Rally News Subarus and Mitsubishis to be phased out of own ERC class Group N cars such as the Subaru Impreza and Mitsubishi Lancer that currently form the basis of the European Rally Championship’s ERC2 class will no… Read more by Ida Wood December 17, 2020 3 min
WRC News WRC 2021 tire delays hand teams extra test days Next year’s World Rally Championship testing schedule is getting even busier, as more test days have been added to the teams’ allocations to learn the… Read more by Ida Wood December 16, 2020 2 min
WRC News WRC teams and support class cars to get powerstage points The World Rally Championship’s powerstage system will be expanded to include bonus points for the WRC manufacturers’ championship from next season, with its WRC2 and… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay December 16, 2020 2 min
WRC Features Why the Arctic Rally is the ideal Sweden stand-in The Arctic. It sounds cold. It sounds cold and it sounds snowy. Most of all – and even in July – it sounds like winter…. Read more by David Evans December 16, 2020 5 min
Rally News 2021 British Rally Championship calendar revealed The 2021 British Rally Championship calendar has been unveiled, featuring just two of the same rounds as the 2020 season and several returning classics. Only… Read more by Luke Barry December 16, 2020 3 min
Rally News Bottas set to drive Hyundai on Arctic Rally Valtteri Bottas is understood to be lining up a Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC for next month’s Arctic Rally. The Mercedes Formula 1 driver confirmed he… Read more by David Evans December 15, 2020 3 min
WRC News WRC loses Rally Sweden from 2021 calendar Next February’s Rally Sweden has been canceled due to increased government restrictions in the face of rising coronavirus infections. The County Board of Värmland in… Read more by David Evans December 15, 2020 3 min
Rally Features The €20 training ground which breeds WRC champions Recently crowned seven-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Ogier’s journey to the top followed the sort of path well trodden by many of his predecessors and… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 15, 2020 10 min +
WRC News Adelaide emerges as candidate to host WRC in 2021 Adelaide – once the home of Formula 1’s Australian Grand Prix – has emerged as a genuine contender to host the World Rally Championship the… Read more by David Evans December 15, 2020 2 min
WRC News COVID threat to 2021 WRC season start After its heavily-disrupted 2020, the World Rally Championship is desperately hoping for a smoother 2021 – but the COVID-19 situation is already raising question marks… Read more by David Evans December 14, 2020 3 min
WRC News Mäkinen: Toyota structure doesn’t need much support Toyota’s departing World Rally Championship team principal Tommi Mäkinen says the squad could operate without the need for “much support” from his replacement because its… Read more by Colin Clark December 14, 2020 2 min
WRC Opinion Podcast: Does the WRC need more rallies like Monza? Monza Rally was certainly different to the usual format of a World Rally Championship-qualifying event, and it will be etched in the memory for some… Read more by DirtFish Media December 14, 2020 10 min +
WRC News Pandemic “messed up” M-Sport – Lappi Esapekka Lappi has admitted that the COVID-19 pandemic “messed up” the whole M-Sport Ford World Rally team after a difficult 2020 season that yielded just… Read more by Colin Clark December 14, 2020 2 min
WRC Features America’s WRC stars on the twists and turns of their 2020 Was 2020 the season Sean Johnston and Alex Kihurani were expecting? Absolutely not. But 2020 wasn’t the year anybody on this planet was anticipating, meaning… Read more by Luke Barry December 13, 2020 3 min
WRC News Hyundai Motorsport starts online advent giveaway In addition to lighting up London’s Piccadilly Circus, Hyundai Motorsport is celebrating winning the 2020 World Rally Championship manufacturers’ title by creating an online advent… Read more by Ida Wood December 13, 2020 1 min
WRC Features Six times Loeb shone on his motorsport debuts Sébastien Loeb’s deal to drive for Lewis Hamilton’s X44 Extreme E team means the nine-time World Rally Champion will add another string to his bow… Read more by DirtFish Media December 13, 2020 5 min
WRC News Toyota and Hyundai try Pirellis in Monte Carlo Rally test The World Rally Championship returned to Gap this week as Monte Carlo Rally testing kicked off in the mountains surrounding the host town for round… Read more by David Evans December 12, 2020 2 min
WRC Opinion Why I miss Volkswagen Motorsport, by David Evans If I was ever going to have a rock-and-roll moment, that was probably it. I’d just ditched Carlos Sainz’s Race Touareg in a lake –… Read more by David Evans December 12, 2020 3 min