The latest highlights and analysis of the main rally news.
Monte-Carlo: The Legendary Rallye Returned and Ogier Dominated This year’s WRC championship got off to a solid start with the iconic Rallye Monte-Carlo, which took place in late January, on the opening round of what seems to be an exciting … Continued
Sébastien Ogier (Toyota) has won the Rally Spain WRC for the fourth time this Sunday. The Frenchman defeated Thierry Neuville (Hyundai), winner in the two previous editions, by 16.4 seconds. Kalle Rovanperä finished third, 34.5 seconds behind his French teammate, on his first … Continued
The 2020 WRC calendar was released this Friday by the International Automotive Federation (FIA). The 49th edition of the WRC is keeping its current 14 scales but it comes loaded with other important changes. Amongst the returning host countries for next year are in Kenia (Safari Rally), Japan and New Zeland which … Continued
The participation of Spaniard driver Fernando Alonso and his co-pilot Marc Coma in the Rally Morocco 2019 has been confirmed this Thursday. The famous raid will be held from the 3rd to the 9th of October at the North African country. The rider from Oviedo … Continued
French driver Sebastien Ogier has led Citroën’s 1-2 this Sunday at Rally Turkey 2019 and eleventh appointment of the World Rally Championship (WRC). Ogier has led teammate Esapekka Lappi by 34,9 seconds. Third qualified, Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai) arrived over a minute behind the winner. With this, his third victory … Continued
The twice Formula One World Champion, Fernando Alonso, continues with his training for his more than likely participation in the 2020 Dakar Rally in Arabia Saudi. After touching down at the Namibian dunes and a couple of training sessions later … Continued
The Rally Turkey 2019, eleventh appointment in the World Rally Championship calendar and one of the toughest dates of the whole circuit, is taking place next weekend (12th– 15th September). The rallies’ usual high temperatures and the abrasive and rocky tracks of the … Continued
Two weeks after his experience at the Namibian dunes, Fernando Alonso has continued with his training for his presumed participation in the Dakar 2020. The driver from Asturias has successfully completed two days of training on Monday and Tuesday (2nd and 3rd) at Szczecin, Poland. … Continued
Hyundai Motorsport has released this Tuesday its line-up for both the Spain – Catalunya and the Wales – Great Britain Rallies. Spaniard Dani Sordo is one of the drivers that will take part in the last before one race of the … Continued
Toyota WRC’s crushing 1-2-3 at the German Rally last week has given a lot to talk about at the World Rally Championship. Many rivals have been left wondering where the secret of their huge success lies. Wherever that is, they … Continued
Ott Tänak has led Toyota’s crushing 1-2-3 at the ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2019, tenth scale on the World Rally Championship calendar. Right behind the Estonian have entered his teammates, the Briton Kris Meeke (+20.8 seconds) and the Finn Jari-Matti Latvala (+36 seconds). As for the … Continued
The Rally Germany 2019, tenth appointment of the World Rally Championship (WRC) calendar, will commence this Thursday, 22nd August. The comeback to the asphalt, after five-months of racing in dirt tracks, will no doubt pose a great challenge for both vehicles and … Continued
Fernando Alonso will be taking part in the next edition of the Dakar Rally which, for the first time, will be held in Saudi Arabia. The news was released this Monday by French official Dakar broadcaster, France TV Sport. Next to him will seat … Continued
Toyota and Ott Tänak have met all expectations after winning the Rally Finland 2019 and ninth appointment of the 2019 WRC Calendar, with great authority. This is the second consecutive victory for the Estonian in Finland, who has arrived 25.6 seconds ahead of second Esapekka Lappi (Citroen). Tänak’s Scandinavian teammate, Jari-Matti Latvala, has closed the podium. A sensational result for the Japanese team, that repeats its victory of twelve months ago on the same stage. Tänak has perfectly managed his Sunday advantage by … Continued
After the summer holidays, the World Rally Championship resumes tomorrow with the ninth race of the Calendar: the Rally Finland 2019 (1st-4th August). This is one of the championship’s classics and most spectacular events and this year promises to be closer and more exciting than ever. The three drivers leading … Continued
The M-Sport World Rally Team has issued a press release to confirm that their official driver Elfyn Evans will not be taking part in Rally Finland due to a back injury. The Welshman injured his back at last week’s promotional Estonian Rally … Continued
Nasser Al-Attiyah (cars), Sam Sunderland (bikes) and Anton Shibalov (trucks) have conquered the 2019 Silk Way Rally after the final stage last Tuesday in Jiyuguan. The ninth edition of the legendary raid has come to an end after 5.000 gruelling kilometres, 2.950 of them … Continued
Toyota’s Ott Tänak has taken a dominant victory at home on board his Yaris WRC at the 2019 Rally Estonia this past Sunday. Andreas Mikkelsen, driving a Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC test unit, had to settle for second at 1.03 seconds behind … Continued
The ninth edition of the most important summer raid, the 2019 Silk Way Rally, is about to commence. The action is due to kick off on the 7th of July in Irkutsk, Russia, with the inaugural stage. The itinerary comprises 2.500 Km timed across ten stages and three different … Continued
Hyundai Motorsport announced on Tuesday its line-up for Rally Finland, nineth 2019 WRC Calendar, which is to take place from the 1st to the 4th of August. The South Korean squad will count with its main man, Thierry Neuville, as well as Norwegian pilot Andreas … Continued
Fernando Alonso has fulfilled all of his season’s commitments so far after conquering Le Mans and winning the World Endurance Championship (WEC) last Sunday. With the taste of the French champagne still lingering in his mouth, however, the Spaniard is already thinking about … Continued
Thrilling ending at the eighth appointment of the WRC calendar, Rally Italy-Sardinia, with Spaniard Dani Sordo stealing the victory from Ott Tänak at the last Special. Sordo’s first victory since 2013 came about after the Yaris belonging to the Estonian driver, who was leading the race to that point, started having suffered some … Continued
