WRC News McErlean crashes out, Rovanperä resumes stage-winning form The final morning of Rally Islas Canarias started with a bang, as the first car on the road Josh McErlean crashed out on the final… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 27, 2025 2 min
WRC Features Inside the WRC’s very first basketball stage I’ll be honest, I’m with the lion’s share of World Rally Championship drivers. I can’t call myself a basketball fan. And after what I saw… Read more by Luke Barry April 26, 2025 3 min
WRC News Pajari crashes out, Rovanperä extends lead Toyota’s hopes of a record-equalling 1-2-3-4-5 finish on Rally Islas Canarias are over, as Sami Pajari crashed out on Saturday’s penultimate stage. Pajari understeered wide… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 26, 2025 3 min
WRC News Ogier admits age is making him rethink approach to risk When Kalle Rovanperä rocked up to the finish line of the Tejeda stage on Rally Islas Canarias, there was an ominous sense of ‘business as… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 26, 2025 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä extends Canarias stage-winning streak Kalle Rovanperä is running away with the lead on Rally Islas Canarias, continuing his 100% stage win streak from the rally start and increasing his… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 26, 2025 3 min
WRC News New Hankook compound reveals key weakness in Hyundai’s design Hyundai technical director François-Xaiver Demaison has conceded that the new Hankook hard compound asphalt tire – making its World Rally Championship debut on Rally Islas… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 25, 2025 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä ‘relieved’ by his return to form It’s come three months later than perhaps we all expected, but the Kalle Rovanperä show is back on the road. Six stages; six scratch times…. Read more by Luke Barry April 25, 2025 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä’s clean sweep as Toyota hold 1-2-3-4-5 Kalle Rovanperä has strengthened his grip on the lead of Rally Islas Canarias, spearheading a Toyota domination of the leaderboard as Hyundai continued to struggle… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 25, 2025 3 min
WRC News Why Hyundai is struggling so much on Islas Canarias Thierry Neuville, like every Rally1 driver in the World Rally Championship, is required to talk to media when coming back to service. Not much was… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 25, 2025 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä leads early Toyota 1-2-3 in Canaries Kalle Rovanperä was a cut above the rest on the opening morning of Rally Islas Canarias, winning all three of Friday’s first loop of stages… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 25, 2025 2 min
WRC News How driver pacenotes are compromised for WRC Canarias The recce at Rally Islas Canarias, a brand-new event on the World Rally Championship calendar, was always going to be a challenge with drivers creating… Read more by Luke Barry April 24, 2025 5 min
WRC News Timeframe revealed for WRC 2027 regs finalization The FIA has revealed that the next set of World Rally Championship technical regulations, primed to begin in 2027, will not be fully finalized until… Read more by Luke Barry April 24, 2025 3 min
WRC News Drivers react to Wilson’s FIA deputy president candidacy Drivers have reacted positively to the potential appointment of Malcolm Wilson as FIA deputy president for sport. FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem revealed the M-Sport… Read more by David Evans April 24, 2025 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä dominates Rally Islas Canarias shakedown Kalle Rovanperä topped the timesheets on Rally Islas Canarias’ shakedown stage, besting the rest of the field by 2.5s on the 6.26km Santa Brigida test…. Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 24, 2025 3 min
WRC News Why Ogier enjoys new rallies so much Sébastien Ogier competes in the World Rally Championship because it’s fun. Of course, there is the objective of helping Toyota to another manufacturers’ title, but… Read more by Luke Barry April 23, 2025 3 min
WRC News Loubet makes surprise return to M‑Sport Pierre-Louis Loubet has rejoined M-Sport, undertaking a WRC2 program beginning with next month’s Rally Portugal. Loubet, the 2019 WRC2 champion, drove a Ford Puma Rally1… Read more by Luke Barry April 23, 2025 2 min
WRC Podcast Must Rovanperä apply an all-or-nothing approach? Kalle Rovanperä has 57 reasons to be worried by the form of his Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans. Even if he records a perfect 35-pointer at… Read more by DirtFish Media April 23, 2025 10 min +
Rally News M-Sport boss Wilson nominated to become FIA deputy president M-Sport managing director Malcolm Wilson has been nominated by FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem to succeed Robert Reid as candidate for deputy president for sport…. Read more by Luke Barry April 23, 2025 2 min
