WRC Features The reality of competing at home in the WRC What’s seven minutes from your front door? The local grocery store? A library perhaps? Maybe it’s a point of natural beauty. Bet it’s not your… Read more by Luke Barry August 3, 2023 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä fastest on Rally Finland shakedown Kalle Rovanperä topped the times on Rally Finland’s shakedown stage, beating Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans by a convincing 0.8 seconds. Debuting as the shakedown stage… Read more by Luke Barry August 3, 2023 2 min
ARA News Pastrana returns to ARA for 2024 Six-time American Rally champion Travis Pastrana will return to the American Rally Association next season with Subaru Motorsports USA. Pastrana, who won the title in 2021… Read more by Luke Barry August 2, 2023 2 min
WRC News Mikkelsen misses the feeling of going fast For a driver who’s just recently won one of the fastest World Rally Championship rallies in his class, and is set to take on what… Read more by Luke Barry August 2, 2023 3 min
WRC News Why Latvala has chosen #97 for WRC return Jari-Matti Latvala has explained why he’s chosen to compete with #97 on this weekend’s Rally Finland – his one-off return to driving in the World… Read more by Luke Barry August 2, 2023 3 min
WRC News Tänak pessimistic about Finland chances Ott Tänak stunned the service park with a gutsy, white-knuckle drive to deny Kalle Rovanperä and Toyota the Rally Finland victory everybody expected last year…. Read more by Luke Barry August 2, 2023 3 min
WRC News Akio Toyoda relishes unique WRC opportunity Akio Toyoda loves motorsport. Akio Toyoda loves rallying. But this weekend gives Toyota Gazoo Racing’s chairman his first chance to have a hands-on role in… Read more by Luke Barry August 1, 2023 2 min
WRC Features Why Rovanperä’s home rally doesn’t suit him best The term ‘home event’ in the World Rally Championship is always a curious one. Whenever the WRC lands in Estonia, the talk is of Ott… Read more by Luke Barry August 1, 2023 5 min
World RX News World RX’s top class postponed again after Lydden fire The World Rallycross Championship’s flagship category, RX1e, has been postponed for a second round in succession as investigations continue into the Lydden Hill paddock fire…. Read more by Luke Barry July 31, 2023 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä won’t risk it all for a Finland win Kalle Rovanperä has achieved bucket loads in his still-short World Rally Championship career, yet a win on home soil still eludes him. But the 22-year-old… Read more by Luke Barry July 31, 2023 2 min
Rally Features Every Rally1 driver’s most successful WRC event To be successful in the World Rally Championship, you need to be fast on all surfaces and in all conditions. But sometimes, just sometimes, there’s… Read more by Luke Barry July 29, 2023 3 min
WRC News Lappi’s theory for how to slow down Rovanperä Esapekka Lappi has been a long-term admirer of his fellow Finn Kalle Rovanperä. After witnessing his then team-mate produce that stunning powerstage performance in Croatia… Read more by Luke Barry July 29, 2023 2 min
WRC Opinion The challenge I wish Rovanperä had Forgive me for reaching for a cliché so early into this column, but it genuinely holds true in the case of the 2023 World Rally… Read more by Luke Barry July 28, 2023 5 min
WRC News Solberg would rather be fastest than WRC2 champion Oliver Solberg’s odds of becoming 2023 WRC2 champion are lengthening, but he says he’d rather be the quickest driver in the category than the champion…. Read more by Luke Barry July 28, 2023 2 min
WRC Features The driver surely destined for a Toyota Rally2 seat I remember asking Sami Pajari at the end of 2022 which team he would likely pick for his 2023 WRC2 program. His response was considered…. Read more by Luke Barry July 27, 2023 3 min
WRC News Hyundai’s 2022 decisions boosting Neuville’s 2023 Last year, it simply wouldn’t have happened. We know that because it didn’t. Thierry Neuville and the Hyundai i20 N Rally1 were not a podium-claiming… Read more by Luke Barry July 27, 2023 2 min
WRC Photos The WRC’s missed mixed-surface challenge I think I’ve got an addiction. Last week I picked a Subaru for our picture of the week feature from the Girardo & Co. Archive…. Read more by Luke Barry July 26, 2023 2 min
WRC News Sordo part of Hyundai’s plans – maybe not as a driver Hyundai Motorsport team principal Cyril Abiteboul is keen for Dani Sordo to remain part of the team next season – but there’s no guarantee that… Read more by Luke Barry July 26, 2023 2 min
