Dakar News Sainz seizes top spot on Dakar opening stage Carlos Sainz has become the first leader of the 2023 Dakar Rally, outpacing Sébastien Loeb on an opening stage that looked to belong to his… Read more by Luke Barry January 1, 2023 2 min
WRC News Loeb has no WRC plan in place Sébastien Loeb has confirmed that currently he has no plans to compete on any rounds of the 2023 World Rally Championship. The nine-time world champion… Read more by David Evans January 1, 2023 2 min
Dakar News Dakar regs between ICE and electric “fair” – Ekström Team Audi Sport’s Mattias Ekström says the closeness of the Dakar Rally field following the Sea Camp prologue proves that the FIA’s latest regulation tweak… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 31, 2022 3 min
Dakar News Ekström sets pace in Dakar Rally prologue Audi’s Mattias Ekström and Emil Bergkvist opened their 2023 Dakar Rally account with the fastest time in the Sea Camp prologue, beating Bahrain Raid Xtreme’s… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 31, 2022 3 min
WRC News 2C interested in running a Rally1 car in WRC Victory on the Rallye du Var means something. A month and a bit out from the Monte Carlo Rally and roughly in the same area,… Read more by David Evans December 29, 2022 3 min
Dakar News Is Audi the clear Dakar favorite? The warning signs were clear at the end of the 2022 Dakar Rally. While it didn’t win outright following a plethora of issues for all… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 28, 2022 3 min
Dakar News Loeb lays out confidence for his 2023 Dakar Bahrain Raid Xtreme’s Sébastien Loeb heads into this year’s Dakar Rally feeling “pretty confident” as he goes in search of an elusive first victory on… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 27, 2022 5 min
WRC News How 2022 has changed Evans’s perspective Just over two years ago, Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin climbed back up a snowy Italian bank to reflect on the world championship which had… Read more by David Evans December 24, 2022 3 min
WRC News Greensmith leaves M-Sport Gus Greensmith has parted ways with M-Sport and will not compete with the team in next year’s World Rally Championship. Greensmith joined the team eight… Read more by Rob Hansford December 20, 2022 2 min
WRC News Loeb will not contest Monte Carlo Rally Nine-time World Rally champion Sébastien Loeb has revealed that he will not contest next month’s WRC season opening Monte Carlo Rally. M-Sport, the team with… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 19, 2022 3 min
WRC News Delecour to drive new Škoda on 2023 Monte Carlo Rally François Delecour will contest next month’s Monte Carlo Rally behind the wheel of a Toksport Škoda Fabia RS Rally2. It will be the 60-year-old’s 23rd… Read more by Luke Barry December 17, 2022 2 min
WRC News Fourmaux demoted to M-Sport’s WRC2 program Adrien Fourmaux has been demoted to the WRC2 category for next year’s World Rally Championship, where he’ll be joined at M-Sport by former Hyundai junior… Read more by Luke Barry December 16, 2022 3 min
WRC News Latvala concerned Evans is thinking too much There’s no denying it. We’ve all said it, and if we haven’t we’ve been thinking it: Elfyn Evans missed a golden opportunity in this year’s… Read more by Rob Hansford December 16, 2022 3 min
WRC News Hyundai believes Toyota is still ahead Julien Moncet, the man who led Hyundai through the 2022 World Rally Championship season, believes Toyota is still the favorite for next year’s WRC despite… Read more by Luke Barry December 15, 2022 3 min
WRC News Loubet gets full-time WRC program with M-Sport Pierre-Louis Loubet will compete with the M-Sport Ford World Rally Team full next season as a manufacturer-registered points scorer. Loubet joined M-Sport on a part-time… Read more by Luke Barry December 15, 2022 3 min
WRC News Neuville enters Race of Champions for first time Hyundai World Rally Championship driver Thierry Neuville will make his Race of Champions debut when he takes part in the event early next year. After… Read more by Rob Hansford December 15, 2022 2 min
WRC News Solberg to mount WRC2 title challenge with Toksport Oliver Solberg has confirmed he will fight for next year’s WRC2 title in a Toksport-run Škoda Fabia RS Rally2. The Monster Energy-backed driver will start… Read more by David Evans December 15, 2022 2 min
ARA News New ARA regulations have not gone far enough – Higgins Ten-time US rally champion David Higgins fears the American Rally Association presented by DirtFish’s new technical regulations haven’t gone far enough to encourage more teams… Read more by Luke Barry December 14, 2022 3 min