WRC News Auriol’s WRC return 30 years after becoming champion Three decades ago Didier Auriol was on top of the world. In 1994, he and Toyota combined to secure the World Rally Championship crown, bringing… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 28, 2024 2 min
Rally News Scandinavia leads as world champions retire at Rally of Nations Team Scandinavia leads the Rally of Nations general classification after the first full day of action – but Team France endured a nightmare start. Mads… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay February 25, 2024 3 min
Rally News Auriol out after stunning Rally of Nations start Former World Rally Champion Didier Auriol has retired from the Rally of Nations Guanajuato following the second superspecial in Guanajuato. The Frenchman completed the opening… Read more by David Evans February 24, 2024 3 min
Rally News All eyes on México as Rally of Nations returns next week One of world rallying’s most innovative events will return to México next week as stars of the sport arrive in León for the third Rally… Read more by David Evans February 17, 2024 5 min
WRC Features The “love-hate” Monte Carlo relationship in its fifth decade Few events generate captivating stories quite like the Monte Carlo Rally. And there are plenty of Monte stories: rallying history can be traced back to… Read more by James Bowen January 20, 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 Photos Calling home from Argentina It’s Didier. On the phone. And what a telephone. The archive at Girardo & Co. is a quite extraordinary place. It’s packed, wall-to-wall, with some… Read more by David Evans December 27, 2023
WRC Features Does Italy’s new Delta make the grade? Thirty-four years on from Didier Auriol tumbling a brand-new Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16v across Tuscany on 1989’s Rallye Sanremo, I didn’t expect to be… Read more by David Evans September 16, 2023 3 min
WRC Features The drivers with the most consecutive WRC podiums Esapekka Lappi set a new personal record for himself on the recent Rally Italy Sardinia by scoring his third consecutive World Rally Championship podium. In… Read more by Luke Barry June 15, 2023 5 min
WRC Features The World Rally champions to have driven Škodas Škoda’s rallying pulling power is greater than it’s ever been. The general vibe nowadays is if your Rally2 car isn’t a Fabia, it’s not really… Read more by Luke Barry April 2, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Your Top 50 WRC drivers: 40-31 The votes are in, and the verdict is to be delivered. We asked you to vote for who you thought was the greatest World Rally… Read more by Luke Barry December 20, 2022 3 min
WRC Features How history tells us Rovanpera will perform now he’s champion Now that Kalle Rovanperä has sewn up his first World Rally Championship title, and Toyota is on the brink of a third manufacturers’ crown in five years,… Read more by Mark Paulson October 16, 2022 5 min
WRC Features The example that’ll inspire Rovanperä’s rivals Three wins from four rallies. I know what you’re thinking. Kalle Rovanperä has already got this year’s World Rally Championship sewn up. It’s true, he… Read more by Rob Hansford May 29, 2022 5 min
WRC News Auriol completes Team France’s Rally of Nations lineup 1994 World Rally champion Didier Auriol will partner M-Sport Ford driver Adrien Fourmaux and race for Team France at this weekend’s Rally of Nations Guanajuato…. Read more by Luke Barry March 29, 2022 2 min
Rally News Auriol joins Loeb in France’s Race of Champions lineup Didier Auriol, the 1994 World Rally Champion, is making a surprise comeback to the Race of Champions showcase event this weekend as a late entry,… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay February 1, 2022 2 min
WRC Features WRC drivers to win on debut with their new team As David Evans wrote in his 2022 Monte Carlo Rally review, it’s the story that keeps on giving. Sébastien Loeb’s victory for M-Sport Ford –… Read more by Luke Barry January 25, 2022 5 min
WRC Features Inside Toyota’s banned 1996 season Twenty-five years ago, life as part of Toyota’s World Rally Championship program was very different to how it is today. Contrast the double title-winning success… Read more by Luke Barry December 27, 2021 5 min
WRC Features 10 WRC drivers who switched manufacturers mid-season The news that Teemu Suninen will drive a Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC on this year’s World Rally Championship finale at Monza has somewhat been overshadowed… Read more by Luke Barry November 6, 2021 5 min
