WRC News Hyundai aiming to ‘annoy’ Toyota for rest of 2026 By every metric, Toyota beat Hyundai in the first half of the 2026 World Rally Championship. It’s won more rallies, more stages, scored more podiums… Read more by Luke Barry June 10, 2026 2 min
WRC News Will Hyundai give Paddon the gravel rally he wants? Hyundai sporting director Andrew Wheatley says there’s “no question” Hayden Paddon has done enough to earn a gravel round of the World Rally Championship –… Read more by Luke Barry June 4, 2026 3 min
WRC News Hyundai drivers relieved asphalt “nightmare” is over Hyundai’s full-time World Rally Championship drivers have spoken of their relief that sealed-surface events won’t feature in the second half of the 2026 season, after… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay June 1, 2026 3 min
WRC News Neuville still expects to struggle despite recent win Thierry Neuville still expects to struggle at this week’s Rally Japan, despite winning the latest World Rally Championship round in Portugal. The 2024 world champion… Read more by Luke Barry May 26, 2026 2 min
WRC News Neuville: This win removes our doubts All victories in the World Rally Championship are worth the same 25 points, but victory at Rally Portugal meant far more to Hyundai Motorsport than… Read more by Luke Barry May 11, 2026 3 min
WRC Podcast Andrew Wheatley’s honest take on Hyundai’s troubled 2026 Why has 2026 been such a struggle for Hyundai? What is the team’s World Rally Championship future beyond this season? How did Thierry Neuville really… Read more by DirtFish Staff May 4, 2026 10 min +
WRC News Hyundai determined to use the benefit it didn’t want Hyundai never planned to be in this championship position: 98 points adrift of Toyota, with its leading driver 42 points back in fifth. But now in… Read more by Luke Barry May 1, 2026 2 min
WRC News Hyundai targeting big fightback in Portugal Hyundai has promised to “come back absolutely fighting” when the World Rally Championship shifts to gravel and Rally Portugal in May. The i20 N Rally1… Read more by Luke Barry April 20, 2026 2 min
WRC News Paddon never thought he’d get another WRC podium When team-mate Adrien Fourmaux clattered a telegraph pole and booked himself a spot at a friendly local’s lunch table instead of into the afternoon’s stages,… Read more by Luke Barry April 14, 2026 2 min
WRC News Hyundai’s reaction to losing Croatia win on the powerstage Hyundai couldn’t believe it. Nobody could. Thierry Neuville had over one minute in hand starting the powerstage, but a mistake early on the stage –… Read more by Luke Barry April 12, 2026 3 min
WRC News Hyundai: We won’t show our full potential in Croatia Toyota’s Jari-Matti Latvala has done his best to hype Hyundai up. Now Hyundai has done its best to hype itself down. The i20 squad lands… Read more by Luke Barry April 7, 2026 3 min
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
