WRC News Rovanperä pips on-form Lappi on Sweden shakedown World champion Kalle Rovanperä edged an on-form Esapekka Lappi to the fastest Rally Sweden shakedown time by just one tenth of a second. Rovanperä, who… Read more by Luke Barry February 9, 2023 3 min
WRC News Neuville missed his Sweden test through illness Hyundai driver Thierry Neuville missed his pre-event test for Rally Sweden because he was suffering from the flu. Neuville was scheduled to have one day… Read more by Luke Barry February 8, 2023 2 min
ARA Features The man with a bold rallying plan Committing to just the American Rally Association National championship would be too easy. So would doing it in a car you’re well acquainted with. That’s… Read more by Luke Barry February 8, 2023 5 min
World RX News Ekström takes on surprise World RX role 2016 World Rallycross champion Mattias Ekström has become the new sporting director of Rallycross Promoter – the subsidiary of WRC Promoter which owns the rights to World… Read more by Luke Barry February 8, 2023 2 min
WRC Features Sweden will be the litmus test of Evans’ progress Elfyn Evans didn’t understand what all the fuss was about – to be fair, when does he ever as one of the most grounded drivers… Read more by Luke Barry February 7, 2023
WRC Features Rally Sweden 2023 data: Running order + itinerary Umeå is the place to be this week as the World Rally Championship speeds into Sweden for the second round of the 2023 season. Touching… Read more by Luke Barry February 7, 2023 5 min
ARA News Pastrana confirms he’s stepping back from ARA Six-time US rally champion Travis Pastrana has confirmed he’ll be taking a step back from the American Rally Association National championship this season. Pastrana, the… Read more by Luke Barry February 6, 2023 2 min
News What can be expected of Tänak in Sweden M-Sport managing director Malcolm Wilson doesn’t see any reason why new signing Ott Tänak can’t challenge for victory on this week’s Rally Sweden – although… Read more by Luke Barry February 6, 2023 3 min
WRC News Katsuta under “no stupid pressure” in Sweden Takamoto Katsuta says he is under “no stupid pressure” ahead of his first World Rally Championship event as a nominated driver to score points for… Read more by Luke Barry February 6, 2023 1 min
WRC News What’s it like working with Ogier? I remember I wrote a column in November last year examining the choice Vincent Landais had just made. After joining Sébastien Ogier for the season-closing… Read more by Luke Barry February 5, 2023 5 min
WRC News M-Sport still wants Loeb, but Tänak the priority M-Sport Ford managing director Malcolm Wilson is still speaking to Sébastien Loeb about possible World Rally Championship outings this season, but Ott Tänak is his main priority. Tänak… Read more by Luke Barry February 5, 2023 3 min
Rally News Tänak claims first victory of M-Sport Ford return Ott Tänak has taken his first victory behind the wheel of an M-Sport Ford rally car in over five years, winning Estonia’s Otepää Winter Rally… Read more by Luke Barry February 4, 2023 1 min
Rally News Lappi and Katsuta both crash in Finnish snow rally Neither Esapekka Lappi nor Takamoto Katsuta managed to win the Kuopio Rally, their warm-up event for next weekend’s World Rally Championship-counting Rally Sweden, as both… Read more by Luke Barry February 4, 2023 2 min
WRC News Delecour targeting more WRC2 outings World Rally Championship legend François Delecour is targeting a “five or six” round WRC2 program this year after making his category debut on the Monte Carlo… Read more by Luke Barry February 4, 2023 2 min
Learn Video The stories behind the ultimate rally car collection It’s no doubt become clear to you over the course of this week just how passionate DirtFish owner Steve Rimmer is for our discipline of… Read more by Luke Barry February 3, 2023
WRC Features Rally UK – The size of the task ahead The phrase we used in the headline of yesterday’s news story was ‘renewed hope.’ Absolutely nothing is set in stone, but there’s some positivity and… Read more by Luke Barry February 3, 2023 5 min
WRC News Renewed hope for UK’s WRC round in 2024 Key stakeholders – including politicians, Motorsport UK and WRC Promoter – met in Westminster this week to create an action plan to restore the UK… Read more by Luke Barry February 2, 2023 3 min
WRC News Loubet limited in what he can learn from Tänak The easy assumption would be that Pierre-Louis Loubet has plenty to learn from new World Rally Championship team-mate Ott Tänak. Loubet has never done a… Read more by Luke Barry February 2, 2023 3 min
