WRC Features A reason to believe Junior WRC’s big change is going to work A big call was made a few years back. A huge call. Rallying’s junior ladder was broken, missing a critical piece. The gap between R5… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 13, 2022 3 min
WRC Features How a secret Rovanperä test transformed Halttunen’s career Jonne Halttunen remembers the moment well. The day it all changed – when he went from an aspiring professional rally co-driver to the real deal…. Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 11, 2022 5 min
WRC News How Toyota rebounded after its Acropolis disaster Acropolis Rally Greece was an oddity in the 2022 World Rally Championship season. It was the roughest gravel rally of the lot. And what it… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 10, 2022 3 min
Rally Features Paddon’s perfect Rally New Zealand route There was an element of disappointment about Rally New Zealand. Not in the spectacle it put on: the World Rally Championship had dearly missed its… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 9, 2022 2 min
WRC Features ‘We are f***** in the future’ – Lappi on a young Rovanperä Esapekka Lappi knew. He was in a race against time. In the late 2010s, it was he who was the burgeoning flying Finn. The flag-bearing… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 6, 2022 3 min
WRC News Latvala thinks WRC drivers will now retire younger Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala believes World Rally Championship drivers will start to bring their careers to an end at a younger age than in… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 4, 2022 2 min
WRC Features How Rovanperä can wrap up the title in New Zealand We’ve reached a key moment that’s been months in the making – the rally Kalle Rovanperä can wrap up a maiden World Rally Championship title… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 1, 2022 5 min
WRC News Hybrid boost penalty costs Tänak lead in New Zealand Ott Tänak has lost the lead of Rally New Zealand due to a hybrid boost penalty, with team-mate Thierry Neuville also handed an identical penalty… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay September 30, 2022 2 min
WRC News Latvala wants Rovanperä to focus on Tänak, not winning Jari-Matti Latvala wants Kalle Rovanperä to focus on battling Ott Tänak on Rally New Zealand, rather than chasing victory, as the 21-year-old edges closer to… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay September 29, 2022 3 min
WRC News Why Katsuta’s Greece woes shouldn’t reappear in New Zealand Toyota has not been in denial about its Acropolis Rally Greece woes – its car simply wasn’t all there on the rocky roads compared to… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay September 28, 2022 2 min
WRC News Neuville wants Tänak to stay at Hyundai – and confident he will Ott Tänak threw his own future at Hyundai into doubt after a fractious team orders saga on the final day of Acropolis Rally Greece. With… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay September 28, 2022 3 min
WRC Features 2022 Rally New Zealand form guide After trips to Belgium’s asphalt lanes and Greece’s rough and rocky roads, it’s back to fast gravel on the World Rally Championship tour in New… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay September 27, 2022 3 min
ERC News Azores Rally dropped from ERC calendar Azores Rally has lost its place on the European Rally Championship calendar for 2023 in the first deliberate calendar shift since WRC Promoter’s takeover. Azores… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay September 23, 2022 3 min
WRC Features The unexpected contender for the WRC2 title We all thought the script was written. The WRC2 title would be a game of cat-and-mouse between Andreas Mikkelsen and Kajetan Kajetanowicz; will the privateer… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay September 23, 2022 3 min
WRC Opinion Loeb has fixed the ending to his WRC story September 2020. It all looked to be over. Sébastien Loeb, the most successful driver in World Rally Championship history, stood on the Rally Turkey podium…. Read more by Alasdair Lindsay September 20, 2022 3 min
WRC News How Breen fared on his Goodwood Revival debut Rally and racing; two disciplines of motorsport that can sometimes seem worlds apart. They’re awfully hard to switch between – just ask any circuit racer… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay September 18, 2022 3 min
WRC News Loubet wants at least 10 WRC rounds in 2023 M-Sport’s Pierre-Louis Loubet is targeting a campaign of at least 10 events in 2023, saying he needs more frequent seat time to compete against the… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay September 15, 2022 3 min
WRC Features Why did Toyota struggle so much on the Acropolis? There’s no way to sugar coat this: Acropolis Rally Greece was an unmitigated disaster for Toyota. Anything that could go wrong, did go wrong. While… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay September 12, 2022 3 min
