The WRC title balancing act facing Neuville and Hyundai in Japan
Thierry Neuville has opened up on the balancing act he faces in Japan to secure a maiden World Rally Championship crown and contribute to Hyundai’s manufacturers’ title bid. Neuville heads into the season finale as the heavy favourite to claim what would be a career-defining title, with a 25-point lead over Hyundai team-mate Ott Tanak. […]
Hyundai wants FIA to rethink 2025 air restrictor rule change
Hyundai has expressed concerns over the performance of next year’s World Rally Championship non-hybrid powered Rally1 cars and is asking the FIA to reconsider changes to the air restrictor. The FIA confirmed last week that hybrid power will be dropped from the WRC’s top tier Rally1 cars in 2025 in a move triggered by a […]
Tanak can fight “without hands tied” in WRC title decider
Ott Tanak will be able to fight “without his hands tied” at the World Rally Championship title-deciding Rally Japan, according to Hyundai team principal Cyril Abiteboul. Both the drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles will go down to the wire on Japan’s asphalt stages this weekend, with the former to be fought between Hyundai team-mates Thierry Neuville […]
Мазепин: До конца своей жизни я «Дакар» проеду точно
Экс-пилот Формулы 1 Никита Мазепин, который выиграл 5-й этап Кубка России по ралли-рейдам «Баха Астрахань — 2024», а вместе с ним и обеспечил себе победу в Кубке России, рассказал о своих планах на сезон 2025 года и в целом на ближайшую перспективу. «Сам формат соревнований, безусловно, интересный, потому что он более расслабленный по сравнению с […]
Toyota targets «almost perfect” Rally Japan to snatch WRC title
Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala believes it could take «an almost perfect» Rally Japan to wrestle the World Rally Championship manufacturers’ crown from Hyundai. The Japanese marque heads into the season finale on home soil sitting 15 points adrift of rivals Hyundai in the fight for the constructors’ honours. Toyota has claimed a manufacturers’ and […]
How losing hybrid will affect WRC Rally1 cars in 2025
Adjusting to life without hybrid power in the World Rally Championship next year won’t require «a huge amount of work» in the off-season, according to M-Sport-Ford lead engineer Tim Jackson. Last week the FIA confirmed that, as predicted, the 100kW control hybrid kits will be removed from Rally1 cars next year, having been first introduced […]
WRC drops hybrid power as part of 2025 Rally1 refresh
The World Rally Championship has announced that it will drop hybrid units from Rally1 cars in 2025. As reported by Motorsport.com earlier, the 100kW plug-in hybrid system that was first introduced in 2022 along with the current-generation Rally1 cars has been axed due to rising costs. The decision was ratified by the FIA World Motor […]
Представлен маршрут ралли-марафона «Шелковый путь-2025»
Организаторы ралли-марафона «Шелковый путь» раскрыли даты и маршрут юбилейного, 15-го издания, которое состоится в 2025 году. Крупнейший международный ралли-рейд стартует 12 июля в Иркутске в Восточной Сибири, откуда после пролога соревнования караван участников отправится к озеру Байкал, на побережье которого раскинется первый бивуак ралли. Далее спортсмены побывают в столице Бурятии, пересекут границу Монголии и посетят […]
Croatia strikes new deal to rejoin WRC in 2026
Croatia will return to the World Rally Championship calendar in 2026 after securing a new multi-year agreement. The asphalt event made its WRC debut in 2021, quickly becoming a regular hosting four editions of the event, before losing its place on the 2025 calendar. The WRC Promoter was in discussions to renew its agreement, with […]