WRC News The Rovanperä mystery explained Less than two seconds off the fastest time on Saturday afternoon’s Cabeceiras de Bastos test on Rally Portugal, there was nothing to indicate there was… Read more by David Evans June 2, 2021 2 min
WRC News Ogier could stay on full-time with Toyota if he wins 2021 title A while ago, I wrote a story pondering a theory that Hyundai Motorsport’s decision to retain Ott Tänak and Thierry Neuville had moved Elfyn Evans… Read more by David Evans June 2, 2021 3 min
WRC News Toyota went “miracle” hunting with change to pre-Italy test Toyota changed its test plan last week in an effort to find more pace for this week’s Rally Italy in Sardinia. While Elfyn Evans won… Read more by David Evans June 1, 2021 3 min
WRC News The numbers Arctic hopes will convince the WRC to return As the home of Father Christmas, it should come as no surprise that Rovaniemi is the city that keeps on giving. It certainly does as… Read more by David Evans May 31, 2021 3 min
WRC News FIA may allow World Rally Cars in 2022 after all When the decision was taken to outlaw current specification World Rally Cars for next year, it was seen as a tacit admission that 2022 would… Read more by David Evans May 31, 2021 3 min
WRC Opinion Inside the office welcoming the WRC back to Africa It was just an email, but it was a very, very special one. Toyota Gazoo Racing was the first of the factory teams to send… Read more by David Evans May 30, 2021 3 min
WRC News FIA won’t change rules around WRC cars on national rallies If you want to stir the pot a little bit, talk off the record with drivers about the nine entries Hyundai Motorsport has made on… Read more by David Evans May 29, 2021 3 min
WRC News Fourmaux returns to WRC Fiesta for Safari M-Sport Ford has given Adrien Fourmaux the nod for the second Ford Fiesta WRC, ahead of Teemu Suninen, for Safari Rally Kenya which marks its… Read more by David Evans May 28, 2021 2 min
WRC Features The logic behind the 2021 Rally Finland route It’s late May and a strange calm presides over the Rally Finland office on the outskirts of Helsinki. Ordinarily, there’s less than two months before… Read more by David Evans May 28, 2021 3 min
WRC News Olympics’ fate will influence Rally Japan going ahead If Tokyo’s Summer Olympics go ahead in July, then the World Rally Championship will be returning to Japan for the first time since 2010. Rally… Read more by David Evans May 27, 2021 3 min
WRC News Rally Finland reveals three-day 2021 route If 70 really is the new 60, then this particular Nordic septuagenarian is particularly attractive. Rally Finland celebrates its 70th anniversary with a new made-for-fall… Read more by David Evans May 27, 2021 2 min
WRC News Toyoda backs Katsuta to “continue to surprise” in WRC Toyota Motor Corporation president and CEO Akio Toyoda is arguably the most important and influential figure in the world of cars. But he’s also very… Read more by David Evans May 26, 2021 2 min
WRC News Positive COVID test for Petter rules Oliver out of WRC Italy Oliver Solberg has been ruled out of next week’s Rally Italy following a positive coronavirus test for his father, Petter. The 19-year-old, who continues to… Read more by David Evans May 26, 2021 2 min
WRC News “Quite lucky” Mikkelsen set for WRC return in Italy Andreas Mikkelsen will return to the World Rally Championship at next week’s Rally Italy following a negative coronavirus test earlier this week. The three-time WRC… Read more by David Evans May 25, 2021 2 min
Rally News What Max McRae took from his podium-scoring ARC debut Crossing Australia isn’t exactly the work of a moment. It took Max McRae almost five hours to fly from Perth to Brisbane. It took his… Read more by David Evans May 25, 2021 3 min
Opinion The impact Mosley had on the WRC Early in 2009, the telephone rang. It wasn’t Max Mosley. But it was one of his people. Turned out Max wanted a word. That year’s… Read more by David Evans May 24, 2021 2 min
WRC Features How Evans made the most of Hyundai’s Portugal gift Not this time. Not. This. Time. Four Sundays on from losing a World Rally Championship win to Sébastien Ogier, Elfyn Evans wasn’t up for a… Read more by David Evans May 24, 2021 5 min
WRC News Veiby: WRC suspension a ‘big shock’ Ole Christian Veiby has apologized to the Hyundai team for a six-month ban following a breach of COVID-19 protocols on Rally Portugal. The Norwegian has… Read more by David Evans May 23, 2021 2 min
