WRC Features Spotting a Puma at dawn at Goodwood… Even for a rally, this is early. And this isn’t even a rally. It’s 3:30am on Thursday when my telephone reminds it’s the day we’ve… Read more by David Evans July 9, 2021 3 min
WRC Features The last time Ford took a big cat rallying With plenty of chatter about the potential for M-Sport returning Ford’s Puma to the stages, it’s worth remembering there’s nothing new about rallying Pumas. Based… Read more by David Evans July 8, 2021 3 min
WRC News Matton praises benchmark M-Sport sets with Puma launch FIA rally director Yves Matton has described M-Sport Ford’s launch of its Puma Rally1 as a ‘major stepping stone’ for the World Rally Championship’s next… Read more by David Evans July 8, 2021 2 min
WRC Features The Ford Puma Rally1 story so far We hate to say we told you so… but we told you so. The future’s arrived. Or at least M-Sport Ford’s future’s arrived. The competition… Read more by David Evans July 8, 2021 3 min
WRC News M-Sport’s Puma Rally1 challenger revealed The M-Sport Ford World Rally Team’s 2022 World Rally Championship challenger – the Ford Puma Rally1 WRC – has broken cover at the Goodwood Festival… Read more by David Evans July 8, 2021 2 min
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
