WRC News McErlean joins Meeke on Donegal entry list M-Sport Rally1 driver Josh McErlean has joined the fight to win this year’s Donegal International Rally, against rivals like Kris Meeke. The World Rally Championship driver… Read more by Luke Barry May 27, 2026 3 min
WRC News McErlean: It was one of the worst walls to hit in rallying On the one hand, Rally Portugal was positive for Josh McErlean. The 26-year-old led his two M-Sport team-mates Jon Armstrong and Mãrtiņš Sesks when the… Read more by Luke Barry May 14, 2026 3 min
WRC News McErlean’s well-timed step forward In 2026, one M-Sport Ford driver has had the edge over the other at each World Rally Championship event. For the first time, that driver… Read more by Luke Barry April 30, 2026 3 min
WRC News What caused Armstrong’s ‘scary’ off Jon Armstrong’s performance at Rally Islas Canarias has been a stark contrast to his World Rally Championship season so far. In his first year at the top… Read more by Luke Barry April 25, 2026 3 min
WRC News McErlean: Armstrong is a good benchmark Jon Armstrong has grabbed the limelight in the M-Sport Ford camp so far in 2026, but that’s not the disaster it might seem for team-mate… Read more by Luke Barry April 16, 2026 2 min
WRC News McErlean going back to basics for Croatia Beleaguered M-Sport Ford driver Josh McErlean says it’s time to go back to basics for next week’s Croatia Rally. The Irishman crashed at the season-opening… Read more by David Evans April 7, 2026 2 min
WRC News Millener: McErlean “can’t catch a break” right now Josh McErlean’s 2026 World Rally Championship scorecard doesn’t make for good reading so far. At the season opener he went off the road at the… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 5, 2026 3 min
WRC Podcast What’s expected of McErlean and Armstrong There are eight full-time Rally1 drivers in this year’s World Rally Championship. John Coyne has helped nurture 25% of them. It’s an incredible headline statistic,… Read more by Luke Barry February 26, 2026 5 min
WRC News M-Sport’s 24-year points-scoring run ends in Monte Carlo Jon Armstrong and Josh McErlean retired from the Monte Carlo Rally on the penultimate stage, ending M-Sport’s 24-year points-scoring run in the World Rally Championship. The… Read more by Luke Barry January 25, 2026 2 min
WRC News M-Sport reveals new livery for 2026 WRC season M-Sport has taken the covers off its 2026 World Rally Championship challenger, sporting a new livery. The Ford squad is usually the most creative WRC… Read more by Luke Barry January 14, 2026 1 min
WRC Features McErlean’s plan now he’s in Munster’s position His would appear to be one of the most precarious positions in this year’s World Rally Championship. Year one affords any driver a degree of… Read more by Luke Barry January 9, 2026 5 min
WRC News Armstrong gets Rally1 call up at M-Sport for 2026 Jon Armstrong will graduate to the World Rally Championship and the Rally1 category, competing for M-Sport alongside fellow Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy driver Josh McErlean… Read more by Luke Barry December 16, 2025 2 min
WRC News Why Sesks has been so much faster than his team-mates He was perhaps the forgotten man prior to the start. Attention was on the World Rally Championship title battle instead, or even his team-mate Nasser… Read more by Luke Barry November 27, 2025 3 min
WRC News McErlean steadily addressing his biggest weakness Drivers’ nationalities can carry assumptions with them about where they’re most comfortable in a rally car. Take newly-crowned Junior WRC champion Mille Johansson as an… Read more by Luke Barry October 30, 2025 3 min
Rally News McErlean headlines Irish show event M-Sport World Rally Championship driver Josh McErlean will be among the stars as rallying returns to Killarney Racecourse for the first time in two decades…. Read more by Luke Barry September 12, 2025 2 min
WRC News Millener’s reaction to double M-Sport retirement M-Sport’s double retirement from Saturday’s leg of Rally del Paraguay is “incredibly frustrating” and “quite deflating”, says team principal Richard Millener. Josh McErlean had been seventh… Read more by Luke Barry August 30, 2025 3 min
WRC News What caused both M-Sports to retire from Paraguay M-Sport driver Josh McErlean said he had no warning that his engine was losing oil and would lead to his retirement on the second day… Read more by Luke Barry August 30, 2025 2 min
WRC News McErlean forced out, Tänak in trouble M-Sport’s Josh McErlean retired from the second day of Rally del Paraguay on the road section with an engine that had lost all of its… Read more by Luke Barry August 30, 2025 2 min
