Kalle Rovanpera described his recovery to fourth in Monte Carlo as “not a total disaster” for the start of his pursuit of a third World Rally Championship title.Rovanpera has openly admitted that Monte Carlo is not among the events that suit him, but last weekend he struggled to perform toContinue Reading
The World Rally Championship Monte Carlo opener is set for final stage showdown with 22.2s covering the top three after changeable weather conditions shook up the leaderboard.Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier is pursuing a record-extending 10th Monte Carlo win and managed to survive tricky icy conditions across the two morning stages, butContinue Reading
Gregoire Munster’s maiden World Rally Championship stage win in Monte Carlo was a “deserved” reward for both the driver and the team that worked until 3am to repair a mechanical fault.Munster was one of the star performers through Friday running as high as fourth and was on course to endContinue Reading
Yohan Rossel has laid down an emphatic marker at Rallye Monte-Carlo, storming into a commanding WRC2 lead by Friday night. SourceContinue Reading
The sound of rallying is back and echoing around the French Alps! Catch every stage live from Rallye Monte-Carlo and on demand on Rally.TV. SourceContinue Reading
New World Rally Championship tyre supplier Hankook is “100% confident” in its product ahead of its competition debut in Monte Carlo despite drivers feeling its winter tyres require more development.The Korean firm has taken over as the WRC’s control tyre supplier this year following the end of Pirelli’s four-year stint,Continue Reading
M-Sport has taken the covers off its newly liveried Ford Puma that will contest the 2025 World Rally Championship, ahead of next week’s Monte Carlo opener.The British squad has revealed a new navy blue colour scheme featuring a continuation of its association with energy drinks giant Red Bull and technologyContinue Reading
New technical regulations and a change of tyre manufacturer has made preparations for the challenging Monte Carlo Rally among the most demanding for World Rally Championship teams in recent times. Not since the introduction of the Rally1 cars in 2022 has the WRC undergone such significant changes, heaping even moreContinue Reading
Ford driver Mattias Ekstrom was fastest in the penultimate stage of Dakar Rally on Thursday, while Overdrive’s Yazeed Al-Rajhi took a decisive lead over factory Toyota rival Henk Lategan.In what was the last major test of the 2025 Dakar, competitors had to traverse 275km of dunes through the famous EmptyContinue Reading
Toyota expects the return of Kalle Rovanpera to a full-time World Rally Championship drive will make team-mate Elfyn Evans “much stronger” this year. The Japanese squad is gearing up to begin a tilt at both the drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles next week in Monte Carlo, with an expanded line-up that featuresContinue Reading