Rally News Estonian youngster wins FIA Rally Star talent search Romet Jürgenson has won the European Final of the brand-new FIA Rally Star talent search program beating 88 rivals to a prize-drive season with M-Sport… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 30, 2022 2 min
WRC Opinion Monte showed how to bring endurance into modern WRC Ah, the good old days. 500+ mile itineraries on the RAC, traversing three nations across 50+ stages over six days. Rallying’s golden era. We need… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 29, 2022 5 min
WRC Features The shootout searching for another Ogier Germany’s World Rally Championship history is a relatively modern one. But it’s still a rich history. We think of Germany in rallying, we think of… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 28, 2022 3 min
WRC News Third Hyundai ‘no guarantee’ days before Monte Carlo It’s been a tough old slog for Hyundai. As the last of the three current teams to get the green light from its corporate paymasters… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 28, 2022 3 min
WRC News Breen: Rally NI WRC absence doesn’t make any sense M-Sport Ford driver Craig Breen has rallied behind organizers of the failed bid from Northern Ireland to host a round of the World Rally Championship,… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 28, 2022 2 min
WRC News The Monte reliability that defied pre-season fears Despite concerns over the potential unreliability of the new-for-2022 hybrid systems in the World Rally Championship, Compact Dynamics chief Oliver Bamberger has indicated the feedback… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 27, 2022 2 min
WRC Features Why Rally1 cars crash differently to WRC cars We’d heard about Rally1 cars taking heavy hits before the season began. Neuville dropping his Hyundai i20 N Rally1 down a ravine in testing was… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 26, 2022 3 min
WRC Features The title fight tactic Breen has already deployed All eyes were, rightfully, on the two Sébastiens at this year’s Monte Carlo Rally. They dominated the rally, the headlines, social media, everything. It’s easy… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 25, 2022 3 min
WRC News Loeb didn’t believe he could win in WRC anymore Sébastien Loeb has expressed surprise after securing an 80th World Rally Championship victory on the 2022 Monte Carlo Rally, as he was no longer sure… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 23, 2022 2 min
WRC Features News Loeb win reminds M-Sport of Rally GB 2017 M-Sport team principal Richard Millener has drawn parallels between Sébastien Loeb’s Monte Carlo Rally win to the team’s ‘super Sunday’ on Rally GB in 2017,… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 23, 2022 3 min
WRC Features How Hyundai’s sorry Saturday on the Monte unraveled Toyota and M-Sport have plenty to celebrate at the end of Saturday. Sébastien Ogier has retaken the Monte Carlo Rally lead after an inspired push… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 22, 2022 5 min
WRC News WRC2 lead battle back on as Rossel penalty overturned The fight for WRC2 honors on the Monte Carlo Rally is back on after a five-and-a-half minute penalty for Yoann Rossel was rescinded on appeal,… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 22, 2022 3 min
WRC News The caution that cost Ogier the Monte Carlo Rally lead Eight-time Monte Carlo Rally winner Sébastien Ogier has pinpointed caution in his pacenotes as one of the main factors that led to his relinquishing of… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 21, 2022 3 min
WRC Features The gains Neuville’s made to tame ‘scary’ Hyundai As the last manufacturer to get a final Rally1 prototype built and tested, Hyundai was not widely expected to be on the pace of its… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 21, 2022 3 min
WRC News Ogier escapes penalty for first hybrid rules breach Sébastien Ogier has always been a driver associated with being first: top of the championship standings on eight occasions, leading this year’s Monte Carlo Rally… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 21, 2022 3 min
World RX Opinion My season highlight – Alasdair Lindsay: Real racing! I’m going to be selfish here. I’m going to make my season highlight about me. I nearly didn’t. As a pure sporting spectacle, the final… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay December 28, 2021 3 min
WRC Features What the latest WMSC decisions mean for rallying Sometimes the FIA’s quarterly World Motor Sport Council meetings drop bombshells on us. Sudden regulation changes usually require all hands on deck and a race… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay December 15, 2021 5 min
Rally Features Why electric rallying won’t be like other e‑motorsports There is no discipline of motorsport where adopting electric vehicles presents a bigger headache than rallying. Power-to-weight ratios are tricky, yes. But we have one… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay November 13, 2021 5 min