WRC News How much slower will Rally1 cars be without hybrid? What’s the difference? New tires; no hybrid. Yes, but what’s the difference? It’s the question you and I have been pondering since new Rally1 rules… Read more by David Evans January 18, 2025 5 min
WRC News Will no hybrid remove a Rovanperä advantage? He might be a two-time world champion who’s already taken half a year out, but Kalle Rovanperä is still only 24. And still very much… Read more by David Evans December 20, 2024 2 min
WRC News WRC drivers deliver mixed verdict on hybrid decision World Rally Championship drivers have delivered a mixed reaction to the news that hybrids will be removed from the top-class Rally1 cars from 2025. An… Read more by Luke Barry November 29, 2024 3 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
WRC News Hybrid removed from Rally1 cars for 2025 Hybrid power will been ditched from Rally1 cars at the end of this season. The news, as predicted by DirtFish last month, came via an… Read more by David Evans November 15, 2024 2 min
WRC News Why no hybrid in WRC would worry Neuville As the World Rally Championship edges closer towards a future without hybrid, world champion elect Thierry Neuville has explained why he would prefer it stayed…. Read more by Luke Barry November 6, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Where teams stand on hybrid in the WRC The future of hybrid power in the World Rally Championship remains a question mark beyond the end of 2024. While no decision has been reached,… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 31, 2024
WRC News Why Ogier wants hybrid to stay in WRC In, out, in, out… The World Rally Championship has been a bit like the hokey cokey in recent months when it comes to the future of hybrid… Read more by Mark Paulson October 24, 2024
WRC News Hybrid could yet be dropped for WRC 2025 Hybrid could yet be dropped from 2025 Rally1 cars with a vote among World Rally Championship stakeholders expected to take place at the end of… Read more by David Evans October 9, 2024 2 min
WRC News Sordo thinks WRC would be more fun without hybrid With the World Rally Championship’s future regulations still not officially formalized, a series veteran has one suggestion. Ditch hybrid. Battling through Friday afternoon’s stages of… Read more by Luke Barry September 19, 2024 3 min
WRC News Did Sesks undermine the purpose of hybrid in WRC? When Mārtiņš Sesks’ hybrid-less Ford Puma Rally1 set the second fastest time through the 18 miles of Stańczyki on Friday morning in Poland, it raised… Read more by Mark Paulson July 10, 2024 3 min
WRC Features What is a hybrid-less Rally1 car going to be like? It’s been possible since the beginning of 2024, but Rally Poland is the first time we will see a Rally1 car competing on a round… Read more by Jon Scoltock June 26, 2024 3 min
WRC News Toyota crosses its fingers for Evans’ hybrid system Elfyn Evans is now on his third hybrid unit of the Monte Carlo Rally with Toyota crossing its fingers and hoping the system holds until… Read more by David Evans January 27, 2024 3 min
WRC Features Making the case for Rally1 non-hybrid What’s the point of a hybrid Rally1 car without hybrid? It’s very straightforward: it’s a bridge across the fairly significant gap separating the World Rally… Read more by David Evans December 18, 2023 2 min
Rally Opinion Does hybrid have a future in the WRC? The time’s right for the talking to stop. Obviously, it’s got to start again before it can stop. But next time it stops we need… Read more by David Evans August 28, 2023 3 min
WRC News Hyundai has a hybrid weakness – Abiteboul Hyundai team principal Cyril Abiteboul says the installation of the hybrid unit is a weakness of the i20 N Rally1, which is in part why… Read more by Luke Barry July 21, 2023 2 min
WRC News The FIA’s three options for WRC’s future propulsion Xavier Mestelan Pinon has sat on both sides of the fence. And the table. This week, the FIA’s technical director will sit around plenty of… Read more by David Evans May 10, 2023 3 min
