WRC News Lappi to contest Finnish championship with Mälkönen Esapekka Lappi will contest this year’s Finnish Rally Championship driving a Škoda Fabia RS Rally2, and will be co-driven by Enni Mälkönen. The two-time World… Read more by Luke Barry January 20, 2025 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä’s plan to take his title back Kalle Rovanperä is quick to point it out. Retaining the World Rally Championship title he voluntarily surrendered in 2024 is the “only goal” for 2025…. Read more by Luke Barry January 20, 2025 2 min
WRC Opinion Is Toyota already tactically ahead of Hyundai? Thierry Neuville, Kalle Rovanperä, Ott Tänak, Elfyn Evans, maybe even Adrien Fourmaux? We know the battle to become the 2025 World Rally drivers’ champion is… Read more by Luke Barry January 19, 2025 3 min
WRC Features When the Monte was decided on its opening stage The frustration was obviously building. Robert Reid was already out the car, helping the spectators free the Impreza from the bank of snow it had… Read more by Luke Barry January 18, 2025 5 min
WRC Features My first ride with a World Rally champion It only takes a sprinkling of the mundane to contextualize the surreal moments in your life. Here I am, just off the plane, massively sleep… Read more by Luke Barry January 17, 2025 5 min
WRC Features The fastest growing WRC career There’s a commonly adopted phrase in modern vocabulary that says someone or something’s downfall needs to be studied. But I’m finding myself in need of… Read more by Luke Barry January 17, 2025 5 min
WRC News Six new cars coming to EA Sports WRC Six new cars are coming to the World Rally Championship’s official video game, EA Sports WRC, including the all-conquering Volkswagen Polo R WRC and iconic… Read more by Luke Barry January 16, 2025 2 min
WRC Features Will we see the same Neuville now he’s world champion? He estimates he’d had 11 days off in the seven weeks that have passed since he became World Rally champion. A fitting coincidence given the… Read more by Luke Barry January 15, 2025 5 min
WRC News Why Toyota expects Evans to be faster this year Pressure is for tires… apparently, according to impassioned commentary comments from former England soccer star Alan Shearer. Technically, he’s not wrong. Elfyn Evans was, like… Read more by Luke Barry January 14, 2025 2 min
WRC News Sesks gets six-round WRC program with M-Sport Mārtiņš Sesks will compete on six rounds of the 2025 World Rally Championship with M-Sport, starting with next month’s Rally Sweden. The 25-year-old Latvian shot… Read more by Luke Barry January 14, 2025 3 min
WRC News Neuville reveals Hyundai 2025 car debut timeline The highly-anticipated evolution of Hyundai’s i20 N Rally1 will make its competitive debut at the second round of the World Rally Championship in Sweden. Hyundai… Read more by Luke Barry January 13, 2025 2 min
WRC Features What happened to WRC’s obvious Rally1 candidate? There’s an unwritten rule in motorsport that the winner of a championship’s chief support category should, by rights, earn their place in the top tier… Read more by Luke Barry January 12, 2025 5 min
WRC News Paddon attracted by WRC’s future – but not as a driver Hayden Paddon is attracted by the World Rally Championship’s next set of regulations in 2027, but not as a driver. The reigning European Rally champion… Read more by Luke Barry January 9, 2025 3 min
WRC Features The driver entering three WRC championships in one year Rally drivers will often be called single-minded. Obsessed by their sole goal of winning the stage, rally or championship. Normally, that means just one title… Read more by Luke Barry January 8, 2025 3 min
WRC News Neuville pushes team-mates to play ‘team game’ Hyundai let its first World Rally Championship clean sweep slip in 2024, and new World Rally champion Thierry Neuville has made it very clear that… Read more by Luke Barry January 7, 2025 2 min
WRC Features What’s new for WRC 2025? On the face of it, not much is changing in the World Rally Championship for 2025. Yes, there’ll be a new reigning world champion (and… Read more by Luke Barry January 6, 2025 5 min
WRC News Entries for WRC 2025 season opener revealed The very first entry of the 2025 World Rally Championship has been published, with 70 crews taking on the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally. Headlined by… Read more by Luke Barry January 3, 2025 2 min
WRC Features The “paradox” in Ogier’s unusual season What must the mood be like today at chez Ogier? With rallying far from his mind during precious time with family, likely very good. But… Read more by Luke Barry December 31, 2024
