WRC Features Who is Josh McErlean? I’ve had a long-standing joke with M-Sport’s new 2025 World Rally Championship driver, Josh McErlean, for years. The so-called ‘Josh McErlean Talent Factory’, as we’ve… Read more by Luke Barry December 19, 2024 3 min
Dakar Features Understanding Toyota’s confusing Dakar structure As true as the saying ‘calm seas never make a good sailor’ goes, Toyota Gazoo Racing will be hoping January’s Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 18, 2024
WRC Features How can the WRC 2027 cost cap be made more realistic? That hard crashing sound you hear in the distance is the brute force of reality smashing like a bulldozer through the 2027 World Rally Championship… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay December 18, 2024
Dakar Features The privateers critical to the Dakar The 47th edition of the Dakar Rally is set to be one of the most hotly contested in years. Four full factory programs will be… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 17, 2024
WRC Features Inside the rebuild of a rare red Subaru Impreza 555 Ian Gwynne’s eyes are everywhere. And he’s listening intently. He’s been here before. There’s nothing new in the process, but breathing life into a Group… Read more by David Evans December 15, 2024 3 min
Rally Features The rare clubman chance to sample Rally1 life Gone are the days of the Ford you saw Colin McRae drive now being pedalled by a national hero in their local championship. Or said… Read more by Luke Barry December 14, 2024
Dakar Features How difficult is a Dakar car to drive? Ask anyone in the World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC) bivouac what it takes to win the Dakar Rally and you will likely hear one of two… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 13, 2024
WRC Features Hankook’s WRC era begins this weekend – is it ready? In an era of new eras, are you ready for the World Rally Championship’s next epoch-making moment? Step forward Hankook. And say hello to La… Read more by David Evans December 13, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Would the updated points system have changed 2024? A partial reversion to the ‘old way’ of scoring points is locked in for 2025. Changes to the points system confirmed at Wednesday’s World Motor… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay December 13, 2024 3 min
Rally Features When Audi deployed Mikkola to help a US title bid Just when Hannu Mikkola might have felt he’d seen enough of the inside of an Audi for one year in 1984, he was asked to… Read more by David Evans December 12, 2024 2 min
Learn Features Learning ice driving with a Junior world champion Driving experiences rarely come more surreal than sliding a car on ice. Step foot on an icy sidewalk and you’ll be slipping and sliding all… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay December 10, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Pirelli departs WRC just as it won over its harshest critic Two years ago, Sébastien Ogier was on the warpath. He’d had to stop and change a puncture on Rally Japan’s Isegami’s Tunnel stage which had… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay December 9, 2024 5 min
Rally Features Discovering that rallying runs in the DNA Sitting on the startline as the breathing relaxed and the little Renault’s revs built, George Donaldson found himself overcome with emotion – not typical for… Read more by Luke Barry December 8, 2024 5 min
WRC Features The ramifications of Fourmaux’s Hyundai move The cork is out the bottle. As expected, Adrien Fourmaux will drive for Hyundai in next season’s World Rally Championship, contesting a full season alongside… Read more by Luke Barry December 5, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Has the new points system finally proved itself? World Rally Championship drivers don’t usually get excited about a battle they’re not part of, but on this occasion Adrien Fourmaux couldn’t help it. Recalling… Read more by Luke Barry December 4, 2024 3 min
Dakar Features The national champion targeting Dakar success despite major surgery The last year has been something of a roller coaster for Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Henk Lategan. A fourth South African Rally Raid Championship this year… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 4, 2024 5 min
WRC Features Was Mikkelsen always doomed to fail in 2024? On Sunday morning in Japan, Hyundai looked nailed on to secure both World Rally Championship titles. Then Ott Tänak crashed. The destiny of the drivers’… Read more by Mark Paulson December 3, 2024 5 min
WRC Features The must-have calendar for rally fans The World Rally Championship remains the most visually breathtaking motorsport on planet earth. Bar none. Not sure? Then take the wider view. McKlein’s Wider View, that… Read more by David Evans December 2, 2024 1 min
