ERC News Wales and Estonia added to radically new ERC calendar Next year’s European Rally Championship has undergone a significant overhaul with two all-new rounds announced in a calendar ratified by the FIA’s World Motor Sport… Read more by David Evans November 22, 2023 2 min
WRC Opinion Why would Rovanperä want to step back from WRC? Who saw that coming? Be honest, you didn’t. Neither did I. How could we? Kalle Rovanperä is a 23-year-old Finn with the keys to a… Read more by David Evans November 20, 2023 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä steps down to part-time WRC program in 2024 Kalle Rovanperä will step down from a full program of World Rally Championship events next season, tackling only selected rallies in a Toyota GR Yaris… Read more by David Evans November 20, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Toyota’s route to a dream Rally Japan shutout After a season as perfect as Toyota’s 2023 World Rally Championship, there was only really one way to end it: with a win. But why… Read more by David Evans November 19, 2023 10 min +
WRC News How Evans won the ‘undriveable’ rally Had it not been for Thursday night’s dash around the Toyota City stadium, Elfyn Evans would have scored a start-to-finish win in some of the… Read more by David Evans November 19, 2023 3 min
WRC News Will snow provide the sting in Rally Japan’s tail? It’s Colin Clark. On the phone. Having caught sight of the weather forecast, I knew what was coming. Even the ringtone fizzed with a little… Read more by David Evans November 18, 2023 3 min
WRC News FIA investigating Neuville zero car incident An investigation is underway into how Thierry Neuville caught the zero car on Saturday’s opening stage of Rally Japan. The stage was red-flagged as soon… Read more by David Evans November 18, 2023 2 min
WRC News Katsuta promises Japanese fans he’ll keep pushing Takamoto Katsuta has promised his home fans he will spend the remainder of Rally Japan on the limit in an effort to further demonstrate his… Read more by David Evans November 17, 2023 2 min
WRC News Abiteboul critical of Neuville’s ‘rushed’ approach Hyundai Motorsport team principal Cyril Abiteboul has criticized Thierry Neuville’s ‘rushed’ approach to the second day of Rally Japan. The Belgian crashed off the road… Read more by David Evans November 17, 2023 2 min
WRC News Why Ogier had to serve a one-minute penalty Sébastien Ogier will start his Rally Japan Saturday with a one minute penalty after the Toyota team was forced to make emergency repairs to his… Read more by David Evans November 17, 2023 2 min
WRC Opinion Why Sordo deserves to keep his Hyundai seat Think back to Rally Spain 2003 and one thing comes to mind, that classic Loeb-Panizzi battle for the win. Sixteen positions behind the ultimately second-placed… Read more by David Evans November 16, 2023 3 min
ARA Opinion Block’s F1 Academy chance is rallying’s loss Am I the only one that’s hugely conflicted by Lia Block joining Williams Racing for next year’s F1 Academy? I’ve been fortunate to get to… Read more by David Evans November 14, 2023 2 min
ARA News Lia Block named as Williams F1 Academy driver Lia Block has been confirmed as a Williams Racing driver for next year’s F1 Academy. The 17-year-old will drive an ART Grand Prix car in… Read more by David Evans November 14, 2023 2 min
Rally Features Velocity Invitational: An unforgettable rallying experience Brandon Semenuk is trying to talk to Max McRae, but he can’t. Not right now. Not until Lando Norris has gone through turn one and… Read more by David Evans November 13, 2023 5 min
WRC Features David Evans: What made Corrado Provera so special The Corrado Show was a regular feature of the World Rally Championship week. It was unmissable. Especially in Greece, 2004. Marcus Grönholm’s Peugeot 307 WRC… Read more by David Evans November 6, 2023 5 min
WRC Features Grönholm, Rovanperä and Reid remember Provera Former Peugeot World Rally Championship stars have paid tribute to Peugeot Sport director Corrado Provera. The charismatic Italian spent virtually his entire career with the… Read more by David Evans November 5, 2023 3 min
WRC Opinion Where does Lappi go from here? In a field south of Kosmo, Esapekka Lappi patiently and methodically picked up the pieces of his broken Hyundai i20 N Rally1. He made a… Read more by David Evans November 2, 2023 3 min
WRC Opinion David Evans: Was the first ever CER a success? Growing attached to a hire car’s not something that happens every day. It did last week. Colin Clark, Eliot Barnard, James Bowen and I can… Read more by David Evans November 1, 2023 5 min
