Dakar Features What we learned from the 2025 Dakar This year’s Dakar Rally was always going to be something of a leap into the unknown. Newcomers Dacia Sandriders and M-Sport Ford were taking on… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 21, 2025 3 min
WRC Features Why this year’s Monte will be even harder than normal Familiarity breeds contempt. Not this week, it doesn’t. Not in the mountains towering high above the principality of Monaco. Familiarity in the French Alps could… Read more by David Evans January 20, 2025 3 min
WRC Features How Dakar’s new champion vanquished his illustrious rivals When Francis Bacon coined the phrase “knowledge is power”, he wasn’t wrong. Because whoever had it would gain name, fame and strength. After coming through… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon 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 Features Pajari’s calculated approach to his first full WRC season This is a very, very big moment for Sami Pajari. It’s one he’s been dreaming about since he started rallying in 2016. Back then it… Read more by David Evans January 16, 2025 3 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 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 Features How Rovanperä’s bettered himself ahead of 2025 title push The gap year’s done. He’s back. As Kalle Rovanperä prepares to return the #69 Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 to full-time deployment, he takes a moment… Read more by David Evans January 11, 2025 5 min
Dakar Features Dakar’s unexpected leader faces an uphill struggle Amid all the drama of the opening week of the 2025 Dakar Rally, perhaps the biggest surprise of the 47th edition has been that a… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 10, 2025 3 min
Dakar Features How Dakar’s ‘water carrier’ role works, and why it’s used The opening week of the 2025 Dakar Rally has produced more than its fair share of drama and incident. Two of the pre-event favorites, Dacia’s… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 10, 2025 5 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
Dakar Features The Dakar debut echoing the steps of a legend Without sounding too hyperbolic, it has been some start to Toby Price and Sam Sunderland’s new Dakar Rally adventure in the car category. The double… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 6, 2025 5 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
Rally Features Fourmaux eyes title fight with Hyundai In the end, nobody was surprised. The world saw this one coming. But still, seeing Adrien Fourmaux in Hyundai overalls looked odd. Less so for… Read more by David Evans January 5, 2025 5 min
Dakar Features What is the 48-hour chrono stage? Two days and a smidge over 600 miles later, the Dakar Rally caravan will have finally conquered the 48-hour chrono, the second stage of the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 4, 2025 3 min
Rally Features How Italy’s next rally prodigy is going against convention I have written these words before. I might write them again. Italian rallying has been stuck in a bit of a rut when it comes… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 4, 2025 3 min
