WRC News Why Ogier has struggled to gel with Hankook Sébastien Ogier may have won more Tarmac rounds than any of his rivals using Hankook rubber, but he’s famously never gelled with the Korean firm’s… Read more by Luke Barry June 8, 2026 2 min
WRC News Hankook addressing WRC teams’ concerns for Acropolis Hankook faces a race against time to deliver a revised specification of hard compound gravel tire in time for the Acropolis Rally later this month…. Read more by David Evans June 6, 2026 2 min
WRC Features Visiting one of the WRC’s key stakeholders Coffee is delivered by robots. Only the CEO has their own office. The test track covers 1.26 million square meters and is replicated in 8,000… Read more by David Evans May 28, 2026 5 min
WRC News Hankook makes its soft WRC tire softer Hankook is introducing a new specification of soft tire from this week’s Safari Rally Kenya, widening the window between its soft and hard compounds. Hankook –… Read more by Luke Barry March 11, 2026 2 min
WRC News Hankook answers Ogier’s criticism Hankook’s Steven Cho knew the question was coming and he wasn’t about to duck it. Typically, he offered a considered and sensible response. But it… Read more by David Evans January 28, 2026 3 min
WRC News Why Hankook has changed Chile tire allocation twice Hankook has increased the number of soft tires available at Rally Chile for a second time, upon request from a World Rally Championship manufacturer. Hankook’s… Read more by Luke Barry September 11, 2025
WRC News Hyundai suspects Finland punctures not solely down to Hankook Hyundai’s spate of punctures that derailed its podium chances on Rally Finland could be caused by the team itself, its technical director François-Xavier Demaison has… Read more by Mark Paulson August 5, 2025 3 min
WRC News Why Hankook’s not worried by Rovanperä’s struggles Another gravel rally and another underwhelming performance from Kalle Rovanperä. The two-time world champion’s fourth position on Rally Estonia was perhaps his most worrying result… Read more by Mark Paulson July 27, 2025 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä resigned to his fate Barring a single bright spot on the asphalt stages of Rally Islas Canarias, Kalle Rovanperä’s 2025 has largely been – by his own high standards… Read more by Mark Paulson July 24, 2025 3 min
WRC News The strategy call Hyundai is re-evaluating No stone is left unturned in the pursuit of performance in the World Rally Championship. That means even the decision-making process the competing crew has… Read more by Luke Barry July 13, 2025 3 min
WRC News Neuville claims Hankook ‘not at the level of the WRC’ World Rally champion Thierry Neuville has slammed Hankook for not being “at the level of the WRC” at Acropolis Rally Greece. Neuville suffered yet another… Read more by Luke Barry July 2, 2025 3 min
WRC News Neuville recounts his “dark day” Resilience might as well be trademarked by Thierry Neuville. When he eventually hangs up the helmet, it’s his dogged determination that we’ll talk about as his special… Read more by Luke Barry June 27, 2025 3 min
WRC Features What’s unusual about Hankook’s soft vs hard tires And there it is, 40 degrees. Hello three figures in Fahrenheit. There’s no doubting Sardinia was a hot one this year. Yet, with fancy Italian… Read more by David Evans June 18, 2025 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä predicts he’ll never get on with Hankooks Kalle Rovanperä has suggested he will never fully acclimatize to Hankook’s World Rally Championship gravel control tire. Hankook took over as sole tier supplier to… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay May 26, 2025 2 min
WRC News Hankook bringing an updated tire to Portugal Hankook has already updated the specification of one of its Rally1 tires in time for next week’s Rally Portugal. Taking over from Pirelli as the… Read more by Luke Barry May 8, 2025 3 min
WRC News Neuville believes Toyota has “reasonable” tire advantage Reigning world champion Thierry Neuville feels Toyota’s dominant start to the World Rally Championship season can be explained by a “reasonable advantage” it holds regarding… Read more by Mark Paulson February 26, 2025 3 min
WRC News The factor unusually coming into play in Sweden The jump between rounds one and two of the World Rally Championship is obvious. In Monte Carlo, tire choice is everything. Selecting – or gambling –… Read more by Luke Barry February 13, 2025 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä opens up on driving style struggles Kalle Rovanperä fears his struggle to adapt his driving style to the World Rally Championship’s new Hankook tires will continue at this week’s Rally Sweden…. Read more by Luke Barry February 13, 2025 3 min
