Your next favourite rally game – hands-on with EA SPORTS WRC
Since acquiring the WRC licence from French developer Kylotonn, hopes have been high for EA and Codemasters’ long-awaited follow-up to 2019’s DiRT Rally 2.0. The second DiRT Rally game gained a loyal, bobble-hatted fanbase thanks to its convincing recreation of driving sideways on gravel, snow and asphalt stages. Although EA SPORTS WRC isn’t a direct […]
Toyota eyeing 2024 Monte Carlo WRC round for Rally2 car debut
The Japanese marque has been developing a Rally2 version of its GR Yaris since last year as it bids to join the customer rally car market. The GR Yaris Rally2 made its public debut at Rally Japan last year and has since undergone an extensive development programme ahead of its FIA homologation, which could begin […]
Сергей Вязович: Секрет успеха — в конструкторских инновациях
Сергей Вязович — об итогах 2023 года, секретах успеха МАЗ-СПОРТавто и планах на межсезонье В 2023 году чемпионат России по ралли-рейдам в зачёте грузовиков прошёл под диктовку команды МАЗ-СПОРТавто. Белорусский коллектив выиграл все гонки, на старт которых вышел, а также покорил заветную для себя высоту и стал победителем престижного ралли-марафона «Шёлковый путь». В эксклюзивном интервью […]
Abiteboul sheds light on Lappi’s WRC future at Hyundai
The Korean marque had made a bold statement ahead of next season by re-signing 2019 world champion Ott Tanak to join the already contracted Thierry Neuville. Hyundai is yet to announce its plans for its full driver line-up for 2024 as the team continues to evaluate whether to field three cars or expand to four […]
Gill takes FIA Rally Star spoils in rally won by Tanak
The Estonian gravel rally acted as the fourth round of the FIA’s new WRC talent spotting initiative last weekend. Organised and funded by the FIA, six driver and co-driver pairings have been selected from regional finals held across the world to tackle six European rallies this year behind the wheel of an M-Sport Ford Fiesta […]
Poland to rejoin WRC calendar in 2024
As previously reported, the European nation had been tipped to secure a return to the WRC with its Masurian gravel roads last appearing in the championship in 2017. Poland has been vying to return to the WRC since it lost its place on the calendar due to repeated breaches of spectator safety. Poland’s return was […]
Hyundai announces line-up for Rally Japan WRC finale
The Spaniard will take over the i20N from Teemu Suninen, who is set to drive this month’s Central European Rally after competing last weekend’s Rally Chile, where he retired on the penultimate stage. Sordo had hinted after finishing third at Acropolis Rally in Greece last month that his next outing would be the WRC’s […]
Отт Тянак покидает M-Sport и возвращается в Hyundai в 2024 году
Эстонский чемпион мира по ралли WRC сезона-2019 Отт Тянак в 2024 году вернётся в заводскую команду Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, откуда он ушёл по окончании 2022 года в коллектив M-Sport Ford WRT. Трансфер гонщика официально подтвердили оба коллектива, задействованные в этом переходе пилота. «Этот год пролетел вместе с M-Sport Ford WRT очень быстро. Я горжусь, […]
Hyundai expects challenge to manage Neuville and Tanak in WRC 2024
Hyundai has announced that 2019 world champion Tanak will rejoin the Korean squad for the 2024 campaign, which will see the Estonian reunite with five-time WRC title runner-up Neuville. The pair were previously team-mates at Hyundai from 2020-2022. Following Tanak’s departure from Hyundai at the end of 2022, Abiteboul made it clear after taking up the […]