WRC News Tänak 100% fit for Rally México After the slightly surprising revelation that he’d come close to missing last month’s Rally Sweden, defending World Rally Champion Ott Tänak has told DirtFish he’s completely… Read more by David Evans March 9, 2020
WRC News Makinen: Evans’ rise is a WRC game-changer Tommi Mäkinen has described the battle for this year’s World Rally Championship as the best ever – comparing Elfyn Evans’ inclusion in that scrap with… Read more by David Evans March 9, 2020
Off-Road News Paddon wins first running of his own New Zealand hillclimb After accepting the award for winning his own event, Hayden Paddon offered a slightly bashful grin. Driving his Hyundai i20 AP4+ in hillclimb specification, he… Read more by David Evans March 8, 2020
World RX News Münnich expands to two cars for 2020 World RX season All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport has confirmed it will run two Seat Ibiza RXs in the World Rallycross championship this year for team boss René Münnich and… Read more by Dominik Wilde March 8, 2020
World RX News Natalie Barratt revealed as first driver in Projekt E Former British Rally Championship competitor Natalie Barratt has become the first confirmed driver for the new Projekt E series. The veteran of 44 World Rally… Read more by Dominik Wilde March 8, 2020
Rally News COVID-19 move costs Euro Historic round its status Coronavirus’s impact on rallying has continued, with DirtFish learning that Rally Costa Brava has lost its European Historic Sporting Rally Championship status after restricting Italian… Read more by David Evans March 8, 2020
World RX News Russian World RX event called off The inaugural Russian World Rallycross event has been scrapped after the championship promoters and event organisers couldn’t come to an agreement. Russia’s first World RX… Read more by Dominik Wilde March 6, 2020
WRC News Can Sordo start his 2020 WRC season with a win? It would be grossly unfair to say a gravel win has never looked on the cards for Dani Sordo. The Hyundai driver has led numerous… Read more by David Evans March 6, 2020
World RX News GC Kompetition announces 2020 Clio programme GC Kompetition has announced a two-car program with a re-developed Clio R.S. for the upcoming World Rallycross Championship season. The Prodrive-built Megane that GCK previously… Read more by Dominik Wilde March 6, 2020
WRC News Rovanperä: México could be one of my trickiest events The World Rally Championship teenaged hero Kalle Rovanperä has warned against expecting more miracles from the #69 Toyota Yaris WRC at next week’s Rally México…. Read more by David Evans March 6, 2020
WRC News Ken Block adds Rally New Zealand to WRC return Ken Block has confirmed a second World Rally Championship outing of this season, with the American bound for Rally New Zealand in a Ford Fiesta… Read more by David Evans March 5, 2020
Rally News Hayden Paddon aiming for three titles with 2020 plans Hayden Paddon will kick off his team’s biggest year to date with this weekend’s Ben Nevis Golden 1200 – a hillclimb organized by Paddon Rallysport…. Read more by David Evans March 5, 2020
WRC News WRC teams weigh in on Hyundai’s driver shuffle The third round of this year’s World Rally Championship brings a third different driver line-up from Hyundai Motorsport – a policy which is drawing different… Read more by David Evans March 5, 2020
WRC News Adamo: Hyundai can’t afford weak rallies anymore Hyundai Motorsport director Andrea Adamo says his team needs to focus on producing a car capable of winning all 13 World Rally Championship rounds if… Read more by David Evans March 4, 2020
World RX News Nürburgring reveals new World RX track The Nürburgring has given a first look at its new rallycross track that will host the German round of the World Rallycross championship this August…. Read more by Dominik Wilde March 4, 2020
Rally News Meeke to make New Zealand debut in Mazda Kris Meeke will make his competitive debut in New Zealand driving a Mazda 2 at the International Rally of Whangarei in May. Beyond a trip… Read more by David Evans March 3, 2020 3 min
Rally News Breen finding MRF tires “pretty incredible” so far Hyundai driver Craig Breen praised MRF’s tires following his third place at last weekend’s Itäralli in Finland. Breen drove a Hyundai i20 R5 on the… Read more by David Evans March 3, 2020 3 min
WRC News “No risk” to Rally México from coronavirus Mexican medical professionals say COVID-19 presents no threat to next week’s third round of the World Rally Championship, Rally México. Organizers of the León-based event… Read more by David Evans March 3, 2020 3 min
