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
WRC Features The WRC’s youngest co-driver champions Kalle Rovanperä is now comfortably the World Rally Championship’s youngest ever champion at 22 years and just one day old. You of course knew that, because… Read more by Luke Barry December 18, 2022 5 min
WRC News Race to run the FIA takes an interesting turn The race to become FIA president has taken what could be a decisive turn, with British motorsport supremo David Richards backing Mohammed Ben Sulayem rather… Read more by David Evans December 3, 2021 3 min
Extreme E News Richards slams Extreme E driving standards Prodrive boss David Richards has slammed Extreme E driving standards after Team X44 was taken out of the first Island X-Prix semifinal. Cristina Gutiérrez led… Read more by Dominik Wilde October 24, 2021 2 min
Cars News Prodrive to be featured at Goodwood Festival of Speed Prodrive is bringing a mouth-watering collection of cars to next month’s Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK, including Ari Vatanen’s 1981 World Rally Championship-winning Ford Escort… Read more by Luke Barry June 29, 2021 2 min
Dakar News Prodrive’s David Richards responds to Elena’s criticism Prodrive chairman David Richards has delivered his response to Daniel Elena’s scathing comments on being dropped from the British team’s Dakar program. Elena’s split with… Read more by David Evans March 17, 2021 3 min
WRC Features The rival visions for what the WRC should be Two decades ago, David Richards was extolling the virtues of manufacturer participation in the World Rally Championship while simultaneously restricting privateer access to the sport’s… Read more by David Evans February 12, 2021 3 min
WRC News UK rallying needs to rethink its future – Richards Motorsport UK chairman David Richards is encouraging discussion about new directions for rallying’s future, rather than “just trying to recreate the past all the time”… Read more by Ida Wood January 11, 2021 3 min
WRC Opinion Podcast: What could rallying’s green future hold? In the latest episode of SPIN, The Rally Pod, DirtFish’s Colin Clark embarks on a quest to discover what three big names in rallying over… Read more by Colin Clark January 10, 2021 10 min +
Off-Road Video Video: Why Prodrive is taking on Dakar with Loeb The Dakar Rally is one of the toughest, most demanding motorsport events in the world and, for Prodrive, it’s a challenge that is long overdue…. Read more by DirtFish Media January 9, 2021 1 min
Rally News Rallyday’s big plans for its 2021 anniversary After a season celebrating Colin McRae’s World Rally Championship, British rally fans are bracing themselves for more of the same next season as Rallyday prepares… Read more by David Evans December 27, 2020 3 min
WRC News 1995 Rewind: What Sainz and McRae have to do at the RAC Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz. Chalk and cheese. One is a brooding, deep-thinking Spaniard, the other a swashbuckling Scot. Sainz has two world titles, McRae’s… Read more by David Evans November 15, 2020 3 min
WRC Features Why Rally Italy left Sanremo for Sardinia in 2004 With hindsight, three asphalt rallies in a month was too much. Running Sanremo, Tour de Corse and Spain in four weekends was, possibly, an asphalt… Read more by David Evans June 5, 2020 5 min
Tech News Prodrive’s ventilator project ready for use Success in Africa is nothing new for Prodrive – the team guided Subaru Impreza WRCs to vicory twice on the Safari Rally in 1997 and… Read more by David Evans May 26, 2020 2 min
