WRC Features Why Rovanperä’s off wasn’t Portugal’s biggest story Saturday morning. It’s just after seven and as the cars depart service for the stages, some of the World Rally Championship’s heavier hitters head inside… Read more by David Evans May 13, 2024 3 min
WRC Features The lesson Ogier learned from his sixth Portugal win After adding World Rally Championship victory number 60 and becoming the most successful driver in Rally Portugal history, surpassing Markku Alén, you’d think Sébastien Ogier… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay May 12, 2024 3 min
Rally Features Paddon: why am I doing this? While Portugal focuses the northern hemisphere’s rallying eye, the cat’s back down under. Playtime’s over for the Kiwi mice. Saturday is round two of the… Read more by David Evans May 10, 2024 5 min
Dakar Features Why Ford and M-Sport signed Sainz It would have been shortly before his 10th birthday. Quite possibly standing in the kitchen at home in Cumbria. Matthew Wilson knew then. And he… Read more by David Evans May 10, 2024 5 min
WRC Features When Röhrl used Lancia’s tricks against the Italians At some point, the question’s coming. Given the potential for dry and dusty conditions, it’s as inevitable as the consumption of Pastéis de Nata in… Read more by David Evans May 9, 2024 5 min
WRC Features Will WRC indecision push Kalle Rovanperä away? What does Kalle Rovanperä think? As the dossier that will dictate the next two years in the World Rally Championship is compiled and completed, what… Read more by David Evans May 8, 2024 5 min
WRC Features Rally Portugal 2024 Form Guide With the European leg of the World Rally Championship now in full swing, Rally Portugal follows swiftly on from Croatia Rally. It is only the… Read more by Mark Paulson May 7, 2024 5 min
WRC Features Flying back in time with Air Adamo Sometimes I wonder if Andrea Adamo’s my friend at all. He always does this. Always. It’s a Tuesday morning full of typing, zooming, talking. And now… Read more by David Evans May 7, 2024 5 min
WRC Features Rally Portugal 2024: entry list + itinerary Following swiftly on from the World Rally Championship’s first pure asphalt round of 2024 comes the opening conventional gravel event: Rally Portugal. A rally steeped… Read more by Mark Paulson May 6, 2024
WRC Features Acropolis sacrifices Parthenon for more stage miles Is the Acropolis still the Acropolis without the Acropolis? Of course it is. The organisers of the Acropolis Rally of Gods revealed the itinerary for… Read more by David Evans May 6, 2024 5 min
Rally Features The Spanish team grateful for Swift FIA action It’s almost impossible to get through a day without hearing another opinion on what needs to happen with Rally1 and Rally2 in the next six… Read more by David Evans May 4, 2024 2 min
Rally Features Lia Block’s F1 dreams don’t mean her rally days are over We had just gotten used to seeing Lia Block sending it sideways in a rally car, just as her father Ken had done for decades…. Read more by Alasdair Lindsay May 2, 2024 5 min
WRC Features Dear Škoda: make this concept a real rally car Dear Mr Hrabánek, How are you? Sorry to interrupt your planning for Portugal, but having seen your latest work today, we felt we really had… Read more by David Evans May 2, 2024 3 min
WRC Features How Katsuta chose to put his team before himself The question was, if we’re honest, a little bit naughty. But it felt like it had to be asked. We all know Toyota’s attitude to… Read more by Jon Scoltock April 30, 2024 5 min
Rally Features Meeke: This rally was my career in one weekend Kris Meeke was the talk of Friday after he rolled his Hyundai Portugal i20 N Rally2 at shakedown for Rali terras d’Aboboreira. Just hours later,… Read more by Kris Meeke April 30, 2024 5 min
ARA Features How Top Gear inspired US rallying’s star rookie One element of rallying is perceived as more important than any other: experience. This is not circuit racing where the roads can be learned in… Read more by Jon Scoltock April 29, 2024 10 min +
WRC Features The worst part of a co-driver’s job isn’t what you’d expect In fairness, it was freezing. Like literally freezing – frost on the ground chilly. Aaron Johnston knew what was coming. He knew the hard compound… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 29, 2024 3 min
WRC Features What difference would 2023 WRC points have made in 2024? We’re four rounds, around the one-third mark, into the 2024 World Rally Championship season. As was the case after the first three rounds, one topic… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 27, 2024 5 min
