WRC News Mikkelsen’s lofty ambition for Croatia Hyundai’s third car in the World Rally Championship is back in the hands of Andreas Mikkelsen for Rally Croatia, having already taken the reins at… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 16, 2024 2 min
WRC News Rally Croatia 2024: Entry list + itinerary After three events considered specialized in nature, the 2024 World Rally Championship makes its first stop at a more conventional Tarmac rally this week. But… Read more by Mark Paulson April 15, 2024 3 min
ERC News A weight has been lifted from Max McRae’s shoulders The monkey’s gone. The duck’s broken. The weight of expectation sits ever so slightly lighter on those broadening Scottish shoulders. Max McRae is a Junior… Read more by David Evans April 15, 2024 3 min
WRC News Both Rovanperä and Ogier in Toyota’s Portugal lineup Toyota’s pair of world championship-winning part-time drivers, Kalle Rovanperä and Sébastien Ogier, will be in its lineup for next month’s Rally Portugal. It marks the… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 15, 2024 2 min
WRC News Toyota braced to use Hyundai’s Safari trick against it On the Saturday evening of this year’s Safari Rally Kenya, all looked lost for Hyundai. World Rally Championship points leader Thierry Neuville had shipped 10… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 15, 2024
ERC News Tempestini takes shock win in dramatic ERC opener A European Rally Championship season opener filled with shock twists and turns ended with a surprise winner, as Simone Tempestini scored an unexpected victory on… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 14, 2024 5 min
Rally News The Kiwi opener that delivered rallying rock and roll The full gamut of emotions were on show at the stop line of the Kuri Bush stage, which closed out yet another classic – in… Read more by David Evans April 14, 2024 5 min
Rally News Otago shines, but Hawkeswood stars on day one down under Surrounded by stars at this week’s Otago Rally, it was Kiwi Jack Hawkeswood who shone the brightest at the end of the opening day’s action… Read more by David Evans April 13, 2024 5 min
Rally News Paddon’s absence opens door for Otago’s local hero Emma Gilmour knows this could be the moment. For two decades she’s chased a home win in Dunedin and with Hayden Paddon competing on another… Read more by David Evans April 12, 2024 2 min
WRC News Hyundai to run Irish flags in Croatia as Breen tribute All three factory Hyundai i20 N Rally1 cars will run Irish flags during Croatia Rally, as a tribute to Craig Breen a year on from… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 12, 2024 2 min
WRC News Sainz’s recipe for making the WRC great again Between dominating Dakar and watching his son winning Formula 1 races with Ferrari, Carlos Sainz doesn’t have as much time to follow the World Rally… Read more by David Evans April 12, 2024 2 min
Rally News Why Otago Rally is worth watching It’s sometimes easy to overlook the backbone of the Central Machine Hire Otago Rally when you’re staring at Kris Meeke in that Escort. Or Brandon Semenuk in… Read more by David Evans April 11, 2024 2 min
WRC News Katsuta’s strategy to clinch a first WRC win When Takamoto Katsuta crashed out of the Rally Sweden lead battle, he was a broken man. Back in the Umeå service park, there were tears… Read more by Mark Paulson April 11, 2024 3 min
ARA News Why Semenuk’s looking forward to his vacation Brandon Semenuk blows his cheeks. He’s the guy who will happily ride a bike off a cliff, but Sunday’s Otago Rally finale might have him… Read more by David Evans April 9, 2024 2 min
WRC News What’s at stake on this WRC Tuesday? So, no pressure then. It’s just the World Rally Championship’s immediate future on the line. Fortunately, Pernilla’s driving the meeting. It’s Tuesday. It’s Geneva. It’s… Read more by David Evans April 9, 2024 3 min
Rally News Meeke’s 21-year wait to compete in New Zealand For Kris Meeke, the waiting is almost over. It’s been 21 years. But now he’s there. Almost. At the time of writing, he’s probably somewhere… Read more by David Evans April 8, 2024 2 min
WRC News Millener: The WRC is not broken When the FIA’s WRC working group issued its series of directives for the future of rallying’s top level in February, reactions were understandably mixed. For… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 8, 2024 2 min
Off-Road News Al-Attiyah hunts down Portugal W2RC win Nasser Al-Attiyah and Edouard Boulanger came out on top in the BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal to claim their second successive World Rally-Raid Championship victory of… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon April 7, 2024 5 min