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 +
WRC Features A flavor of Canaries and its past charms Welcome home Spain. We’ve missed you. The World Rally Championship is finally back in Carlos Sainz’s backyard. Sort of. Honestly speaking, not even King Carlos’… Read more by David Evans April 22, 2025 3 min
WRC News Rally Islas Canarias 2025 data: Entry list + itinerary Gran Canaria beckons for the World Rally Championship, as the globe’s best rally drivers embark on a new adventure for world rallying. Rally Islas Canarias’… Read more by Luke Barry April 22, 2025 3 min
WRC News FIA and WRC drivers reach solution to swearing fine dispute The World Rally Drivers Alliance (WoRDA), which was formed in the aftermath of Adrien Fourmaux’s fine for swearing during this year’s Rally Sweden, has reached… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 21, 2025 3 min
WRC Features What to expect from Rally Islas Canarias In rallying, nothing is ever truly certain. But the trepidation increases when the World Rally Championship journeys to territory previously untravelled. Welcome to Rally Islas… Read more by Luke Barry April 21, 2025 3 min
WRC Features 8 of the best Rally Spains ¡España ha vuelto! After a short absence of three years, the World Rally Championship is back in Spain – a nation it first visited in… Read more by Luke Barry April 20, 2025 5 min
WRC Features The team-mate swap in an echoed WRC tale It’s a season he started as world championship favorite, but so far has yet to deliver. The expected flashes of speed have been there, but… Read more by Luke Barry April 18, 2025 3 min
