WRC Features How Toyota transformed its Yaris without a test Everything was stacked against Toyota ahead of round six last week. It had no test, no workable shakedown and the previous event in Portugal had… Read more by David Evans June 12, 2025 3 min
WRC News Why WRC 2027 is a golden opportunity for privateers On the day the FIA provided more detail about the World Rally Championship’s next homologation cycle, Toyota technical director Tom Fowler has told DirtFish he… Read more by David Evans June 10, 2025 5 min
WRC News Why Ogier’s predicting a fascinating rest of season Sébastien Ogier holds attention – when he talks, you listen. And it’s good news we’re about to hear, as the eight-time world champion is predicting… Read more by Luke Barry May 30, 2025 3 min
WRC News Greensmith calls for Škoda improvement ‘quickly’ Gus Greensmith has called on Škoda to act quickly as it attempts to claw back its pace to the class-leading Toyota GR Yaris Rally2. Greensmith… Read more by Mark Paulson May 28, 2025 3 min
WRC News Ogier finding it harder to win rallies Sébastien Ogier is finding it harder to win World Rally Championship rallies than ever before in his career. Ogier and co-driver Vincent Landais secured an… Read more by Luke Barry May 20, 2025 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä mounts late bid for Portugal victory Sébastien Ogier remains atop the Rally Portugal standings with three stages to go, though an emphatic stage win on Paredes from Kalle Rovanperä has cut… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay May 18, 2025 3 min
WRC News Ogier faces his biggest physical struggle ever on a rally The drivers had warned ahead of time: Rally Portugal’s 15-hour Friday itinerary is going to be punishing. While the stage mileage wasn’t far beyond a… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay May 17, 2025 2 min
WRC News Tänak power steering failure hands Ogier Portugal lead Ott Tänak’s 15-stage streak at the head of the Rally Portugal field is over, as a power steering failure aboard his Hyundai i20 N Rally1… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay May 17, 2025 3 min
WRC News Tänak fends off Ogier’s challenge for Portugal lead Ott Tänak has successfully fended off Sébastien Ogier’s challenge for the lead of Rally Portugal, taking a crucial stage win on Amarante to bounce back… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay May 17, 2025 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä questions Portugal itinerary, Tänak extends lead Ott Tänak has extended his Rally Portugal lead to seven seconds after Portugal’s arduous Friday, fending off Toyota’s challenge alone after Hyundai team-mate Adrien Fourmaux’s… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay May 16, 2025 3 min
WRC News Toyota: Our domination so far is ‘irrelevant’ Toyota’s domination of the early part of the 2025 World Rally Championship season means little as the series heads west for this week’s Rally Portugal,… Read more by David Evans May 12, 2025 2 min
WRC News Toyota drivers grateful to be listened to Sébastien Ogier has led calls of gratitude from the Toyota drivers after the team opted to change livery for the summer months. Starting from next… Read more by Luke Barry May 6, 2025 2 min
Dakar News Wilson: What the WRC should learn from W2RC It wasn’t so long ago that the World Rally Championship seemed to be entering a new golden age. The regulation change ahead of the 2017… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon May 6, 2025 3 min
News Al-Attiyah dominates ‘WRC ready’ Rally Saudi Arabia Nineteen-time Middle East Rally Champion Nasser Al-Attiyah is targeting a return to the sport’s top-flight for November’s World Rally Championship-qualifying Rally Saudi Arabia. The Qatari,… Read more by David Evans May 3, 2025 3 min
WRC News Kankkunen: This is the best team I’ve been a part of It’s been over 40 years since four-time world champion Juha Kankkunen entered the first phase of his driving career. But 2025 is offering the Finn… Read more by Luke Barry May 3, 2025 2 min
WRC News Toyota has a new, more aggressive WRC strategy For Sunday after Sunday early last year, Toyota watched as Hyundai reeled it in across the final day of a World Rally Championship round. On… Read more by David Evans April 30, 2025 2 min
WRC Photos Toyota changes livery for WRC summer gravel rounds Toyota has switched its livery from black to silver for the upcoming summer season of gravel rallies in the World Rally Championship. Internal cockpit temperatures… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 28, 2025 1 min
WRC News Ogier admits age is making him rethink approach to risk When Kalle Rovanperä rocked up to the finish line of the Tejeda stage on Rally Islas Canarias, there was an ominous sense of ‘business as… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 26, 2025 2 min
