FIA responds to WRC drivers’ dissent in swearing clampdown row
The FIA has reiterated its stance on drivers using “inappropriate language” but will discuss the matter with World Rally Championship competitors following their protest at Safari Rally Kenya. WRC drivers have elected to remain silent or speak in only their mother tongue during stage-end television interviews in Kenya this week, after Hyundai driver Adrien Fourmaux […]
Hyundai’s WRC future is yet to be decided
Thierry Neuville insists Hyundai is yet to decide on its World Rally Championship future, describing recent speculation the brand has already decided to leave at the end of 2025 as “unfounded”. The reigning world champion and Hyundai WRC stalwart has responded to a report in Belgian media that claims the Korean marque has already made […]
WRC drivers protest against FIA swearing ban
World Rally Championship drivers have continued their stance opposing the FIA’s move to sanction drivers for using “inappropriate language” by limiting comments in stage-end interviews at Safari Rally Kenya. Drivers refused to comment or only spoke in their mother tongue to explain why they are not commenting during stage-end interviews during Wednesday shakedown in Kenya. […]
Hyundai shelves its 2025 WRC car upgrades for Safari Rally Kenya
Hyundai insists it has made the “better choice” to contest next week’s Safari Rally Kenya without its much anticipated 2025 car update package that debuted in Sweden last month. The South Korean manufacturer will head to Africa for the toughest event on the WRC calendar with a trio of i20 N Rally1 cars competing in […]
FIA steps in after WRC fuel supplier goes into administration
Safari Rally Kenya is set to go ahead unaffected despite the World Rally Championship’s fuel supplier P1 Fuels being placed into administration. The WRC became the first FIA sanctioned world championship to move to 100% sustainable fuel after German company P1 Performance Fuels won a tender to act as the control fuel supplier, beginning in […]
engineer turned WRC competitor overnight
Last year, the World Rally Championship set out on a bold mission to unearth its next female star. This global talent search wasn’t purely focused on finding a driver who could perhaps one day follow in the footsteps of the great four-time WRC rally winner Michele Mouton; it was also intended to break down the […]
WRC drivers call on FIA president for “urgent solution” to swearing sanctions
World Rally Championship drivers have called for communication with FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem to find an “urgent solution” following the governing body’s move to sanction drivers for swearing. WRC drivers and co-drivers through the World Rally Drivers Alliance (WoRDA) have today issued a statement opposing the measures the FIA has taken to impose fines […]
WRC women’s driver development programme winner selected
Claire Schonborn has claimed a fully funded drive in the Junior World Rally Championship after winning the Beyond Rally Women’s Driver Development Programme shootout at Rally Sweden. The WRC conducted a global search to unearth the next female rally star last year with the programme reaching its culmination in Sweden. A group of 15 finalists […]
Fourmaux fined for swearing on WRC TV broadcast
Adrien Fourmaux has been fined €10,000 and hit with a further suspended €20,000 fine for using “inappropriate language” during a World Rally Championship television interview. The Hyundai driver’s comments following the end of stage 18 at Rally Sweden have been deemed to have breached FIA Article 12.2.1.l of the 2025 FIA International Sporting Code. Fourmaux […]