WRC News Katsuta under “no stupid pressure” in Sweden Takamoto Katsuta says he is under “no stupid pressure” ahead of his first World Rally Championship event as a nominated driver to score points for… Read more by Luke Barry February 6, 2023 1 min
WRC Features Oliver Solberg on the Monte and 2023’s prospects It’s going to be an exciting season for Oliver Solberg. Dropped from his full factory Hyundai WRC drive at the end of last year, the… Read more by DirtFish Media February 5, 2023 2 min
WRC News What’s it like working with Ogier? I remember I wrote a column in November last year examining the choice Vincent Landais had just made. After joining Sébastien Ogier for the season-closing… Read more by Luke Barry February 5, 2023 5 min
WRC News M-Sport still wants Loeb, but Tänak the priority M-Sport Ford managing director Malcolm Wilson is still speaking to Sébastien Loeb about possible World Rally Championship outings this season, but Ott Tänak is his main priority. Tänak… Read more by Luke Barry February 5, 2023 3 min
Rally News Tänak claims first victory of M-Sport Ford return Ott Tänak has taken his first victory behind the wheel of an M-Sport Ford rally car in over five years, winning Estonia’s Otepää Winter Rally… Read more by Luke Barry February 4, 2023 1 min
Rally News Lappi and Katsuta both crash in Finnish snow rally Neither Esapekka Lappi nor Takamoto Katsuta managed to win the Kuopio Rally, their warm-up event for next weekend’s World Rally Championship-counting Rally Sweden, as both… Read more by Luke Barry February 4, 2023 2 min
BRC News Fourmaux to contest British Rally Championship opener Adrien Fourmaux will start the opening round of the British Rally Championship, next month’s Malcolm Wilson Rally. The M-Sport Ford World Rally Team driver will… Read more by David Evans February 4, 2023 2 min
WRC News Delecour targeting more WRC2 outings World Rally Championship legend François Delecour is targeting a “five or six” round WRC2 program this year after making his category debut on the Monte Carlo… Read more by Luke Barry February 4, 2023 2 min
WRC News M-Sport assured Ford’s F1 deal won’t affect WRC program M-Sport managing director Malcolm Wilson is confident Ford’s return to Formula 1 alongside Red Bull will strengthen its World Rally Championship presence and performance. Wilson… Read more by David Evans February 3, 2023 2 min
WRC News WRC’s non-championship super Saturday If the rallying did super Saturdays outside of the World Rally Championship, tomorrow would very definitely be one of them. Four cars, three teams, two… Read more by David Evans February 3, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Rally UK – The size of the task ahead The phrase we used in the headline of yesterday’s news story was ‘renewed hope.’ Absolutely nothing is set in stone, but there’s some positivity and… Read more by Luke Barry February 3, 2023 5 min
WRC News Latvala thanks Akio Toyoda for his WRC efforts Toyota Gazoo Racing team principal Jari-Matti Latvala has thanked departing company president Akio Toyoda for his commitment in returning the firm to the World Rally… Read more by David Evans February 3, 2023 2 min
WRC News Renewed hope for UK’s WRC round in 2024 Key stakeholders – including politicians, Motorsport UK and WRC Promoter – met in Westminster this week to create an action plan to restore the UK… Read more by Luke Barry February 2, 2023 3 min
WRC News The former WRC driver missing from this year’s WRC2 Past WRC2 event winner Eric Camilli says he will not be contesting the World Rally Championship’s second-tier category this year. The former M-Sport driver will… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon February 2, 2023 2 min
WRC Opinion Are the new testing rules good for the WRC? Is it just me or did anybody else spot the irony in Thierry Neuville’s comments about some of his rivals heading out to national rallies… Read more by David Evans February 2, 2023 3 min
WRC News Loubet limited in what he can learn from Tänak The easy assumption would be that Pierre-Louis Loubet has plenty to learn from new World Rally Championship team-mate Ott Tänak. Loubet has never done a… Read more by Luke Barry February 2, 2023 3 min
WRC News Sardinia to include marathon stage in 2023 This year’s Rally Italy in Sardinia will include a mammoth 50km (31 miles) stage as the rally has also moved back to Olbia for its… Read more by Luke Barry February 1, 2023 2 min
WRC Opinion Solberg has already proved something crucial this year Oliver Solberg is a driver that continues to divide opinion. It seems that, more than most, everybody has something they want to say on his… Read more by Luke Barry February 1, 2023 3 min
