Elfyn Evans is set for a Sunday showdown with World Rally Championship rival Thierry Neuville after a ding-dong battle on Rally Croatia on Saturday.

Elfyn Evans is locked in a fierce battle with WRC title rival Thierry Neuville – with the duo unable to be separated after the opening day of Rally Croatia.

Elfyn Evans is looking to grab the lead in the World Rally Championship title battle in Croatia this week.

Elfyn Evans ended a challenging Rally Sweden on a high by scoring a strong haul of points towards the World Rally Championship after setting the pace on the final day and claiming second overall. The Welsh driver moved into second in the standings for Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team and stands just three points behind Thierry Neuville who was fourth in Sweden.

Elfyn Evans is hoping a trip to Finland will boost his World Rally Championship hopes

Elfyn Evans saw his victory hopes hit bye hybrid issues on the Monte Carlo Rally as he switched his focus to a Sunday finish.

Elfyn Evans paid tribute to his team after the Welsh driver secured runners-up spot in the World Rally Championship following victory at Rally Japan. Evans clinched his eighth career win by finishing a dominant 1min 17.7sec ahead of team-mate Sébastien Ogier at this final round of the season.

Elfyn Evans has congratulated Kalle Rovanpera after the Finnish driver retained his World Rally Championship title. Welsh driver Evans conceded his race for the title was over at the weekend when Rovanpera’s main rival retired on Saturday from the Central European Rally, the penultimate event of the season.

Osian Pryce reminded fans why he is the reigning British rally champion by winning the biggest and most prestigious rally in the UK – the 2023 JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion. It was the second time that the 30-year-old Machynlleth-born driver had won the close road stage event, having clinched victory there in 2019.

Osian Pryce will lead a star-studded field away at the start of this weekend’s JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion (2-3 September) as the reigning British rally champion contests the event in a Melvyn Evans Motorsport-prepared Volkswagen Polo GTI R5. Pryce won the event in 2019 (when it ran for the first time as Wales’ first ever closed road stage rally) driving a Hyundai i20 R5 and finished second (to Hayden Paddon/Jared Hudson) last year in a Polo – and starts this year’s event as number one seed.

Elfyn Evans has reduced the deficit at the top of the FIA World Rally Championship drivers’ standings from 55 to 25 points after winning Rally Finland. The Dolgellau ace seized his chance when arch rival and Toyota team-mate Kalle Rovanperä crash out – winning the event outright and also taking maximum bonus points for setting the fastest time on the closing Power Stage.

Elfyn Evans is confident of returning to the podium in Finland next month after agonisingly just missing out on the Croatia Rally.