The World Rally Championship is set to feature new event formats for selected rounds next season as it looks to add more variety to its calendar.The championship has long been investigating changes to the length of its events with Rally Italy Sardinia trialling a condensed 48-hour concept earlier this year.ThisContinue Reading
Toyota has elected to replace Takamoto Katsuta with protege Sami Pajari for the next round of the World Rally Championship in Chile later this month.This is part of a decision to hand Finnish duo Pajari and co-driver Enni Malkonen a further two WRC Rally1 outings in Chile and at theContinue Reading
An enforcement of hybrid unit safety measures effective from last weekend’s Acropolis Rally could increase costs for World Rally Championship teams moving forward.Since the introduction of hybrid power to WRC Rally1 cars in 2022, engineers have been able to reset shock errors on the Compact Dynamics designed unit if theyContinue Reading
Sebastien Ogier has revealed that a puncture contributed to his final stage roll at the Acropolis Rally that has “put ourselves in a bad position” in the World Rally Championship title battle.The eight-time world champion appeared on course to finish second behind eventual winner and title rival Thierry Neuville beforeContinue Reading
Dani Sordo became the third driver to lead EKO Acropolis Rally Greece, inheriting the top spot from Hyundai team-mate Ott Tänak after the Estonian encountered trouble on Saturday morning. SourceContinue Reading
Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville has inherited the Acropolis Rally lead after team-mate Dani Sordo became the latest World Rally Championship Rally1 driver to hit trouble.Sordo had moved into the lead of the rally on the opening stage of the day when team-mate and overnight leader Ott Tanak suffered two punctures inContinue Reading
Hyundai’s Dani Sordo moved into the lead of the Acropolis Rally after World Rally Championship title contender Ott Tanak suffered a double puncture in stage seven.Tanak started Saturday with a 21.8s margin over Sordo before drama struck twice in the day’s opening stage, Rengini, 28.67km.The 2019 world champion suffered aContinue Reading
Sebastian Ogier says World Rally Championship leader Thierry Neuville should “stop crying” and “learn driving first on the road” following an eventful opening day at the Acropolis Rally.Ogier’s comments aimed at the Hyundai driver arrived after the eight-time world champion won three of the day’s six stages, starting second onContinue Reading
Sébastien Ogier holds a 5.9-second lead over Adrien Fourmaux at the midway point of Friday’s action at EKO Acropolis Rally Greece, as several of his FIA World Rally Championship title contenders were hit by mechanical woes. SourceContinue Reading
Often referred to as the ‘European Safari’ given the incredibly tough conditions, this weekend’s World Rally Championship Acropolis Rally is likely to be even tougher than its African counterpart.WRC drivers are set to face possibly the roughest Acropolis Rally in recent memory thanks to series of contributing factors that hasContinue Reading