WRC targets 2025 for new ‘Command Centre’ to bring fans closer to action
Dubbed the ‘Command Centre’, the concept is a part of the WRC Promoter’s plan to improve the championship’s ability to communicate unfolding stories during events to fans. The promoter has been working with teams and manufacturers to extract more data out of the cars and increase live interaction between the crews and their teams through […]
WRC champion Rovanpera reveals Le Mans ambition
The two-time WRC champion made his circuit racing debut last weekend finishing an impressive fourth and fifth in a pair of Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux races at Zandvoort. Rovanpera is this year expanding his motorsport horizons after making a decision to participate in a part-time WRC programme with Toyota ahead of a full-time return in […]
WRC champion Rovanpera reveals Le Mans ambition
The two-time WRC champion made his circuit racing debut last weekend finishing an impressive fourth and fifth in a pair of Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux races at Zandvoort. Rovanpera is this year expanding his motorsport horizons after making a decision to participate in a part-time WRC programme with Toyota ahead of a full-time return in […]
How the FIA’s U-turn delivered a much needed «rocket» for the WRC
During this period the WRC has gone full circle. There was a concept to abandon the hybrid-powered Rally1 cars entirely and install Rally2 as the top tier. There was the idea of creating a Rally2 plus category by downgrading Rally1 cars and upgrading current Rally2 cars. But on balance stability in Rally1 and Rally2 technical […]
WRC to retain hybrid-powered Rally1 cars until 2026 after FIA U-turn
As previously reported, it was widely expected that the FIA would make a U-turn on its February proposal to phase out Rally1 cars in their current guise. The decision was ratified at today’s WMSC meeting held at Samarkand, Uzbekistan. February’s proposal made by the FIA’s working group was built around a move to remove hybrid […]
WRC future regulations set to be defined after months of debate
The WRC has been working towards Tuesday’s World Motor Sport Council meeting, where several questions are expected to be answered. At the top of the agenda are the technical regulations for next year and 2026 which has sparked plenty of heated debate since the FIA unveiled its proposals for the future of the WRC in […]
WRC champion Rovanpera narrowly misses podium on circuit racing debut
The reigning two-time champion is dovetailing a partial WRC campaign with a four-round stint in the one-make Porsche series this year, with this weekend’s visit to the Dutch Grand Prix venue marking the start of his circuit racing career. The factory Toyota WRC driver finished fourth and fifth from a field of 23 cars, driving […]
The petrolhead obsession that drives WRC champion Rovanpera
Rallying, circuit racing, drifting and starring in a hip-hop video are all activities in Kalle Rovanpera’s 2024 ‘gap year’ calendar. It’s fair to say life is pretty good at the moment for the reigning two-time World Rally champion, who has rewritten the record books. The common denominator that links all of these pursuits together, even […]
Toyota hands Rally1 debut to rising WRC star in Latvia
Pajari and co-driver Enni Malkonen will step up from driving Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 car in WRC2 to pilot a fourth GR Yaris Rally1 at the gravel rally that will make its WRC debut from 18-21 July. The news comes just days after the pair claimed their second career WRC2 win after finishing sixth overall […]