Oliver Solberg has said making the switch to a World Rally Car was “easier” than he expected, following his first test ahead of his Arctic Rally debut in the class. The Swede experienced Hyundai Motorsport’s i20 Coupe WRC for the first time at a test in Finland on Sunday, after confirmation came last week of

Toyota young gun Kalle Rovanpera believes this month’s Arctic Finland Rally presents his best chance yet to fight for a maiden World Rally Championship victory. The series travels to the Arctic Circle for the first time later this month for the only snow event of 2021 as a replacement for the cancelled Rally Sweden. Comprising

Oliver Solberg will step up to the premier class in the World Rally Championship with Hyundai at Arctic Rally Finland. The drive is seen by Hyundai as part of the “ongoing learning curve” for the promising 19-year-old, with Solberg sharing the i20 Coupe WRC with Aaron Johnston which will be serviced by French team 2C

Elfyn Evans believes Motorsport UK has a real fight on its hands if it is to bring the World Rally Championship back to Britain.

 Earlier this month if was announced that the UK had lost its place on the calendar to Belgium’s Ypres Rally.

 The Championship has enjoyed UK representation every year since 1973, with

Elfyn Evans believes the gap to Toyota counterpart Sebastien Ogier on last weekend’s Monte Carlo Rally would have been smaller had he been able to “connect” with the new Pirelli tyres. 
The Welshman finished the season opener just over 32 seconds behind the reigning world champion Ogier after struggling to maximise the potential of Pirelli

Sebastien Ogier is “proud” to be a record-breaker like his boyhood idol, Ayrton Senna after becoming the most successful driver in Monte Carlo Rally history.

 Ogier conquered last weekend’s Monte Carlo Rally for an eighth time surpassing the seven event victories he shared with his former-Citroen team-mate and countryman, Sebastien Loeb. The 37-year-old Ogier has

Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier has begun his final World Rally Championship campaign by sealing a record eighth Monte Carlo victory and the 50th WRC win of his career. The defending drivers’ champion broke the record of seven Monte Carlo wins set by his former nemesis, Sebastien Loeb, and also equalled Walter Rohrl’s 37-year-old record of winning

Hyundai boss Andrea Adamo believes his World Rally Championship team “cannot be proud” of its Rally Monte Carlo showing so far. At the 2021 opener, Thierry Neuville and new co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe are the highest-placed i20 WRC crew in fourth place after three days of competition, seven seconds off a podium spot, while team-mate Dani

Sebastien Ogier has grabbed the lead from Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans in the Monte Carlo Rally on the third day of this year’s World Rally Championship opener. After Friday’s action, Ogier had lost half a minute following a puncture on the penultimate stage of the day, although he immediately reclaimed 16 seconds from Evans before

Hyundai’s Ott Tanak has said an error during his recce for this week’s Rally Monte Carlo is what led to his retirement in the 2021 World Rally Championship opener. The 2019 World Rally champion clipped the front-left tyre of his i20 Coupe WRC close to the start of this morning’s opening La Breole – Selonnet

Francois Delecour truly introduced himself to the top flight of the World Rally Championship at the 1991 Monte Carlo Rally with a stunning but ultimately agonising victory fight. TOM HOWARD revisits how the Frenchman came so near yet so far Lockdown isn’t much fun, but it does give motorsport fans the opportunity to dip into

Sebastien Ogier will “take more risks” to win WRC’s Rally Monte-Carlo for the eighth time after his time on Friday’s final stage moved him back into contention. Ogier lost the lead of the World Rally Championship’s season opener on the penultimate stage when the front-left tyre on his Yaris WRC punctured and cost him the

Brit Elfyn Evans holds the overnight lead in the Monte Carlo Rally after Toyota seized the initiative on the second day of this year’s World Rally Championship opener. The first two stages on Friday were held in the dark and, with uncertain conditions in the mountains, this led to plenty of hesitancy amongst the crews

The BMC Mini rally team of the 1960s revelled in the dark arts of finding every advantage available, but not everybody approved. NICK GARTON reflects on the disputed 1966 Monte Carlo Rally and argues that its vigorous scrutineering was merely fighting fire with fire The 1966 Monte Carlo Rally is probably the most debated result

Alpine Formula 1 driver Esteban Ocon says that rally drivers have “balls of steel” after gaining his first experience of the discipline on Thursday at the Monte Carlo Rally. The Frenchman drove an Alpine A110S on the first two stages of the World Rally Championship season opener as the official VIP course car, carrying his

Hyundai’s Ott Tanak has thrown down the first marker at the start of the 2021 World Rally Championship season in Monte Carlo with victory in both of Thursday’s stages. Tyres were the major talking point of the day, with Pirelli replacing Michelin as the WRC’s new control supplier. A shortage of pre-event testing in the

