WRC News The tool Hyundai’s used to stay in the Safari Pick up a dictionary and look up the word busy. If there’s no reference to Saturday’s midday Safari Rally service, it’s not a proper dictionary…. Read more by David Evans March 14, 2026 3 min
WRC News Hyundai: The worst of Safari is yet to come Despite the chaotic scenes from Saturday’s morning loop of Safari Rally Kenya stages, Hyundai sporting director Andrew Wheatley says the worst is still to come…. Read more by David Evans March 14, 2026 2 min
WRC News Why all three Hyundais overheated on the same stage The opening stage of Safari Rally Kenya was responsible for Hyundai’s overheating issue on the second which affected all three cars. All three i20 N Rally1s –… Read more by Luke Barry March 12, 2026 2 min
WRC News Hyundai’s strategy for Lappi, Sordo and Paddon in 2026 Hyundai’s sporting director Andrew Wheatley has offered more insight into the driver strategy the Korean firm is deploying in this year’s World Rally Championship. Ott… Read more by David Evans March 11, 2026 3 min
WRC News Neuville finding it harder to stay motivated As a journalist, I’ve never been particularly fond of the phrase ‘a picture paints 1000 words.’ It’s not exactly the best endorsement of my chosen profession…. Read more by Luke Barry February 24, 2026 3 min
WRC News Has Hyundai’s i20 N Rally1 gone backwards? Is Hyundai going backwards? Is the i20 N Rally1 actually slower than it was this time last year? Or, has Toyota just made even greater… Read more by David Evans February 19, 2026 3 min
WRC News Lappi decided to let Fourmaux beat him As soon as the split times started rolling in, something was clearly amiss. Esapekka Lappi losing time to Adrien Fourmaux wasn’t the alarm bell –… Read more by Luke Barry February 15, 2026 3 min
WRC News The scale of Paddon’s challenge in Monte Carlo When you’re starting your first World Rally Championship event for a manufacturer in eight years, and have only driven your new car for one and… Read more by Luke Barry January 22, 2026 3 min
WRC News Neuville’s shakedown incident explained Thierry Neuville’s 2026 World Rally Championship season didn’t get off to the best of starts, with a high-profile problem on shakedown. The Hyundai driver was 10s off… Read more by Luke Barry January 21, 2026 2 min
WRC News Hyundai considered 35 drivers for its third car The 2026 return of Hayden Paddon, Esapekka Lappi and Dani Sordo to Hyundai Motorsport understandably raised questions among some of the sport’s younger drivers: why… Read more by David Evans January 17, 2026 3 min
WRC News Hyundai moves its test base from Finland to France Hyundai has switched the location of its permanent test site from Finland to the south of France. Having tested out of a central Finland base… Read more by David Evans January 6, 2026 2 min
WRC News Hyundai now certain ‘Evo’-spec i20 is step forward Andrew Wheatley is now certain that Hyundai’s evolution of its i20 N Rally1, launched at this year’s Rally Sweden, is a distinct step forward after… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay November 19, 2025 3 min
WRC News Hyundai’s options now Tänak is out for 2026 Just hours before Ott Tänak confirmed his departure from next year’s World Rally Championship, Hyundai’s sporting director Andrew Wheatley talked DirtFish through possible replacements for… Read more by David Evans November 9, 2025 2 min
WRC News Hyundai: We will be WRC champions in 2026 Hyundai’s new WRC sporting director Andrew Wheatley has set his stall out. In 2026, all guns will be blazing. In his words: “We are going… Read more by Luke Barry October 27, 2025 3 min
WRC News What Wheatley’s learned about Hyundai It’s barely been a week since Hyundai announced the appointment of former FIA road sport director Andrew Wheatley as its WRC sporting director. But that week… Read more by Luke Barry October 22, 2025 5 min
WRC News Wheatley joins Hyundai as WRC sporting director Andrew Wheatley will make an immediate return to the World Rally Championship service park after joining Hyundai Motorsport as the Korean firm’s sporting director. The… Read more by David Evans October 14, 2025 3 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 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
