Стефан Петерансель пропустит «Дакар» впервые с 1994 года
14-кратный победитель ралли-марафон «Дакар» Стефан Петерансель впервые с 1994 года не примет участие в главной внедорожной гонке планеты. Французский гонщик не смог найти достойной команды, с которой мог бы выйти на старт. С 2022 года Петерансель был пилотом заводской команды Team Audi Sport, однако немецкая компания закрыла проект и оставила своих пилотов без работы. Напарники […]
Отец как сын: Йос Ферстаппен одержал впечатляющую победу на ралли
Cпустя неделю после яркой победы Макса Ферстаппена на Гран При Бразилии настала очередь Йоса Ферстаппена преподнести мастер-класс конкурентам. 52-летний экс-пилот Формулы 1 в доминирующем стиле выиграл ралли Южный Лимбург в Бельгии. По ходу трёхдневного соревнования Ферстаппен-старший за рулём Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 выиграл 11 из 12 спецучастков в общем зачёте. Ближайшему сопернику Йос привёз на […]
Hyundai’s 2025 WRC car will feature «reasonable change» as testing ramps up
Hyundai’s revised 2025 World Rally Championship car will feature “some reasonable change” as the testing phase of upgrades continued last weekend. The Korean manufacturer had planned to homologate a practically all-new version of its i20 N Rally1 for next year before plans were abandoned amid uncertainty over the 2025 regulations. Following the FIA’s U-turn on […]
WRC champion Rovanpera tests Red Bull F1 car
Reigning two-time world rally champion Kalle Rovanpera swapped a rally car for a Red Bull RB8 Formula 1 car in a test at the Red Bull Ring. Suggestions the 15-time WRC rally winner could drive an F1 car emerged earlier this season while a picture posted on his Instagram of a visit to the Red […]
What Lancia needs to do to transform its rally return to the WRC
Lancia’s sporting director Eugenio Franzetti has explained why the brand is making its rally return in Rally4 and what is required to make a comeback to the World Rally Championship. Lancia, the winner of a record 10 WRC constructors’ titles (1974-1976, 1983, 1987-1992), is set to return to the rally stages next year with its […]
WRC set to drop hybrid power in 2025
The World Rally Championship is set to drop hybrid power from its Rally1 cars, beginning from next season. The future of hybrid power in the WRC’s top class has proved to be a long-running saga this year with the debate re-ignited following a mid-season change to the hybrid unit user guide from control supplier Compact […]
When a burly Skoda challenged the WRC’s big boys
It would be all too easy for Armin Schwarz to pick the Toyota Celica GT-Four as his favourite car. After all, from a career that graced the World Rally Championship podium with four different manufacturers, it was in the Group A weapon that he claimed his only WRC victory in Catalunya in 1991. Yet the […]
FIA Rally Star initiative reveals 2025 plans
The FIA Rally Star programme will provide extra support to rising star Romet Jurgenson and has opted to retain Taylor Gill and Max Smart to contest the 2025 FIA Junior WRC. The three drivers have impressed after earning selection into the FIA’s fully-funded programme that aims to unearth future WRC talent. Jose Caparo (Peru), Gill […]
Toyota to fight for WRC title without Rovanpera in Japan
Toyota will fight for the World Rally Championship manufacturers’ crown at Rally Japan season decider without Kalle Rovanpera. Rally Japan has released its entry list for next month’s (21-24 November) title decider confirming that Toyota will field three GR Yaris Rally1 entries. Toyota’s bid to overhaul Hyundai and claim a fourth consecutive WRC manufacturers’ crown […]