WRC Features What Neste’s exit means for Rally Finland Earlier this week it was announced that Neste would stop sponsoring Rally Finland after 26 years as title backer. David Evans reflects on the end… Read more by David Evans October 17, 2020 5 min
WRC News WRC’s second tier will go hybrid in 2023 The FIA has confirmed hybrid systems will be deployed to Rally2 cars with the target of homologation for 2023. The WRC’s second-tier formula will employ… Read more by David Evans October 16, 2020 1 min
WRC News WRC 2022 hybrid testing delayed until next February The FIA has confirmed it doesn’t expect testing of next-generation 2022 Rally1 cars to begin until February next year – a month later than originally… Read more by David Evans October 16, 2020 1 min
WRC News FIA “fully optimistic” Ypres Rally will happen FIA rally director Yves Matton has told DirtFish he is “fully optimistic” that the Ypres Rally will go ahead as planned next month. Matton pointed… Read more by David Evans October 15, 2020 3 min
WRC News How Adamo spooked Sordo in Italy decider There’s nothing worse than the all-seeing eye of Andrea Adamo when you’re trying to win a rally – the Italian plagued Dani Sordo’s run through… Read more by David Evans October 15, 2020 2 min
Rally News Rhys Yates’ dual-livery Fiesta stars at Goodwood SpeedWeek Fancy a Group 4 Lancia Stratos in your Thursday? How about World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans in a Toyota GR Yaris? Stig Blomqvist in… Read more by David Evans October 15, 2020 2 min
WRC News What Rally Sweden will look like in 2021 Rally Sweden’s search for snow has taken the event north for a route which is 92% new from this year. The organizers of the February… Read more by David Evans October 14, 2020 3 min
WRC News Monte Carlo organizer looking to help storm victims The Monte Carlo Rally organizer is working to help the families affected by the devastating floods after Storm Alex passed through the region earlier this… Read more by David Evans October 14, 2020 2 min
WRC News Penasse rejects Ogier’s Ypres bias claim Sébastien Ogier didn’t want to start the debate. Too late. Consider the debate started. Talking about the next round of the World Rally Championship, the… Read more by David Evans October 12, 2020 2 min
WRC News The wild Belgian weather tamed by Breen as Ypres prep Hyundai Motorsport driver Craig Breen endured a baptism of fire on Sunday’s Aarova Rally Oudenaarde in Belgium. Breen won the event comfortably on his competitive… Read more by David Evans October 12, 2020 2 min
WRC Features How Sordo leapt to a second Sardinia win in a row Twenty-two miles. That’s how far Dani Sordo had driven a Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC in competitive World Rally Championship action prior to last week’s Rally… Read more by David Evans October 12, 2020 5 min
WRC News Why Adamo didn’t add team orders to Italy’s victory fight It was, for a while, all everybody was talking about. Would Hyundai Motorsport team principal Andrea Adamo have taken Dani Sordo’s win off him to… Read more by David Evans October 11, 2020 3 min
WRC News Ogier knew he couldn’t beat Hyundai on “extreme” roads Sébastien Ogier is “completely OK” with being beaten to second place on the final stage of Rally Italy by title rival Thierry Neuville, citing the… Read more by David Evans October 11, 2020 2 min
WRC News WRC service park pays respect to co-driver deaths Rally Italy winners Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio were joined on the podium by all the event’s class winners for a moment of reflection,… Read more by David Evans October 11, 2020 2 min
WRC News Katsuta fears his two Italy crashes risks Ypres entry Takamoto Katsuta fears crashing out of Rally Estonia and Rally Italy could cost him his chance to compete at the next round of the World… Read more by David Evans October 11, 2020 3 min
WRC Video Video: How Ogier and Sordo’s fighting talk ended Mud has been slung in just about every direction today. Six-time world champion Sébastien Ogier was calling last year’s Rally Italy winner Dani Sordo a… Read more by David Evans October 10, 2020 2 min
WRC News WRC title can be awarded without Ypres and Monza A World Rally Champion can be crowned after this weekend’s Rally Italy if the final two rounds of the series are lost to coronavirus. In… Read more by David Evans October 10, 2020 2 min
WRC News Matton responds to Ogier’s “amateur” criticism FIA rally director Yves Matton has responded to Sébastien Ogier’s accusations of the World Rally Championship being amateur with a request for the six-time champion… Read more by David Evans October 10, 2020 5 min
