WRC News Alain Penasse to leave Hyundai after Estonia Defending World Rally Champion Hyundai Motorsport has been forced into a management restructure following the decision not to renew team manager Alain Penasse’s contract. Penasse… Read more by David Evans June 24, 2021 1 min
WRC Features Safari Rally Kenya Friday stage guide One stage is done, and it’s Sébastien Ogier that heads an early Toyota 1-2-3 after the short superspecial. But Friday is where, as the leader… Read more by David Evans June 24, 2021 2 min
WRC Features The story behind the Safari image that shows “1000 things” Every now and then it’s worth looking longer and harder at one of the most spectacular pictures produced from the World Rally Championship. This is… Read more by David Evans June 24, 2021 2 min
WRC Features Where were the current WRC drivers when the last Safari happened? The third year of the current millennium meant a second film from Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings. Kelly Clarkson won the inaugural… Read more by David Evans June 24, 2021 3 min
WRC Features Safari Rally Kenya Thursday stage guide Safari Rally Kenya’s return to the World Rally Championship is marked by a very different opening day. Thursday means a return to country’s capital Nairobi… Read more by David Evans June 24, 2021 1 min
WRC Features What it’s like to do the Safari for the first time The recce’s done. The roads, the rocks and the ruts are noted. But still, this week’s Safari Rally Kenya is a massive step into the… Read more by David Evans June 23, 2021 3 min
ERC News Oliver Solberg gives cousin Oscar prize ERC drive Your cousin’s a decent person, right? You like them, get on with them. Enjoy a Christmas catch-up. Happy to hand over the equivalent of €100,000… Read more by David Evans June 22, 2021 2 min
WRC Features How tape cassettes sent Sainz to a dominant Safari win You could have understood the slight confusion on the part of the rally-watching public as they watched Carlos Sainz head out from Nairobi bound for… Read more by David Evans June 22, 2021 2 min
WRC News What will a Safari-spec car look like in 2021? Safari spec. Two words which, for rally fans, conjure an immediate mental picture of running lights, snorkels and cars on stilts. Not this week. A… Read more by David Evans June 21, 2021 3 min
WRC News Evans to stay with Toyota in 2022 Elfyn Evans will commit his World Rally Championship future to Toyota Gazoo Racing after agreeing terms to drive a Yaris WRC into 2022 and beyond…. Read more by David Evans June 21, 2021 2 min
WRC News Millener thinks Loeb’s record will be hard for Ogier to resist Sébastien Ogier’s former team principal at M-Sport, Rich Millener, has tipped the seven-time champion to take a shot at Sébastien Loeb’s record of nine World… Read more by David Evans June 20, 2021 2 min
Rally News 14-time Austrian champion to debut electric Škoda rally car Raimund Baumschlager’s all-electric Škoda Kreisel RE-X1 will make its competitive debut in Austria next month. The 14-time Austrian Rally Champion Baumschlager completed the latest test… Read more by David Evans June 19, 2021 3 min
WRC News American round would be “significant step” for the WRC A round of the World Rally Championship in the United States is pivotal to the future of the series, according to the manufacturers involved. The… Read more by David Evans June 18, 2021
WRC News Molly Taylor to return to the WRC in a Rally3 car Extreme E series leader Molly Taylor will return to the World Rally Championship at next month’s Rally Estonia. The record-breaking Australian rally driver, who has… Read more by David Evans June 18, 2021 2 min
WRC Video Petter Solberg’s experience alongside Oliver in a WRC car Oliver Solberg can remember precisely where he was the first time he sat alongside his father in a World Rally Car. He’ll never forget it…. Read more by David Evans June 16, 2021 5 min
WRC News Adamo insists Hyundai’s approach will remain the same Hyundai Motorsport team principal Andrea Adamo has insisted there’s no change in approach needed following two disappointing results for his team. While the Alzenau-based squad… Read more by David Evans June 16, 2021 2 min
WRC News M-Sport’s plan to get around “impossible” Safari logistics M-Sport team principal Malcolm Wilson has described preparing for Safari Rally Kenya as his company’s biggest challenge yet. Wilson’s firm has designed and built some… Read more by David Evans June 14, 2021 2 min
WRC News Sordo looking to extend WRC career to 2022 Hyundai Motorsport driver Dani Sordo has told DirtFish he would like one more year in the World Rally Championship. The Spaniard is contesting a part-time… Read more by David Evans June 14, 2021 2 min
