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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Rally Japan signs new multi-year WRC deal
Rally Japan will host a round of the World Rally Championship until at least 2028 after signing a new agreement with WRC Promoter. The new three-year agreement is set to begin from 2026 and ensures the asphalt rally will continue to be based out of Toyota City, which has hosted the event since 2022. The […]