WRC News WRC returns to the BBC in the UK The BBC will broadcast the World Rally Championship in the United Kingdom for the first time since 2001. As part of a new three-year agreement… Read more by Luke Barry September 18, 2026 2 min
WRC Features Seven effects of the WRC’s finale being moved to Italy And then there were 13. Rally Saudi Arabia being dropped from this year’s WRC schedule – and the inability to find a replacement – suddenly… Read more by Luke Barry September 17, 2026 3 min
WRC News Virves becomes WRC2 champion thanks to calendar change The cancellation of Rally Saudi Arabia has confirmed Robert Virves as the WRC2 champion for 2026. The Estonian Toksport Škoda driver has won four consecutive events… Read more by Luke Barry September 17, 2026 2 min
WRC News The two WRC records Ogier now shares Sébastien Ogier’s chase for a record-breaking 10th World Rally Championship is nearing impossibility, given his 63-point deficit and only 70 points left to claim. But… Read more by Luke Barry September 17, 2026 3 min
WRC News Drivers want ‘modern classic’ Rally Chile to stay World Rally Championship drivers hope “modern classic” Rally Chile remains on the calendar for years to come. The South American event debuted in the WRC… Read more by Luke Barry September 16, 2026 3 min
WRC News Lappi told Hyundai Paddon should do Chile Esapekka Lappi told Hyundai it should’ve taken Hayden Paddon to last week’s Rally Chile instead of him. Paddon drove the third i20 N Rally1 at Rally… Read more by Luke Barry September 16, 2026 3 min
WRC News WRC drivers’ verdict on tire exchange zone Adrien Fourmaux led praise for World Rally Championship tire supplier Hankook, the FIA and WRC Promoter’s decision to introduce a tire exchange zone at Rally… Read more by Luke Barry September 15, 2026 3 min
WRC News Chile’s a breakthrough result, not performance, for Solberg Rally Chile winner Oliver Solberg feels he could’ve won the last three World Rally Championship rounds, but fortune finally favored him last week. Solberg closed… Read more by Luke Barry September 15, 2026 3 min
WRC Features What we learned from Rally Chile 2026 The South American leg of this year’s World Rally Championship is done, and the finish line is nearing. While we’re still not sure where that… Read more by Luke Barry September 14, 2026 5 min
WRC News Solberg wins Chile to blow WRC title race wide open Oliver Solberg won Rally Chile – his first World Rally Championship victory since the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally as championship leader Elfyn Evans fell to… Read more by Luke Barry September 13, 2026 3 min
WRC News Evans loses important points with penultimate stage puncture Elfyn Evans lost second place at Rally Chile, and a decisive points swing against Sami Pajari that would’ve come with it, to a puncture on… Read more by Luke Barry September 13, 2026 2 min
WRC News M-Sport pinpoints cause of Armstrong’s mistakes M-Sport Ford team principal Richard Millener feels there are parallels between Jon Armstrong’s accident at Rally Chile and incidents in Portugal and Paraguay, with pacenotes… Read more by Luke Barry September 12, 2026 3 min
WRC News Solberg targeting Sunday push despite strong Chile lead Oliver Solberg leads Rally Chile into the final day with Sébastien Ogier pressuring Elfyn Evans for second. The top four – Solberg, Evans, Adrien Fourmaux… Read more by Luke Barry September 12, 2026 2 min
WRC News Solberg’s Chile lead unchanged across Saturday morning Oliver Solberg’s Rally Chile lead remains exactly the same after Saturday morning’s stages as it did at the start of the day – standing at 10.1… Read more by Luke Barry September 12, 2026 2 min
WRC News Armstrong crashes in Chile despite careful approach Jon Armstrong admitted he ‘doesn’t know what to do anymore’ after crashing on the eighth stage of Rally Chile. The M-Sport driver headed into weekend… Read more by Luke Barry September 12, 2026 2 min
WRC News Neuville suffers fifth gear roll in Chile Thierry Neuville rolled out of Rally Chile’s second leg on Saturday’s opening stage, flipping his Hyundai several times. Although Neuville was fastest on SS3, the… Read more by Luke Barry September 12, 2026 1 min
WRC News Suninen reignites WRC2 title challenge, Sordo takes new co-driver Recently crowned European Rally champion Teemu Suninen will fight Robert Virves for this year’s WRC2 title, entering next month’s Rally Sardinia. Suninen has contested four WRC2… Read more by Luke Barry September 12, 2026 2 min
WRC News Hyundai defends decision to pick Lappi for Chile Hyundai sporting director Andrew Wheatley defended the team’s decision to bring Esapekka Lappi to Rally Chile, after the Finn struggled comprehensively on Friday. Alongside Adrien Fourmaux and… Read more by Luke Barry September 11, 2026 3 min
