WRC News Fourmaux surprised to beat Rovanperä in Monte warm-up Hyundai driver Adrien Fourmaux says he will enjoy a better Christmas after beating two-time world champion Kalle Rovanperä to victory on last weekend’s Rallye National… Read more by David Evans December 16, 2024 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä return doesn’t change stakes for Evans Elfyn Evans doesn’t see 2024 as a missed opportunity to grab a World Rally Championship title in the absence of Toyota team-mate Kalle Rovanperä, but… Read more by Luke Barry December 16, 2024 3 min
WRC Opinion Why leaving Sordo behind cost Hyundai a world title Recency bias makes troubleshooting Hyundai’s final round collapse in the World Rally Championship manufacturers’ title race slightly complicated. It would be easy to look at… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay December 15, 2024 5 min
WRC Features Inside the rebuild of a rare red Subaru Impreza 555 Ian Gwynne’s eyes are everywhere. And he’s listening intently. He’s been here before. There’s nothing new in the process, but breathing life into a Group… Read more by David Evans December 15, 2024 3 min
WRC News Mouton receives FIA lifetime achievement award Michèle Mouton has been awarded an Lifetime Achievement Award by the FIA at its 2024 prize giving ceremony in Kigali. Mouton, who served as FIA… Read more by Luke Barry December 13, 2024 2 min
WRC Video Behind the scenes with Rovanperä in Killarney Top Gun Maverick? Maybe. Gladiator II? Quite likely. But actually, the most anticipated film in years – as far as we’re concerned – is this… Read more by David Evans December 13, 2024 10 min +
WRC Features Hankook’s WRC era begins this weekend – is it ready? In an era of new eras, are you ready for the World Rally Championship’s next epoch-making moment? Step forward Hankook. And say hello to La… Read more by David Evans December 13, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Would the updated points system have changed 2024? A partial reversion to the ‘old way’ of scoring points is locked in for 2025. Changes to the points system confirmed at Wednesday’s World Motor… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay December 13, 2024 3 min
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