{"id":927,"date":"2026-06-20T20:28:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/?p=927"},"modified":"2026-06-20T20:28:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:28:47","slug":"turkiyenin-wrc-yildizi-ali-turkkan-sezona-damgasini-vurdu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/turkiyenin-wrc-yildizi-ali-turkkan-sezona-damgasini-vurdu\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00fcrkiye&#039;s WRC star Ali T\u00fcrkkan made a big impact on the season."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Castrol Ford Team Turkey has made a strong start to the 2026 season. The duo of Ali T\u00fcrkkan and Oytun Albayrak made history in Turkish motorsport by finishing first in both the Junior WRC and WRC3 categories at the Croatia Rally (April 9-12).<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\">Double victory in Croatia.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Managing this challenging rally, based in Rijeka and known for its variable asphalt, muddy terrain, and unpredictable weather conditions, with composure from start to finish, T\u00fcrkkan\u2013Albayrak secured first place in both the Junior WRC and WRC3 categories. The team also won the Power Stage. With this result, they became the first Turkish team to stand on the top of the podium twice in the WRC arena.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\">Dramatic comeback in Portugal.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Having lost time due to technical problems at the Portugal Rally (May 7-10), T\u00fcrkkan\u2013Albayrak delivered an extraordinary performance on the final day, securing first place in the Junior WRC. This victory, achieved over 23 stages and varying weather conditions, demonstrated that the team passed the test of character.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\">The goal is to become world champion.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">The team, which finished the 2025 season in third place globally and aims for the championship in 2026, will also compete in the Acropolis Rally Greece. The Estonian and Finnish legs are also on the calendar.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Castrol Ford Team T\u00fcrkiye, 2026 sezonuna g\u00fc\u00e7l\u00fc bir ba\u015flang\u0131\u00e7 yapt\u0131. Ali T\u00fcrkkan ve Oytun Albayrak ikilisi, H\u0131rvatistan Rallisi&#8217;ni (9-12 Nisan) Junior WRC ve WRC3 kategorilerinde birinci tamamlayarak T\u00fcrk motor sporlar\u0131 tarihine ge\u00e7ti. H\u0131rvatistan&#8217;da \u00e7ifte zafer Rijeka merkezli, de\u011fi\u015fken asfalt, \u00e7amurlu zemin ve \u00f6ng\u00f6r\u00fclemeyen hava ko\u015fullar\u0131yla bilinen bu zorlu ralliyi ba\u015ftan sona so\u011fukkanl\u0131l\u0131kla y\u00f6neten T\u00fcrkkan\u2013Albayrak, hem [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,84],"tags":[462],"class_list":["post-927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ralli","category-slider","tag-aliturkkan-castrolfordteamturkiye-wrc-juniorwrc-wrc3-rally"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ali-turkkan.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=927"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":930,"href":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927\/revisions\/930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenyok.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}