WRC Features Zero to a JWRC podium in under a year, the Max Smart story A year ago, Max Smart had never sat in a rally car. A week ago, he stood on the Junior WRC podium for the first… Read more by Jon Scoltock June 10, 2024 5 min
New Cars Features Fourmaux: enjoying Ford and the ’Fish We have the best sport in the world. We know we do. But sometimes, you bring a passenger to the car and this helps to… Read more by Jon Scoltock June 10, 2024 5 min
WRC Features Millener: stop looking backwards M-Sport Ford Team principal Richard Millener is looking slightly exasperated. He’s heard it all before. He’s not really interested anymore. History, heritage, the good old… Read more by David Evans June 10, 2024
WRC Features Did the WRC sprint-format hit the mark? HL Did the WRC sprint-format hit the mark? SH Sardinia was the first event to trail the WRC’s new sprint itinerary. What was the verdict?… Read more by Mark Paulson June 4, 2024
WRC Features What we learned from Rally Italy Sardinia 2024 Rally Italy Sardinia delivered the closest finish to a World Rally Championship round since Rally Jordan in 2011. The total mileage across the 16 stages… Read more by Jon Scoltock June 3, 2024 5 min
WRC Features Sardinia now a legendary event in its own right No. Colin McRae was adamant. It wasn’t happening. Not this time. Sitting out the front of the Royal Hotel Sanremo, the then Citroën driver wasn’t… Read more by David Evans May 30, 2024 5 min
Rally Features FIA’s rally talent search enters a crucial phase It would potentially have been a stretch to consider Romet Jürgenson as favorite to win the Junior WRC title in 2024. Yet this is the… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay May 30, 2024 5 min
WRC Features Rally dynasties in Sardinia Rallying can very much be a family affair and, this weekend, Oliver Solberg will follow in the footsteps of father Petter at Rally Italia Sardinia;… Read more by Jon Scoltock May 29, 2024 2 min
WRC Features What to expect from a shorter Sardinia It’s a brave new world for rallying. The World Rally Championship is making a first step into flexible itineraries during the modern era, allowing rallies… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay May 29, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Looking back on 20 years of Sardinia in the WRC It’s a long time, 20 years. When the WRC abandoned its traditional Italian home of Sanremo for the island of Sardinia in 2004, it wasn’t… Read more by Jon Scoltock May 28, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Rally Italy Sardinia 2024 form guide The European gravel season is underway and, after an action-packed Rally Portugal three weeks ago, we’re back at it with Rally Italia Sardegna. A quick… Read more by Jon Scoltock May 28, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Meeke’s Portuguese learning means less Ireland for Leckey Kris Meeke may have been making headlines in 2024, but he’s not the only Northern Irishman enjoying a Portuguese comeback. Former Killarney Rally of the… Read more by Jon Scoltock May 26, 2024 5 min
WRC Features The call that changed Hannu Mikkola’s life Today would have been Hannu Mikkola’s 82nd birthday. What better way to remember and celebrate the two-time world champion than to go back in time… Read more by Jon Scoltock May 24, 2024 5 min
ARA Features New ARA winner Cordero plotting return with WRC car Ricardo Cordero has seen enough. The three-time NACAM champion came to Oregon Trail Rally as a warm-up event for his next championship round north of… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay May 24, 2024 5 min
WRC Features Ogier dispenses advice to winless team-mate Katsuta Takamoto Katsuta’s World Rally Championship campaign in 2024 has been a mixture of promise and frustration. Fridays have been Katsuta’s domain. He led the way… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay May 23, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Why Citroën is now a match for Škoda on gravel in WRC2 If there were dramatic scenes at the head of the World Rally Championship field on last week’s Rally Portugal, they were nothing compared with WRC2…. Read more by Mark Paulson May 21, 2024 3 min
WRC Features How Toyota can help Katsuta In the midst of a run of gravel rallies through the European late spring and early summer, the World Rally Championship events come thick and… Read more by Mark Paulson May 20, 2024 3 min
ARA Features Alison LaRoza: smiles, hugs and high-fives Oregon sits under a cloud this week. For much of the American rallying community, it’s hard to imagine that cloud lifting. But out of the… Read more by David Evans May 18, 2024 5 min