Katsuta takes early lead after stadium super special
World Rally Championship leader Takamoto Katsuta has grabbed the early lead at Rally Islas Canarias after winning a hotly contested stadium super special stage. The 50th edition of the Spanish asphalt rally kicked off with an all-new fan friendly super special stage, held inside the 32,000 Gran Canaria football stadium, which saw crews go head-to-head across three […]
How Rally Islas Canarias could crown another new WRC winner
The 2026 World Rally Championship has already crowned a new winner in Takamoto Katsuta, and now Sami Pajari has his sights set on joining that club at this weekend’s Rally Islas Canarias. Following Katsuta’s maiden triumph in Safari Rally Kenya in March, which he followed up with another in Croatia, only four of the current crop […]
Why Dani Sordo is excited for his WRC topflight return
It has been approximately 19 months since the rally world last saw Dani Sordo contest a World Rally Championship event in a Rally1 car. But that streak ends at this weekend’s Rally Islas Canarias. The three-time winner is back competing in the WRC’s top tier for the first time since finishing second at 2024 Acropolis […]
Thierry Neuville wants to «make everyone proud again” at WRC Rally Islas Canarias
Thierry Neuville says the target for next week’s Rally Islas Canarias is to “make everyone proud again” after a mistake cost Hyundai a World Rally Championship win in Croatia. Hyundai appeared on course to claim a first win of the season last weekend, with Neuville taking a lead of more than a minute into the […]
Ott Tanak lands 2027 WRC car testing role with Toyota
Ott Tanak has taken on a test driver role at Toyota to help develop the Japanese marque’s all-new car for the 2027 World Rally Championship. As first reported by Dirtfish, Toyota has since confirmed to Motorsport.com that the 2019 world champion has joined the team to help with the development of its 2027 WRC challenger, […]
The Rally1 rookie proving he belongs in the WRC top flight
M-Sport-Ford’s new signing Jon Armstrong feels his head turning pace in Croatia last weekend has proved he belongs in the World Rally Championship’s top tier.At the start of the year, the 2025 European Rally Championship runner-up outlined that one of his objectives was to prove he deserves a place in rallying’s elite after M-Sport showed […]
Oliver Solberg crashes out on opening stage
Oliver Solberg retired from Friday’s action at the Croatia Rally after being caught out on the opening stage of the asphalt World Rally Championship event. The Monte Carlo winner clipped a bank 4.8km into the Vodice — Brest 1 (14.2km) test, which fired the car into a wild 360-degree spin. The Swede’s Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 […]
Adrien Fourmaux crashes out as Sami Pajari’s lead gets cut
Toyota’s Sami Pajari continues to lead Rally Croatia, but his overnight advantage has been cut to 12.4s over Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville, while Takamoto Katsuta lost ground in the victory fight. Pajari took an overnight lead into Saturday for the first time in his WRC career, and the Finn continued to show pace and maturity to […]
Why WRC Croatia victory was “quite special” for Takamoto Katsuta’s co-driver
Takamoto Katsuta’s World Rally Championship co-driver Aaron Johnston says it was “quite special” for an Irishman to win in Croatia on the third anniversary of Craig Breen’s passing. Former Citroen and Hyundai factory WRC driver Breen is always in the minds of the WRC service park when the championship heads to Croatia, as the much […]