WRC News M-Sport confident it has found fast rally pace M-Sport Ford team principal Richard Millener is hopeful of seeing more fastest stage times at next week’s Rally Estonia, following a ‘positive’ three-day test on… Read more by David Evans July 7, 2021 2 min
WRC Features Adamo interview: How can Hyundai respond? It’s halftime. The players are all back in the locker room and Andrea Adamo’s just walked in. What happens next? Is it time for the… Read more by David Evans July 7, 2021 10 min +
WRC News Toyota begins work on Yaris Rally3 car DirtFish understands Toyota has started work on its Yaris Rally3 car – electing to prioritize that car over its Rally2 machine. The Japanese manufacturer is… Read more by David Evans July 6, 2021 2 min
WRC News Toyota to skip Goodwood as COVID-19 precaution Toyota Gazoo Racing will skip this week’s Goodwood Festival of Speed as a coronavirus precaution ahead of next week’s Rally Estonia. Team principal Jari-Matti Latvala,… Read more by David Evans July 5, 2021 2 min
WRC News Evans needs wins before Ogier starts controlling championship Elfyn Evans has seen this before. He knows what Sébastien Ogier looks like when he’s going through the gears and moving into championship mode. He… Read more by David Evans July 5, 2021
ERC News FIA’s Matton seeks closer ERC and WRC relationship FIA rally director Yves Matton has talked of the potential for a more collaborative approach to the World and European Rally Championships in the future,… Read more by David Evans July 4, 2021 2 min
WRC News Katsuta won’t drive for Toyota’s main team in 2022 Despite sitting fifth in the World Rally Championship standings – ahead of his Toyota team-mate Kalle Rovanperä – Takamoto Katsuta will not step up to… Read more by David Evans July 4, 2021 2 min
WRC News Suggestions Ogier could extend WRC stay are wrong Turns out, we were wrong. I was wrong. Sébastien Ogier offered genuine clarity on his future at last week’s Safari Rally Kenya. And he couldn’t… Read more by David Evans July 3, 2021 2 min
WRC News Safari Rally Kenya organizer targeting a traditional Easter date Having starred on its return to the World Rally Championship, Safari Rally Kenya clerk of the course Gurvir Babra is hoping to make the event… Read more by David Evans July 2, 2021 2 min
WRC News What Latvala told Katsuta to do against Ogier in Safari Ultimately the call didn’t come. It wasn’t needed. But as Safari Rally Kenya reached its crescendo, it was the most debated topic in all of… Read more by David Evans June 30, 2021 2 min
WRC News Neuville’s pace was too fast for Safari – Latvala Thierry Neuville was too fast for Africa’s Safari Rally Kenya last week, according to Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala. The driver turned team principal sympathized… Read more by David Evans June 29, 2021 2 min
WRC Opinion What Hyundai will miss when Penasse departs Hyundai’s driver line-up for 2018. It’s Thierry Neuville, yep. Hayden Paddon, definitely. Dani Sordo, of course. And Andreas Mikkelsen. Say, what? That’s right. Andreas Mikkelsen… Read more by David Evans June 29, 2021 3 min
WRC News “Incredible” Safari worthy of five-year WRC extension deal – Matton It’s like Joe Biden confirming an American round of the World Rally Championship. Or Boris Johnson putting his shoulder to the wheel to bring Rally… Read more by David Evans June 29, 2021 3 min
WRC Features How the 2021 Safari lived up to its ancestors’ reputation If there were any lingering doubts about Africa’s return to rallying’s top table, a family of warthogs wandering through service on Sunday morning confirmed it…. Read more by David Evans June 28, 2021 5 min
WRC Features Video The world-beating alternative when you can’t make Safari Sunrise over the Great Rift Valley is something you never forget, as the lights get switched on to reveal one of the most extraordinarily colourful… Read more by David Evans June 27, 2021 3 min
WRC Features Safari Rally Kenya Sunday stage guide The final day of Safari Rally Kenya action is split either side of Lake Naivasha, with the awe-inspiring, event-ending Hell’s Gate powerstage to the south…. Read more by David Evans June 26, 2021 2 min
WRC Features The rigorous lessons learned in Citroën’s sole Safari The voice was familiar, but quite out of context. The voice was that of Björn Waldegård, three-time Safari Rally winner. It came complete with helicopter… Read more by David Evans June 26, 2021 2 min
WRC Features Safari Rally Kenya Saturday stage guide We’re into the heart of the traditional Safari route on Saturday, heading north of Naivasha and into the Great Rift Valley and the Delamere Estate…. Read more by David Evans June 25, 2021 2 min
