WRC announces expanded 14-round 2025 calendar
The World Rally Championship is set for its largest season since 2008 following the confirmation of an expanded 2025 calendar which features 14 events. As previously reported, the WRC schedule will expand next year to accommodate three new rallies, with the Canary Islands, Paraguay and Saudi Arabia joining the calendar. The schedule features five flyaways […]
Why the WRC is introducing virtual chicanes in Finland
The World Rally Championship will introduce virtual chicanes for the first time in competition at Rally Finland, in a move that has helped re-introduce the legendary Ouninpohja stage. The advancement in technology has seen virtual chicanes become more prevalent in rallying with the system already being used in various championships including the European Rally Championship […]
Rally Di Roma outlines project to secure WRC
Rally di Roma Capitale has its sights set on joining the World Rally Championship in the future with organisers “working hard” to elevate the event to rallying’s top-flight. The Italian asphalt rally, that begins in the nation’s capital city Rome, has been steadily growing in stature having earned a place on the European Rally Championship […]
Toyota reveals new liveries for WRC Rally Finland
Toyota has unveiled special liveries that will adorn entries for Kalle Rovanpera and Sebastien Ogier for next week’s World Rally Championship round in Finland. The Japanese brand will field an expanded five-car Rally1 line-up at the team’s home event with both part-time drivers Rovanpera and Ogier competing alongside full-time entrants Elfyn Evans and Takamoto Katsuta, while […]
Hyundai WRC future to be clarified “in very near future”
Hyundai is yet to commit to the 2026 World Rally Championship, but team principal Cyril Abiteboul says rallying is the «manufacturer’s roots» and he is not «over with rally». The long-term future of the Korean marque in the WRC is unclear with the brand understood to be gearing up to join the World Endurance Championship […]
Hyundai WRC status to be clarified “in very near future”
Hyundai is yet to commit to the 2026 World Rally Championship, but team principal Cyril Abiteboul says rallying is the «manufacturer’s roots» and he is not «over with rally». The long-term future of the Korean marque in the WRC is unclear with the brand understood to be gearing up to join the World Endurance Championship […]
M-Sport to investigate further Sesks WRC Rally1 outings
M-Sport will investigate further opportunities to field Martins Sesks in the World Rally Championship following stunning displays in Poland and Latvia. Sesks made his Rally1 debut with the Ford team as part of a two-round agreement facilitated by the WRC Promoter and partners of last year’s European Rally Championship runner-up. The Latvian made an immediate […]
The father-son bond that extends to the WRC stages
“I really wanted him to be a good footballer, but it didn’t work out. There was absolutely no expectations whatsoever from my behalf, for him to ever become a professional driver. I’m very proud obviously, he’s surpassed my expectations many years ago and still going strong.” The words are those of Gwyndaf Evans, who speaks […]
Should the WRC re-introduce qualifying? The teams have their say
There were perhaps only two words mentioned more than ‘Martins’ and ‘Sesks’ when the World Rally Championship visited Latvia last weekend, and those were ‘road position’. Championship leader Thierry Neuville reignited a debate surrounding how the WRC determines the road order for rallies. The very nature of rallying means that someone is always going to […]