WRC Features Pirelli departs WRC just as it won over its harshest critic Two years ago, Sébastien Ogier was on the warpath. He’d had to stop and change a puncture on Rally Japan’s Isegami’s Tunnel stage which had… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay December 9, 2024 5 min
WRC News Pirelli to bring the WRC back to Monza The World Rally Championship teams will return to Monza for the first time since 2021 this December thanks to Pirelli. In celebration of its four-year… Read more by Luke Barry September 23, 2024 2 min
WRC News Ogier: Sardinia punctures were not Pirelli’s fault Sébastien Ogier has never been one to shy away from voicing his opinion. For a time, running order was his major gripe. More recently, it’s… Read more by Jon Scoltock June 4, 2024 3 min
WRC News Hankook set to test asphalt Rally1 rubber Hankook will real-time test its asphalt-specification tires in Croatia for the first time this week. The Seoul-based firm ran its i*pike snow tire during the… Read more by David Evans April 4, 2024 2 min
WRC News Pirelli open to WRC comeback Pirelli’s motorsport director Mario Isola has left the door open to a potential World Rally Championship return in the future, as it enters the final… Read more by DirtFish Media February 26, 2024 2 min
WRC News Pirelli to depart WRC next season Pirelli’s time in the World Rally Championship will end at the conclusion of next season following its decision not to tender for the 2025 supply… Read more by David Evans September 16, 2023 2 min
WRC News Michelin linked to WRC return The tire war has returned to the World Rally Championship. But only for a month. Midnight Friday (European time) is the deadline for tire manufacturers… Read more by David Evans September 15, 2023 2 min
ERC News ERC adds tire manufacturer championship for 2024 It won’t just be drivers gunning for championship glory in the European Rally Championship next season, as a tire manufacturer’s trophy has been added for… Read more by Luke Barry July 13, 2023 2 min
WRC News How Pirelli is helping Rally Japan improve its show Sending cars sideways on asphalt has always been complicated if the weather’s not playing ball. It’s for that very reason that the Rally Japan organizer… Read more by David Evans May 25, 2023 2 min
WRC News Pirelli issues robust defense of tire issues Pirelli has offered a robust defence of the tire issues which affected three cars through Saturday afternoon’s Rally Sweden stages. Pirelli’s rally activity manager Terenzio… Read more by David Evans February 11, 2023 2 min
WRC News WRC teams call on Pirelli to investigate tire failures World Rally Championship teams have called on Pirelli to investigate the three tire failures which occurred during this afternoon’s Rally Sweden stages. Hyundai drivers Esapekka… Read more by David Evans February 11, 2023 2 min
WRC News Pirelli’s Monte Carlo tire predictions Has a tire ever been a bridesmaid? It has now. Or it soon will be. Its name? Sottozero. Pirelli Sottozero. Continued dry weather looks set… Read more by David Evans January 19, 2023 3 min
WRC Features Can anyone stop Rovanperä anymore? Where did Kalle Rovanperä win Rally Portugal? Take your pick. A barnstorming run through the Fafe powerstage is the obvious one. Or Sunday morning’s opener… Read more by David Evans May 22, 2022 5 min
WRC News Pirelli inspecting Portugal tire issues Pirelli is inspecting the tires which caused issues for frontrunning Rally Portugal crews through the opening afternoon of competition around Arganil. Sébastien Ogier, Ott Tänak… Read more by David Evans May 20, 2022 2 min
WRC News Pirelli revises its gravel tire for Portugal Pirelli will debut an updated tire for this weekend’s Rally Portugal, the first gravel event in the World Rally Championship since the new Rally1 cars… Read more by Rob Hansford May 17, 2022 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä calls for better Toyota tire calls World Rally Championship leader Kalle Rovanperä has called on his Toyota team to improve its weather data after it was outfoxed by Hyundai on the… Read more by Luke Barry May 1, 2022 2 min
WRC News Teams defend Pirelli over Croatia puncture situation Pirelli has drawn sympathy from key figures around the World Rally Championship service park after it came in for some criticism from drivers due to… Read more by Luke Barry April 27, 2022 3 min
WRC News Pirelli testing new hard compound tire with Rovanperä World Rally Championship leader Kalle Rovanperä is testing a new hard compound of Pirelli tire today (Thursday) in Croatia as the WRC’s exclusive tire supplier… Read more by Luke Barry April 7, 2022 2 min
