WRC News Can Ogier end an eight-year wait in Sardinia? HL Can Ogier end an eight-year wait in Sardinia? SH Superstar Frenchman has enjoyed an outstanding start to the season. Can he continue it in… Read more by David Evans May 25, 2024 2 min
WRC Features The call that changed Hannu Mikkola’s life Today would have been Hannu Mikkola’s 82nd birthday. What better way to remember and celebrate the two-time world champion than to go back in time… Read more by Jon Scoltock May 24, 2024 5 min
Rally Opinion Why 2027 has to return rallying to the people We’ve gone too far. Rally1 crossed a line. We’ve forgotten who we are, where we come from. Yes, rallying is about pushing boundaries, but it’s… Read more by Jon Scoltock May 24, 2024
WRC News Why Hannu Mikkola turned Lancia down When Audi’s senior management invited Hannu Mikkola into the office, he had an idea what was coming. This was 1986, the World Rally Championship was… Read more by David Evans May 24, 2024 3 min
WRC News Rally1 to remain until end of 2026 Rally1 cars will remain at the forefront of the World Rally Championship until the end of 2026, providing the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council agrees… Read more by David Evans May 23, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Ogier dispenses advice to winless team-mate Katsuta Takamoto Katsuta’s World Rally Championship campaign in 2024 has been a mixture of promise and frustration. Fridays have been Katsuta’s domain. He led the way… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay May 23, 2024 3 min
WRC Photos When late WRC regulation change allowed an underdog to shine How long do you need to prepare for a new set of technical regulations? Three years? Two years? One year? The current crop of World… Read more by Jon Scoltock May 22, 2024
WRC News Could Katsuta follow Rovanperä into drifting? Kalle Rovanperä has created a neat sideline for himself with his drifting exploits, but now the world rally champion is encouraging his team-mate Takamoto Katsuta… Read more by Jon Scoltock May 22, 2024 2 min
WRC Features Why Citroën is now a match for Škoda on gravel in WRC2 If there were dramatic scenes at the head of the World Rally Championship field on last week’s Rally Portugal, they were nothing compared with WRC2…. Read more by Mark Paulson May 21, 2024 3 min
WRC News Evans’ Portugal setback has a silver lining Elfyn Evans left Rally Portugal under something of a cloud. The Welshman has, however, found a silver-lining in that cloud. The Matosinhos event was not… Read more by David Evans May 21, 2024 2 min
WRC Opinion The rock, the rally and the buzz of the biz Scotland’s greatest export? You might be thinking whisky. But Villa Pouca doesn’t do a good single malt. It does McRae’s rock. Raised in Lanark and… Read more by Jon Scoltock May 20, 2024 5 min
WRC Features How Toyota can help Katsuta In the midst of a run of gravel rallies through the European late spring and early summer, the World Rally Championship events come thick and… Read more by Mark Paulson May 20, 2024 3 min
WRC Opinion Improving the WRC’s spectacle without harming competition The real rally starts tomorrow. No phrase is uttered more often on the opening day of a World Rally Championship event than this one. Opening-stage… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay May 17, 2024 5 min
WRC News Latvala: Katsuta needs to relax more After crashing out of the lead battle at Rally Portugal, you could forgive Takamoto Katsuta for wondering what exactly he has to do to get… Read more by Jon Scoltock May 17, 2024 3 min
WRC News Abiteboul: We won’t spend one euro testing a Rally1 alternative Hyundai team principal Cyril Abiteboul has talked DirtFish through the thinking behind his team’s plans not to prepare for anything other than a continuation of… Read more by David Evans May 16, 2024 3 min
WRC Features What will the FIA’s WRC promotional unit actually do? The World Rally Championship needs to reach more people. There may not yet be agreement on the direction of travel for the technical regulations, but… Read more by Jon Scoltock May 16, 2024 3 min
WRC Photos A car ahead of its time? Rally1 vs Rally2 vs Rally2-plus: it’s a major area of debate for the future of the World Rally Championship. An argument against basing the WRC’s… Read more by Mark Paulson May 15, 2024 5 min
WRC News Does part-time Rovanperä have a crashing problem? Pressure. It can make or break an athlete. Some thrive as the temperature rises, while others crumble. But, now that the pressure is off, is… Read more by Jon Scoltock May 15, 2024 3 min
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