WRC News Latvala keen for more Monza-style events in WRC Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala would like to see events like Monza included in future World Rally Championship calendars. Rally Monza was drafted into the… Read more by Luke Barry December 12, 2024
WRC News Fourmaux assured of equal status by Hyundai Adrien Fourmaux has asserted that he will begin the 2025 World Rally Championship season with equal status to his world champion team-mates Thierry Neuville and… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay December 12, 2024 2 min
WRC Podcast Understanding the WRC’s future with Andrew Wheatley The future of the World Rally Championship has become clearer today, with confirmation of the 2027 technical regulations. So who better to speak to than… Read more by DirtFish Media December 11, 2024 10 min +
WRC News WRC points system revamped for 2025 As expected, the World Rally Championship points scoring system will change for 2025, scrapping the ‘Saturday points’ that were introduced in 2024. Veering away from… Read more by Luke Barry December 11, 2024
WRC News WRC 2027 technical regulations confirmed As revealed by DirtFish last week, the next generation of World Rally Championship regulations will be based around a spaceframe Rally2-specification car. Wednesday’s Rwanda meeting… Read more by David Evans December 11, 2024 2 min
WRC News WRC teams warn 2027 car cost cap isn’t feasible Senior figures at both Hyundai and Toyota’s World Rally Championship teams have warned that the mooted cost cap figure contained in the 2027 WRC technical… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay December 11, 2024 2 min
WRC News Hyundai fined for Rally Japan homologation discrepancy Hyundai has been fined €25,000 for a homologation paperwork issue discovered at the 2024 World Rally Championship finale, Rally Japan. On Sunday after the conclusion… Read more by Luke Barry December 11, 2024
WRC Opinion Why Rally1’s expected demise isn’t all good news Scanning through the proposed 2027 technical regulations outline document, it seemed at first glance as if rallying’s stakeholders had finally come to their senses. An… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay December 11, 2024 5 min
WRC News Neuville fears Rally2s will beat proposed WRC 2027 cars Reigning World Rally champion Thierry Neuville has expressed concerns over how fast the next generation of top-level WRC cars will be, suggesting the proposed technical… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay December 10, 2024 3 min
WRC News Solberg switches to a Toyota for WRC2 2025 Oliver Solberg will switch from Škoda to a Printsport Toyota for next season’s World Rally Championship, competing for the WRC2 title. Solberg finished as runner-up… Read more by Luke Barry December 10, 2024 2 min
WRC Features Pirelli departs WRC just as it won over its harshest critic Two years ago, Sébastien Ogier was on the warpath. He’d had to stop and change a puncture on Rally Japan’s Isegami’s Tunnel stage which had… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay December 9, 2024 5 min
WRC News The reality behind Fourmaux’s M-Sport departure It was signed off with victory. Adrien Fourmaux’s five year spell with M-Sport ended with a win on the Monza Rally Master Show – albeit… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay December 9, 2024 3 min
WRC News Munster feels he’s done enough to keep M-Sport seat Grégoire Munster is confident he’s worthy of retaining his World Rally Championship seat with M-Sport in 2025. Munster was elevated from the WRC2 program into… Read more by Luke Barry December 9, 2024 2 min
WRC Opinion Why did Andrew Wheatley leave the FIA? This time I don’t get it. I just don’t. Andrew Wheatley’s departure from the FIA is a major blow for the World Rally Championship and… Read more by David Evans December 6, 2024 2 min
Rally News The WRC stars heading to Monza Rally Show Rallying has its unofficial end-of-season exhibition back. Monza Rally Show, a regular fixture since the late 1970s, has returned to its format of inviting drivers… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay December 6, 2024 5 min
WRC News Fourmaux will make his Hyundai debut next week Adrien Fourmaux will get his first competitive taste of the Hyundai i20 N Rally1 next week when he takes on France’s Rallye National Hivernal du… Read more by Luke Barry December 6, 2024 2 min
WRC News Wheatley replaced as FIA road sport director Andrew Wheatley has left his position as FIA road sport director and will be replaced by his deputy Emelia Abel. Wheatley took over the FIA’s… Read more by Luke Barry December 5, 2024 2 min
WRC News WRC 2027 regulations set for Rally2 base Next week’s World Motor Sport Council meeting is expected to confirm radically new 2027 regulations based around Rally2 cars. In a proposal senior sources described… Read more by David Evans December 5, 2024 2 min