Dakar News Adapting to new Dakar roadbook still tough – Sainz Defending Dakar Rally winner Carlos Sainz says he is still trying to get to grips with the new electronic roadbook after enduring a difficult opening… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 9, 2021 5 min
WRC News Solberg gets Hyundai i20 R5 Arctic Lapland Rally debut Oliver Solberg will drive a Hyundai i20 R5 competitively for the first time at next week’s Arctic Lapland Rally in Finland. The teenager, who signed… Read more by David Evans January 9, 2021 2 min
Cars News Block parts ways with Ford after 11 years Ken Block and Ford have announced that their exclusive partnership has come to an end. Stretching back 11 years, Block, his Hoonigan outfit, and the… Read more by Dominik Wilde January 8, 2021 2 min
Dakar News Al-Attiyah ‘really disappointed’ following double puncture Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Nasser Al-Attiyah says he is ‘really disappointed’ with tire supplier BFGoodrich after he suffered two punctures on the final Dakar Rally stage… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 8, 2021
WRC News Ypres in, GB out – WRC makes calendar shuffle official Ypres will hold a round of the World Rally Championship this season for the first time, coming at the expense of Rally GB, WRC Promoter… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 8, 2021 2 min
Dakar News Sainz wins stage six as Loeb suffers suspension woes Carlos Sainz bounced back from his early Dakar Rally struggles to win the final stage before the rest day, while Sébastien Loeb’s hopes took another… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 8, 2021 3 min
WRC News Why Suninen’s co-driver is leaving for team management Jarmo Lehtinen says he is sad to have left Teemu Suninen and what will now stand as his final co-driving job at rallying’s highest level… Read more by David Evans January 8, 2021 2 min
Dakar News Dakar stage six shortened after navigation issues Friday’s sixth stage of the Dakar Rally has been shortened and the start time pushed back by the event organizers, the ASO. The decision comes… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 7, 2021 2 min
Dakar News Sainz: 2021 Dakar more gymkhana than rally raid Carlos Sainz says that this year’s Dakar Rally is ‘more like gymkhana than a rally raid’ after suffering navigational problems in two of the last… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 7, 2021 2 min
WRC News Ypres takes Rally GB’s slot on 2021 WRC calendar Last year the World Rally Championship ran without a scoring round in the United Kingdom for the first time since its inception in 1973, but… Read more by David Evans January 7, 2021 3 min
Dakar News De Villiers wins stage five, Peterhansel extends lead Toyota’s Giniel de Villiers claimed his first stage win of this year’s Dakar Rally as Stéphane Peterhansel extended his lead in the overall classification over… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 7, 2021 3 min
WRC News Neuville moots moving Monte to end of season Wednesday’s regional government meeting boosted the World Rally Championship opening Monte Carlo Rally’s chances of going ahead as scheduled later this month, but it’s still… Read more by David Evans January 7, 2021 1 min
WRC News Monte Carlo Rally edges closer to getting green light DirtFish understands that this month’s Monte Carlo Rally has been given a green light to proceed following a regional government meeting in Gap on Wednesday… Read more by David Evans January 6, 2021 2 min
Dakar News Loeb blasts Dakar “incompetence” after five-minute penalty Bahrain Raid Xtreme’s Sébastien Loeb has been handed a five-minute penalty for exceeding the speed limit during the fourth stage of the Dakar Rally, a… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 6, 2021 3 min
WRC News Does WRC need a COVID calendar buffer? As the World Rally Championship waits for decisions on the potential re-organization of its first two rounds, Sébastien Ogier has praised the deployment of a… Read more by David Evans January 6, 2021 2 min
WRC News Decision looming for Arctic Rally to join WRC calendar The fate of the World Rally Championship’s winter rally will be known within a week as the governing body of Finnish motorsport and the organizers… Read more by David Evans January 6, 2021 2 min
Dakar News Al-Attiyah carves into Peterhansel Dakar lead Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Nasser Al-Attiyah has taken his third successive Dakar Rally stage win to reduce the gap to the event leader Stéphane Peterhansel to… Read more by Joshua Suttill January 6, 2021 2 min
Dakar News The 100mph roll that stopped a Dakar frontrunner Overdrive Racing’s Bernhard Ten Brinke and Tom Colsoul were forced to abandon the Dakar Rally towards the end of the third stage on Tuesday, as… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 6, 2021 2 min
