World Rally News

Hyundai Motorsport will celebrate a decade since its inception by taking its trophy-winning rally and circuit cars to this week’s Goodwood Festival of Speed (July 13-16).

World Rally Championship leader Kalle Rovanpera has admitted to having mixed emotions after losing out to his Toyota team-mate Sebastien Ogier at the latest rounds of the FIA World Rally Championship.

Everyone who has a role to play in M-Sport Ford’s World Rally Championship campaign will be doing everything they can to help Ott Tanak get his title bid back on track on his home round next month. 

Kalle Rovanpera kicked off his quest for consecutive Safari Rally Kenya victories in perfect fashion by emerging a clear winner of this morning’s shakedown stage.

M-Sport Ford’s Ott Tanak has likened sections of this coming weekend’s Safari Rally Kenya – the seventh round of the FIA World Rally Championship – to “driving on the moon”.

A measured and patient approach is going to be crucial to success on next week’s Safari Rally Kenya, according to Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Team Principal.

Hyundai Motorsport’s recent appointment of a high-profile technical leader will allow for many of the team’s “good ideas” and “excellent intuitions” to become a reality. 

Thierry Neuville has said adopting a risk averse approach to secure his first win of the 2023 season on Rally Italia Sardegna was not an option because slower speeds amounts to a “horrible” feeling.

The first chapter of a new FIA-led initiative that is designed to unearth the next generation of rally champions has been deemed a huge success by the individual who has been tasked with overseeing its smooth operation.

Esapekka Lappi led a Hyundai Motorsport one-two on this morning’s Rally Italia Sardegna shakedown stage from Thierry Neuville in the second i20 N Rally1.

Elfyn Evans insists the disappointment of crashing out of Rally de Portugal is “behind us now” as he readies himself for one of the toughest World Rally Championship rounds on the calendar this week.

Eight-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Ogier has revealed Rally Italia Sardegna is one of the events he has “learned to love” in all the years he has been involved with the sport.

The Team Principal of Toyota Gazoo Racing believes Kalle Rovanpera’s success on Rally de Portugal could prove a watershed moment in this season’s World Rally Championship title fight.

WRC2 frontrunner Oliver Solberg says his decision to perform exhibition doughnuts at Rally de Portugal was his way of “giving something back to the fans”.

Elfyn Evans says the way in which Rally de Portugal’s roads will evolve this weekend means it is highly unlikely he will be completely happy with the set-up of his Toyota GR Yaris Rally1.

Twelve months on from missing out on a podium finish at Rally de Portugal, Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Takamoto Katsuta is confident of putting the record straight this weekend.

Peru’s Annia Cilloniz says triumphing in the FIA Rally Stars Women’s Final made her realise she has what it takes to go all the way and be a real success in the World Rally Championship.

Irishman James Fulton says that he is “ready to return” to the FIA World Rally Championship following the sudden death of his close friend and Hyundai Motorsport team-mate Craig Breen.

M-Sport Poland has handed Northern Ireland’s Jon Armstrong the honour of debuting their “comprehensively up-dated” Fiesta Rally3 Evo in the FIA European Rally Championship this weekend.  

Northern Ireland’s Kris Meeke says it was nice to finish the job he started by securing an emotional victory at Rali Terra d’Aboboreira in honour of his late friend and former team-mate, Craig Breen.

Senior representatives at the FIA World Rally Championship have thrown Rally Northern Ireland organisers a fresh lifeline by agreeing to extend the funding deadline until the end of next month.

Kris Meeke has been called up to the Team Hyundai Portugal squad for this weekend’s Rali Terras d’Aboboreira to “carry on the legacy” of his late friend and former colleague, Craig Breen. 

M-Sport Ford’s Ott Tanak has conceded he is still trying to identify the “sweet spot” of his Puma Rally1 despite taking it to second place on last weekend’s Croatia Rally.

Elfyn Evans says he was left with “pretty mixed emotions” following his Croatia Rally victory at the weekend – an event that was overshadowed by the death of fellow competitor and friend Craig Breen during a testing accident earlier this month.