WRC News Tänak chose to leave WRC in the summer Ott Tänak has revealed he started talking about a sabbatical from the World Rally Championship before his home event in Estonia, which ran in July. Tänak… Read more by Luke Barry November 26, 2025 2 min
WRC Features Inside the WRC’s contrasting driver news Standing in a nondescript Toyota City hotel room waiting for Oliver Solberg to come back from the barbers was far from the most conventional start… Read more by David Evans November 10, 2025 3 min
WRC News Ogier could sense Tänak wasn’t happy Toyota driver Sébastien Ogier could sense Ott Tänak’s decision to step back from the World Rally Championship was coming. The two drivers – who worked… Read more by Luke Barry November 10, 2025 3 min
WRC News Fourmaux’s view on Hyundai without Tänak There’s little doubt Ott Tänak’s exit from Hyundai for the 2026 World Rally Championship season will weaken the team. Not just because Tänak is a… Read more by Luke Barry November 9, 2025 2 min
WRC News Hyundai reacts to Tänak’s decision Hyundai Motorsport president and team principal Cyril Abiteboul ‘understands’ Ott Tänak’s decision to step away from the World Rally Championship next season. Just hours after… Read more by Luke Barry November 9, 2025 2 min
WRC News Tänak to take a break from the WRC Ott Tänak will take a break from the World Rally Championship at the end of the 2025 season. The Estonian, who won the world title… Read more by Luke Barry November 9, 2025 2 min
WRC News Tänak and Neuville already focusing on 2026 Two rounds still remain of the 2025 World Rally Championship, but Hyundai drivers Ott Tänak and Thierry Neuville both have their focus on 2026 instead…. Read more by Luke Barry November 6, 2025 3 min
WRC News Abiteboul urges Tänak to stay with Hyundai in 2026 Hyundai Motorsport president Cyril Abiteboul has urged Ott Tänak to remain with his team into next year, promising great things in the 2026 season. The… Read more by David Evans November 3, 2025 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä wary of a big Ogier response It’s simultaneously the best and worst position to be in, leading a round of the World Rally Championship so comfortably on Saturday night. Best because it means… Read more by Luke Barry October 18, 2025 3 min
WRC News Wheatley joins Hyundai as WRC sporting director Andrew Wheatley will make an immediate return to the World Rally Championship service park after joining Hyundai Motorsport as the Korean firm’s sporting director. The… Read more by David Evans October 14, 2025 3 min
WRC News Tänak rules himself out of Rovanperä’s Toyota seat Ott Tänak has ruled himself out of a possible return to Toyota to replace Kalle Rovanperä next season. Rovanperä announced his retirement from the World… Read more by David Evans October 11, 2025 2 min
WRC News Tänak chooses older-spec Hyundai for Central Europe Ott Tänak will run a Monte Carlo-specification Hyundai i20 N Rally1 in Central European Rally next week, feeling it will be better suited to the… Read more by Mark Paulson October 10, 2025 3 min
WRC News Tänak won’t score Hyundai manufacturer points for rest of 2025 Ott Tänak will not score manufacturer points for Hyundai at any of the final three rounds of the 2025 World Rally Championship season. The decision,… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay September 23, 2025 3 min
WRC News What Tänak’s Chile engine failure means for CER Ott Tänak suffered a rare engine failure on Rally Chile, robbing him of the rally lead and forcing him into retirement. When he returned on… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay September 16, 2025 3 min
WRC News Why Tänak retired from Rally Chile again Ott Tänak retired from Rally Chile for a second time in order to protect his spare engine. The Estonian had been leading the 11th round… Read more by Luke Barry September 13, 2025 2 min
WRC News Tänak ’empty’ after Rally Chile retirement Hyundai star Ott Tänak says his Rally Chile retirement has left him feeling empty – and his championship challenge hanging by a thread. Tänak started… Read more by David Evans September 12, 2025 2 min
WRC News Fourmaux’s boundaries for helping Tänak’s title bid Adrien Fourmaux is happy to help Hyundai team-mate Ott Tänak in this year’s World Rally Championship title race – but not at all costs. Tänak… Read more by Luke Barry September 2, 2025 2 min
WRC News Puncture drops Tänak off the podium, Fourmaux has a scare Ott Tänak dropped out of the podium places with a puncture on the penultimate stage of Rally del Paraguay, as there was also a scare… Read more by Luke Barry August 31, 2025 2 min
