WRC News Mouton receives FIA lifetime achievement award Michèle Mouton has been awarded an Lifetime Achievement Award by the FIA at its 2024 prize giving ceremony in Kigali. Mouton, who served as FIA… Read more by Luke Barry December 13, 2024 2 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
WRC News Wheatley replaced as FIA road sport director Andrew Wheatley has left his position as FIA road sport director and will be replaced by his deputy Emilia Abel. Wheatley took over the FIA’s… Read more by Luke Barry December 5, 2024 2 min
WRC News FIA warns consequences for Japan after repeat safety issue FIA road sport director Andrew Wheatley says there will be consequences for Rally Japan after a non-competing car found its way onto a live stage… Read more by David Evans November 23, 2024 2 min
WRC Features How hybrid’s difficult WRC history finally ended Yes. No. Maybe. No. Yes. No. Sure? Yes. It’s no. In a line, that’s the World Rally Championship’s story of electric motors and big batteries… Read more by David Evans November 16, 2024 5 min
WRC News WRC hybrid supplier reacts to being dropped World Rally Championship hybrid supplier Compact Dynamics has told DirtFish it ‘regrets’ the FIA’s decision to end the use of its systems in Rally1 cars… Read more by David Evans November 15, 2024 3 min
World RX News World RX to get a new promoter from 2025 The World Rallycross Championship will have a new promoter in 2025, replacing Rallycross Promoter – a separate arm of WRC Promoter. Rallycross Promoter took over… Read more by Luke Barry November 13, 2024
WRC News Solberg’s Chile protest to be reheard after FIA intervention A previously rejected protest from Oliver Solberg’s Toksport team regarding a notional time assigned to WRC2 title rival Yohan Rossel will now be reheard by… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 11, 2024 3 min
WRC News Ogier: We’ve been told by the top of FIA to shut our mouths Sébastien Ogier has explained his lack of comment at stage-end interviews on Friday at Rally Chile – a response aimed squarely at the FIA. Ogier… Read more by Luke Barry September 27, 2024 3 min
WRC News WRC 2027 crunch talks include radical Rally2 overhaul The next generation of Rally1 car will come a step closer when the 2027 technical regulations are discussed by the WRC Commission meeting on Wednesday… Read more by David Evans September 7, 2024 3 min
WRC News WRC virtual chicane test draws mixed reaction The FIA has clarified the use and implementation of virtual chicanes after leading World Rally Championship drivers raised concerns about the system after the shakedown… Read more by Luke Barry July 18, 2024 5 min
WRC Opinion Has the WRC made the right decision to keep Rally1? The debate opened on the Azerbaijani shores of the Caspian Sea, reverberated around the world and was concluded in the Silk Road city of Samarkand,… Read more by David Evans June 11, 2024 5 min
WRC News FIA makes WRC U-turn as Rally1 retained until 2026 Hybrid-powered Rally1 cars will remain at the forefront of the World Rally Championship for the next two years. Tuesday’s World Motor Sport Council decision reverses… Read more by David Evans June 11, 2024 3 min
WRC News Command center will take fans to the heart of WRC More details of how the World Rally Championship plans to exploit live data and team communications on live broadcasts has emerged, with a ‘command center’… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay June 6, 2024 3 min
Rally News Helmet cams getting closer for WRC The prospect of the World Rally Championship introducing helmet cameras to the broadcast coverage is a tantalizing one for viewers and has received a positive… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon June 5, 2024 3 min
WRC News Rally1 to remain until end of 2026 Rally1 cars will remain at the forefront of the World Rally Championship until the end of 2026, providing the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council agrees… Read more by David Evans May 23, 2024 3 min
Rally Features The Spanish team grateful for Swift FIA action It’s almost impossible to get through a day without hearing another opinion on what needs to happen with Rally1 and Rally2 in the next six… Read more by David Evans May 4, 2024 2 min
WRC News WRC teams unify in call to retain Rally1 regulations Toyota, Hyundai and M-Sport Ford have collectively written to the FIA requesting current Rally1 regulations remain in place until the end of the 2026 World… Read more by David Evans April 5, 2024 2 min
