual tickets for each game will go on sale from February 25th.
“We look forward to welcoming players and fans from around the world and are honored to once again open our doors to the global football community.” The chairman of the organizing committee said: Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Tan.
Lusail Stadium has recently hosted a number of events, including the 2022 World Cup, which Argentina won. The purpose of the event is to prepare teams for the World Cup, which will be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada this summer.
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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One of the two new teams on the Formula 1 grid is preparing to introduce its car for the 2026 season. The Audi team will officially reveal the new car at a special event in Berlin on Tuesday, January 20.
Audi has fully taken over Sauber’s project ahead of the 2026 season and will start its first Formula 1 championship as a factory team and power unit manufacturer. The team has also retained a significant portion of its 2025 Sauber structure, including team boss Jonathan Whitley and drivers Gabriel Bortoleto and Nico Hulkenberg.
This will make Audi the fourth team to submit designs for its 2026 car, after Red Bull, Racing Bulls and Haas. The presentation will take place in the German capital in the format of a full-fledged seasonal launch.
Following the main event, a separate event will be held in Berlin on Wednesday, January 21 for selected fans and media to take a closer look at the new car and its livery.
The presentation will start on January 20 at 20:00 Kyiv time. During the event, the team will reveal the car’s full design for the 2026 season.
Let’s remember that Audi had previously put the 2026 car on the track during promotional races at the Barcelona-Catalonia circuit in early January, but only a limited number of images were released at that time.
Formula 1. Presentation of the first Audi car. Watch LIVE online
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