The number #1 will return to the World Rally Championship for the first time since 2022 with new champion Thierry Neuville set to adopt the number for the 2025 campaign.The Hyundai driver in recent years has become synonymous with the #11 – a number which he first utilised in theContinue Reading
Kalle Rovanpera says he’s learned “many things” in 2024 and is hopeful his new found circuit racing skills can help him on asphalt World Rally Championship events in 2025.The two-time world rally champion will make a full-time return to the WRC in 2025 after a year where he expanded hisContinue Reading
Improving performance on rough gravel rallies is the main focus for Elfyn Evans in 2025 to enhance his chances of lifting a maiden World Rally Championship title.The Toyota driver finished as the WRC title runner-up for a fourth time this season after a campaign that resulted in the Welshman scoringContinue Reading
Kalle Rovanpera will kick off the 2025 season by making his 24 hour endurance racing debut in the Dubai 24 Hours ahead of the World Rally Championship opener in Monte Carlo.The two-time WRC champion will drive a Porsche 911 GT3 R for the Proton Huber Competition squad alongside fellow FinnsContinue Reading
The Dakar Rally returns to provide one of motorsport’s toughest tests for human and machine in January, with Saudi Arabia again hosting the challenge. It may not be the event it once was when run through Africa to the Senegalese capital [the event’s name gives it away] but the testContinue Reading
Hyundai Motorsport has produced a special behind-the-scenes documentary charting Thierry Neuville’s run to a maiden World Rally Championship title.Titled, “Never just win” the film has been produced in-house by Hyundai Motorsport, led by the team’s videographer Sebastian Scott and has today been released on Youtube. The documentary offers rare insights intoContinue Reading
There were no issues with Ott Tanak’s speed on his return to Hyundai’s World Rally Championship squad after a season at M-Sport, but consistency was lacking.The Estonian wasn’t always comfortable behind the wheel of a much-improved i20 N Rally1 relative to the 2022-spec car, but did tame it to hisContinue Reading
Such was his speed, Sebastien Ogier was persuaded by Toyota to extend his partial campaign to an eventual 10 rounds.The Frenchman delivered his best to score three wins, including a record-breaking sixth Portugal triumph to surpass WRC great Markku Alen. Victories in Croatia and Finland also proved vital for Toyota,Continue Reading
Kalle Rovanpera only contested seven WRC rallies in 2024, exchanging his title defence for a partial campaign to recharge his batteries and expand his horizons, but the two-time champion led them all.The 24-year-old won more events than anyone, surpassing the tally achieved in his 2023 title run, and could easilyContinue Reading
After 17 years of hard graft, Thierry Neuville can finally call himself a world rally champion. Five-times a runner-up, the Hyundai driver enjoyed a standout season by leading the championship from start to finish, a feat most recently achieved by Sebastien Ogier in 2016. Neuville scored two impressive victories, the firstContinue Reading