WRC News Ireland still in contention for WRC 2026 slot WRC Promoter has confirmed that Rally Ireland is still under consideration for a future calendar slot in 2026, after Ireland’s bid for 2025 inclusion was… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 16, 2024 2 min
WRC News Ireland WRC return paused due to funding delays Rally Ireland’s hopes of returning to the World Rally Championship in 2025 have been dealt a blow due to funding delays, with Motorsport Ireland indicating… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 16, 2024 3 min
WRC News Mikkelsen’s lofty ambition for Croatia Hyundai’s third car in the World Rally Championship is back in the hands of Andreas Mikkelsen for Rally Croatia, having already taken the reins at… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 16, 2024 2 min
WRC News Both Rovanperä and Ogier in Toyota’s Portugal lineup Toyota’s pair of world championship-winning part-time drivers, Kalle Rovanperä and Sébastien Ogier, will be in its lineup for next month’s Rally Portugal. It marks the… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 15, 2024 2 min
WRC News Toyota braced to use Hyundai’s Safari trick against it On the Saturday evening of this year’s Safari Rally Kenya, all looked lost for Hyundai. World Rally Championship points leader Thierry Neuville had shipped 10… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 15, 2024
ERC News Tempestini takes shock win in dramatic ERC opener A European Rally Championship season opener filled with shock twists and turns ended with a surprise winner, as Simone Tempestini scored an unexpected victory on… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 14, 2024 5 min
WRC News Hyundai to run Irish flags in Croatia as Breen tribute All three factory Hyundai i20 N Rally1 cars will run Irish flags during Croatia Rally, as a tribute to Craig Breen a year on from… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 12, 2024 2 min
WRC News Millener: The WRC is not broken When the FIA’s WRC working group issued its series of directives for the future of rallying’s top level in February, reactions were understandably mixed. For… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 8, 2024 2 min
Rally News Kovalainen provides positive update on heart surgery Formula 1 race winner and regular rally competitor Heikki Kovalainen has provided a positive update on recent open heart surgery, confirming that he has the… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 6, 2024 3 min
WRC News Toyota tests 2025-spec WRC prototypes in Croatia Toyota has tested potential 2025 specification Rally1 and Rally2 cars in the last week. The cars both ran in Croatia as part of Toyota’s wider… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 5, 2024 3 min
WRC News What we learned from Safari Rally Kenya 2024 Unless your name was Kalle Rovanperä, if you were a World Rally Championship driver competing on Safari Rally Kenya, you ran into trouble at least… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 1, 2024 5 min
WRC News Why Lappi didn’t want to drive a Safari Saturday Esapekka Lappi was put through the wringer by Safari Rally Kenya. Anything that could go wrong, did go wrong. On Friday, his gearbox literally exploded,… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay March 31, 2024 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä takes dominant Safari Rally victory Kalle Rovanperä scored an imperious victory on Safari Rally Kenya, running away at the front as his World Rally Championship rivals repeatedly ran into trouble… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay March 31, 2024 3 min
WRC News More drama for Hyundai drivers on Safari Rally Thierry Neuville’s hopes of picking up maximum Sunday points on Safari Rally Kenya have been curtailed by an impact with a rock, which has broken… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay March 31, 2024 2 min
WRC News Chaos reigns behind Safari leader Rovanperä There was only one constant on Safari Rally Kenya’s penultimate day: Kalle Rovanperä led from start to finish. Everything else was up in the air,… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay March 30, 2024 5 min
WRC News Neuville loses Safari podium place with technical issue Thierry Neuville’s hopes of a podium on Safari Rally Kenya are in jeopardy, after an apparent fuel pump issue dropped the Hyundai driver from second… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay March 30, 2024 3 min
WRC News Neuville gains second on Safari after Toyota troubles Kalle Rovanperä continues to lead Safari Rally Kenya but it was all action behind the world champion, with his Toyota team-mates Elfyn Evans and Takamoto… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay March 30, 2024 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä extends Safari lead after Hyundai struggles Kalle Rovanperä leads Safari Rally Kenya by almost a minute after Friday’s action, aided by the demise of two Hyundais from provisional podium positions. As… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay March 29, 2024 3 min
