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
WRC Opinion David Evans: The hybrid alternative WRC should consider The prospect of Rally1 cars being shorn of their 130 horses’ worth of hybrid power at the end of next season concerns me deeply. The… Read more by David Evans May 9, 2023 3 min
WRC News There’s some “sensationalism” with hybrid reliability – Millener M-Sport team principal Richard Millener feels there was a little bit of sensationalism from some ahead of Rally México regarding the reliability of the Rally1… Read more by Adam Proud March 24, 2023 2 min
WRC News An engineer’s perspective on the “conundrum” of hybrid Tom Fowler’s not often undecided. He is now. Toyota’s technical director can’t make up his mind whether he’s comfortable with next week’s step into the… Read more by David Evans March 9, 2023 3 min
WRC Opinion How the WRC can capitalize on WEC’s manufacturer boom It won’t be long before the World Rally Championship is at a crossroads. In fact, it’s already there. Where does the championship go with its… Read more by Rob Hansford January 9, 2023 5 min
WRC Opinion Toyota is showing the WRC its chance to leap forward This regulations cycle has been a strange one. Before Rally1 cars even turned a wheel in anger, the question of what would replace it had… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay August 26, 2022 3 min
WRC News Breen gets same 10s hybrid penalty as Tänak Craig Breen has been hit with the same 10-second penalty as Ott Tänak for failing to put his Ford Puma Rally1 in electric mode in… Read more by Rob Hansford July 15, 2022 2 min
WRC Features Should WRC crews be able to switch off hybrid boost? Hybrid power in the World Rally Championship has arguably been the biggest talking point of the 2022 season so far. The new cars are faster,… Read more by DirtFish Staff May 11, 2022 5 min
WRC News Latvala still pushing to compete in Rally1 car There’s nothing Jari-Matti Latvala loves more than rallying. He lives it, he breaths it, he gets it. But there’s an itch to scratch – the… Read more by Rob Hansford May 9, 2022 2 min
WRC Features Why drivers are turning their hybrid units off Turn. It. Up. For those fortunate enough to remember Formula 1 in the ’80s, those three words will forever mean one engine, one purpose and… Read more by David Evans May 9, 2022 3 min