WRC News Toyota to be called ‘Gazoo Racing’ from WRC 2027 Almost two decades ago Akio Toyoda wanted to go racing. Toyota wasn’t so sure. He did it anyway. But he did it, respectfully, under the… Read more by David Evans January 7, 2026 3 min
ERC News ERC loses its season opener, Rally Hungary The opening round of the 2026 European Rally Championship season, Rally Hungary, has been lost from the calendar. The gravel event, scheduled to run on… Read more by Luke Barry January 7, 2026 2 min
WRC News Hyundai moves its test base from Finland to France Hyundai has switched the location of its permanent test site from Finland to the south of France. Having tested out of a central Finland base… Read more by David Evans January 6, 2026 2 min
WRC News Toyota goes bold for 2026 WRC livery Toyota’s GR Yaris Rally1 will sport a fresh new look for the 2026 World Rally Championship. The car Sébastien Ogier powered to a record-equalling ninth… Read more by Luke Barry January 6, 2026 1 min
WRC News Solberg chosen to score Toyota manufacturer points in Monte Toyota has nominated Oliver Solberg to score points at the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally, with Sami Pajari again competing for a second team. Reigning WRC2… Read more by Luke Barry January 5, 2026 2 min
WRC News Should Evans do things differently in 2026? Whether it was Albert Einstein’s initial thought or not, the general consideration is that doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different… Read more by David Evans January 4, 2026 2 min
WRC News Katsuta wants to fight for WRC title in 2027 Takamoto Katsuta is aiming to fight for the World Rally Championship in 2027, with more podiums the target for 2026. Starting his seventh season as a… Read more by Luke Barry January 3, 2026 3 min
ARA Podcast Toyota’s latest rally driver with a rally-raid career Seth Quintero was two, maybe three years old when everything changed for him. He didn’t know it at the time, but Dana Brown’s extraordinary film… Read more by DirtFish Media January 2, 2026 10 min +
WRC News Solberg not ruling out WRC title in 2026 Last year, Oliver Solberg claimed his first world title in Rally2 and won his first World Rally in Rally1. Will this, then, be the year… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 1, 2026 2 min
Rally Features Rallying around the world but with a modest budget They’ve rallied a Toyota in Thailand, a BMW in the Arctic and a Fiesta in Uruguay. They’ve taken on WRC candidate events, flown across the… Read more by Luke Barry December 31, 2025 5 min
WRC News Ogier says goodbye to his “hardest” competitor Sébastien Ogier wasn’t having it. He wasn’t prepared to stand by and watch his friend suffer. Putting the hood of his coat on his head,… Read more by David Evans December 30, 2025 3 min
WRC Features The WRC co-driver making a comeback at 66 It’s become a running joke within the World Rally Championship service park. He’s the man who simply won’t retire. The initial plan was to do so… Read more by Luke Barry December 29, 2025 5 min
Rally Features Spain’s answer to Rovanperä and Solberg Being adored at his home round of the World Rally Championship is not a new experience for Dani Sordo. In 2015, the story was the… Read more by Luke Barry December 28, 2025 5 min
WRC Features When a ‘part-time’ driver won the WRC with a privateer team Sébastien Ogier’s World Rally Championship success on a part-time season this year was nothing short of incredible. But he did it with the might of… Read more by Luke Barry December 27, 2025 10 min +
WRC Features The driver Subaru wanted but couldn’t have Britain needed its next rallying megastar. Colin McRae had disappeared from the World Rally Championship, Richard Burns was ill. It was time for the next… Read more by Luke Barry December 26, 2025
WRC Features The Loeb-esque Dakar and Monte plan The World Rally Championship’s off-season is a short one. Just 50 days stand between the final day of Rally Saudi Arabia and the first recce… Read more by Luke Barry December 25, 2025 5 min
WRC Features The secrets to Solberg’s 2025 success There were plenty of firsts in 2025. The first world title (in WRC2), the first World Rally Championship win (in Estonia) and the first full… Read more by Luke Barry December 24, 2025 5 min
Rally Features How MRF won on its Safari debut Standing on Vipingo Ridge, just north of Mombasa, reality bites hard for the MRF engineers. The ambient temperature is knocking on the door of 40… Read more by David Evans December 24, 2025 3 min
