Extreme E News Ekström returns to Abt for maiden Extreme E campaign Abt has announced Mattias Ekström as its first driver for the upcoming inaugural Extreme E season, reuniting a driver and outfit that have enjoyed considerable… Read more by Dominik Wilde September 14, 2020 3 min
WRC News WRC keeps same COVID precautions for Turkey This week’s Rally Turkey will run to the same coronavirus protocol as Rally Estonia earlier this month. FIA rally director Yves Matton told DirtFish the… Read more by David Evans September 14, 2020 2 min
Rally News Max McRae stars on classic ex-WRC roads The McRae name is known and loved in Western Australia. It’s hardly surprising: Alister starred seven times on the Perth-based World Rally Championship event his… Read more by David Evans September 13, 2020 3 min
WRC News How will Toyota respond to Hyundai’s Estonia shock? There’s nothing worse than an upset apple cart. Does that translate? Maybe not. OK, there’s nothing worse than spoiling the status quo. Or upsetting the… Read more by David Evans September 13, 2020 5 min
WRC News M-Sport warns drivers not to let ‘heads drop’ again M-Sport team principal Richard Millener has urged his drivers Esapekka Lappi and Teemu Suninen to take a positive approach to next week’s Rally Turkey following… Read more by David Evans September 12, 2020 2 min
Rally News Max McRae takes on classic Australia WRC stages Some of Western Australia’s most famous stages will be back in action this weekend – and the McRae name will be competing on them. Sixteen-year-old… Read more by David Evans September 11, 2020 3 min
WRC News Estonia has earned a shot at full WRC calendar slot – FIA FIA rally director Yves Matton has told DirtFish Rally Estonia’s debut in the World Rally Championship was strong enough to play the Tartu-based event into… Read more by David Evans September 11, 2020 2 min
WRC News Opinion Rovanperä says 2020 win chances over – is he right? Flying Finnish teenager Kalle Rovanperä fears his best chance of breaking his World Rally Championship duck and scoring a rookie season win has gone. The… Read more by David Evans September 11, 2020
WRC News Why Ogier left Estonia both satisfied and frustrated More than anybody else in the World Rally Championship, Sébastien Ogier knows titles come courtesy of the harder yards. He completed some of those running… Read more by David Evans September 11, 2020 2 min
WRC News R4 goes on show with other McRae legends It was a fairly unexpected find at the Syresham Sports and Social Club near Brackley, England on Sunday. But there it was. The car Colin… Read more by David Evans September 11, 2020 2 min
WRC News How did Hyundai’s new star really do in Estonia? For a Bastia-born rally driver, deep ends don’t come much deeper than Estonia. Pierre-Louis Loubet comes from Corsica and grew up around its 10,000 asphalt… Read more by David Evans September 10, 2020 2 min
World RX News Baumanis to make World RX return in Projekt E Janis Baumanis – who had been due to race the Audi that Mattias Ekström has put into title contention – will return to the World… Read more by Dominik Wilde September 10, 2020 2 min
News FIA defends WRC return timing after Ogier’s criticism FIA rally director Yves Matton has defended the governing body’s stance on the World Rally Championship’s return to competition following criticism from Sébastien Ogier and… Read more by David Evans September 10, 2020 2 min
WRC News M-Sport on course to deliver world’s first Rally3 car M-Sport Poland is on track to deliver the world’s first Rally3 car for January 1, with the firm’s latest all-new Ford Fiesta rally car currently… Read more by David Evans September 10, 2020 2 min
WRC News Ypres route unveiled, includes four brand-new stages The make-up of the World Rally Championship’s first visit to Belgium has been confirmed with Ypres Rally organizers publicizing Rally Guide 1 for the November 20-22 event…. Read more by Luke Barry September 9, 2020 2 min
WRC News Loeb back behind the wheel ahead of Turkey return Nine-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb was back behind the wheel of a Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC this week for the first time since January…. Read more by David Evans September 9, 2020 2 min
WRC News Neuville won’t write off title hopes just yet Thierry Neuville is refusing to dismiss his chances of claiming a first World Rally Championship title this season despite in Estonia falling to 37 points behind… Read more by Colin Clark September 9, 2020 2 min
WRC News WRC engine freeze set for official go ahead Engine regulations for the next generation of the World Rally Championship are expected to be inked at Friday’s WRC Commission meeting – with the five-year… Read more by David Evans September 9, 2020 2 min
