Bryan Bouffier has been forced to retire from the Monte Carlo Rally after a puncture caused his Subaru Impreza’s wiring loom to fail.
Bouffier, from France, was 11th overall in the Tommi Makinen Racing-run car when he suffered the deflation on the rally’s eighth stage. The studs from the flailing tyre then ripped through the protective [...]

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Three “Blues” top the leader board: Volkswagen comfortably defended its first three positions overall on the Dakar Rally’s eighth stage between Antofagasta to Copiapó.
Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz (E/E) finished second on the day and continue to hold the overall lead by 14 minutes 35 seconds ahead of their team mates Nasser Al-Attiyah/Timo Gottschalk [...]

Guy Wilks took the opening stage (Achray) of the second day on the inaugural RAC MSA Rally of Scotland.
The Skoda UK pilot took 3.3 seconds out of Kris Meeke’s lead to reduce the gap to 17.9 seconds with five stages left to run.
Meeke was happy enough at the end of the stage, reporting no problems with his Peugeot [...]