WRC News Richards calls FIA president’s leadership into question Motorsport UK chairman David Richards has called FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s leadership into question after he refused to sign a confidentiality agreement before the… Read more by Luke Barry March 6, 2025 2 min
WRC News WRC working group chief: I don’t understand new points system Last week was all about the mid-term and long-term future of the World Rally Championship. David Richards was outlining the FIA WRC working group’s vision… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay March 8, 2024 3 min
WRC Opinion Can electric work in the WRC? Electrification and the World Rally Championship. We’ve been here before. Four years ago, the electric future seemed inevitable; the EV car market was growing, manufacturers… Read more by James Bowen March 7, 2024 5 min
WRC News The WRC U-turn 20 years in the making David Richards hasn’t changed his tune. He’s changed his entire playlist. Before, he was all about the central service park and a World Rally Championship… Read more by David Evans March 4, 2024 2 min
WRC News Why Rally2-plus won’t last in the WRC There was a lot to unpack in the minutes from the midweek World Motor Sport Council meeting. Hybrid out from 2025. A new Rally1 car… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay March 3, 2024 3 min
WRC News Compact Dynamics: WRC hybrid move is ‘not understandable’ His was the voice which still hadn’t been heard. For the last two days the World Rally Championship has talked of one thing: hybrid’s gone…. Read more by James Bowen March 2, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Explained: The changes to Rally1 proposed for 2026 After months of work by the FIA’s WRC Working Group, proposals for a new set of technical regulations for rallying’s top level are in motion…. Read more by Alasdair Lindsay March 1, 2024 3 min
WRC News WRC’s hybrid contract still valid until 2026 When the FIA World Motorsport Council announced its new roadmap for the World Rally Championship on Wednesday, the standout headline was obvious. Hybrid had been… Read more by James Bowen March 1, 2024 3 min
WRC News Hyundai responds to FIA’s WRC proposals Hyundai has responded to the FIA’s raft of proposals for the future of the World Rally Championship issued at this week’s World Motor Sport Council… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay March 1, 2024 2 min
WRC Opinion Unraveling the WRC’s big decision day Evolution. Not revolution. But resolution. That’s good. The FIA’s WRC Working Group has spoken. World Rally Champions turned rule makers Robert Reid and David Richards,… Read more by David Evans February 28, 2024 5 min
WRC Features Opinion How likely is Rally2 to take over the WRC? Is Rally2 really coming? Is the end nigh for the fastest rally cars in the sport’s history? Two questions which are beginning to dominate debate… Read more by David Evans January 15, 2024 5 min
WRC Features When the WRC first awarded Sunday bonus points David Richards is a man who’s rarely short of an opinion. Winning world championships from inside and outside the car – as well as holding… Read more by David Evans December 29, 2023 3 min
WRC News Halttunen calls for WRC format change Clover leaves don’t last forever, so a quarter of a century is good going. The World Rally Championship should be proud. But it’s time to… Read more by David Evans December 20, 2023 3 min
WRC Opinion Answering the president’s call It’s not often that Friday afternoon is interrupted by a call from the president. Last Friday was. Mohammed Ben Sulayem has listened. And acted. Will… Read more by David Evans December 18, 2023 2 min
WRC Opinion WRC working group must deliver the end of Rally1 Seismic moments are remembered by geography. The Geneva Convention. The Yalta Conference. The Concorde Agreement. These gatherings shaped history. Nobody forgets where it happened. Admittedly, what happened in Baku last week… Read more by David Evans December 11, 2023 5 min
WRC News Reid and Richards tasked with fixing the future of rallying Robert Reid and David Richards know all about success in the World Rally Championship – they stood together on top of the world in 2001…. Read more by David Evans December 5, 2023 2 min
Dakar News Why cross-country rallying is gaining from the WRC Prodrive Chairman David Richards believes the World Rally Championship needs to adopt a ‘fresh approach’ if it is to attract more manufacturers. Ahead of the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 16, 2023 2 min
WRC Features The WRC team Colin McRae almost ran As 2005 faded towards 2006, Škoda Motorsport’s future at the front line of the World Rally Championship looked increasingly uncertain. Behind the scenes, four people… Read more by David Evans December 26, 2022 3 min