Toyota World Rally Championship driver Elfyn Evans says a safety-first approach is not how he plans to win the 2021 WRC title, despite it almost netting him glory in 2020. A consistent run of points scoring finishes and two victories in Sweden and Turkey meant the Welshman was tipped to become the first British WRC

Ott Tanak says he is confident of giving a better account of himself in his second World Rally Championship season at Hyundai, after a disappointing title defence in 2020. The Estonian caught many WRC paddock figures off guard when he decided to leave Toyota in the wake of his title-winning 2019 campaign and join Thierry

Toyota World Rally Championship driver Sebastien Ogier says “the most important thing” in his swansong campaign is that the series can stage a more representative season amid continued COVID-19 restrictions. The Frenchman defeated team-mate Elfyn Evans to claim his seventh world title in 2020, but after a flurry of events were cancelled due to the

Sebastien Ogier believes his final World Rally Championship season could be the most open yet, with the defending champion tipping Toyota team-mate Kalle Rovanpera to be a dark horse. Ogier’s last full season in rallying’s top division will get underway at Rallye Monte-Carlo on Thursday afternoon where the Frenchman is targeting a record-breaking eighth victory

Toyota driver Nasser Al-Attiyah says he is “not interested” in returning to the Dakar Rally if the rules are not changed to make the fight fair between buggies and 4x4s. Three-time Dakar champion Al-Attiyah suffered a second successive defeat to the JCW buggies fielded by X-raid Mini in 2021, losing out on the crown by

Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville has said he will make a decision on remaining with co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe for the remainder of the 2021 World Rally Championship after next week’s Rally Monte-Carlo. On Friday the Belgian announced that his 10-year partnership with fellow countryman Nicolas Gilsoul – which stretched back to the Intercontinental Rally Challenge – had

Stephane Peterhansel has responded to the comments made by Nasser Al-Attiyah and believes the Toyota driver lost the 2021 Dakar Rally because he was too egoistic to win the Prologue. X-raid Mini driver Peterhansel clinched a record-extending 14th Dakar title on Friday, beating Al-Attiyah by just under 15 minutes in what was effectively a two-horse

Thierry Neuville has split from long-term co-driver Nicolas Gilsoul one week before the start of the 2021 World Rally Championship season. Hyundai i20 WRC driver Neuville has entered next week’s shortened Rally Monte Carlo with Martijn Wydaeghe in the navigator’s seat. However, it has yet to be confirmed by Neuville or Hyundai Motorsport whether Wydaeghe’s

Stephane Peterhansel has secured a record-extending 14th Dakar Rally title after winning the 2021 edition of the event in Saudi Arabia, as Carlos Sainz won the final stage. Peterhansel grabbed the lead after the second of the 12 stages and never surrendered it thereafter, eventually claiming victory by 14m51s from the factory Toyota of Nasser

Dakar organisers have confirmed Pierre Cherpin has passed away following his crash on Sunday’s seventh stage of the 2021 Dakar Rally. The Frenchman, competing in his fourth Dakar and first since 2015, crashed 178km into last Sunday’s seventh Dakar stage. After being found unconscious he was rushed to hospital in Sakaka for surgery before being

Nasser Al-Attiyah secured a fifth stage win of the 2021 Dakar Rally on Thursday, but was unable to make a major dent in Stephane Peterhansel’s lead ahead of Friday’s showdown. Starting third on the road, Peterhansel grabbed an early lead in the shortened 464km test between Alula and Yanbu, heading X-raid Mini team-mate Carlos Sainz

The World Rally Championship will pay its first ever visit to the Arctic Circle at the end of next month after striking a deal with Finnish motorsport’s governing body. Arctic Rally Finland is a direct replacement for Rally Sweden, which was cancelled back in December due to troubling coronavirus case numbers in the Varmland region.

Nasser Al-Attiyah believes buggy competitors at the Dakar Rally have an inherent advantage over his Toyota Gazoo Racing squad ahead of the showdown in his victory battle with Stephane Peterhansel. The three-time Dakar winner trimmed overall leader Peterhansel’s advantage by 49 seconds on Stage 10, finishing second to Yazeed Al Rajhi on the stage, to

Overdrive Toyota driver Yazeed Al-Rajhi took top honours in Stage 10 of the Dakar Rally on Wednesday, as Nasser Al-Attiyah narrowly beat Stephane Peterhansel to second. Starting fourth in the 342km loop between Neom and Alula, Al-Rajhi snatched the lead from fellow Saudi Arabian driver Yasir Seaidan at the second waypoint and never looked back,