Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (June 1st, 2024): The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Sport today announced that the Kingdom will stage Rally Saudi Arabia, as a round of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) from 2025 onwards*. The event will be organized by the Saudi Motorsport Company (SMC) and the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation (SAMF), under the supervision of the Ministry of Sports and in collaboration with the World Rally Championship. (more…)
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Strength of ERC Underlined By Top-Level Entry List For Season Opener
The FIA European Rally Championship continues to go from strength to strength in 2024 with a standout entry list for the season-opening event highlighting the level of interest among competing teams and drivers.
Life-Changing Junior WRC Prize Package Up For Grabs in 2024
This season’s FIA Junior ERC champion will get a gilt-edged opportunity to showcase their talent at global level following confirmation of the championship’s standout prize drive for 2025.
Whoever comes out on top of the Hankook-equipped category for Rally4 or Rally5 category cars in 2024 will secure a season in the FIA Junior WRC Championship next year.
Gil Freitas Wins Rally Madeira Legend In Ex-Petter Solberg Subaru WRC
Emotions ran high as Gil Freitas with navigator Duarte Miranda won the Rally Madeira Legend 2023 after two days of intense competition, spectacles and crowds on the road this weekend on the 27th and 28th October. (more…)
Mexico Set To Re-Join The WRC Calendar In 2023
The return of the gravel rally was announced by event organisers RallyMex on Monday although a date for next year’s event and the length of its contract is yet to be revealed. (more…)
WRC ERC: Marczyk Clear in Poland After Solans Heartbreak
Miko Marczyk is on course for victory on home soil at Orlen 78th Rally Poland after rival Nil Solans went off the road on Saturday’s penultimate test.
WRC: Masterful Kalle Rovanperä Untouchable on Friday in Croatia
Kalle Rovanperä demolished his opponents in Friday’s treacherous opening day of the Croatia Rally to build a convincing lead of more than a minute. (more…)
Tough Fight Awaits WRC Leader Kalle Rovanperä in Croatia
Kalle Rovanperä starts on the back foot this weekend as he defends an early-season FIA World Rally Championship lead in Croatia at the event that marked his low point of 2021.
The Toyota Gazoo Racing driver holds a 14-point advantage ahead of the Zagreb-based Croatia Rally (21 – 24 April), round three of the year and the first pure asphalt fixture of the new hybrid-powered era. (more…)
Elfyn Evans “Can’t Afford Too Many More Mistakes” In WRC Title Bid
Elfyn Evans says he “cannot afford too many more mistakes” as he looks to ignite his World Rally Championship campaign when the series resumes in Croatia next week. (more…)
Gearing up for a first look at the new WRC hybrid era
Stars of the FIA World Rally Championship’s ground-breaking new hybrid era will rip the wrapping from the 2022 season at a spectacular launch in Austria this weekend. For the first time, the WRC’s dramatic new-generation Rally1 cars from the three manufacturer teams will be together in Salzburg’s Hangar-7 museum as the series’ new-look sustainable future is unveiled on Saturday, January 15. Here is all you need to know: (more…)
WRC 2022 Calendar
New Zealand will make an exciting return to an enlarged FIA World Rally Championship in 2022 after the sport’s first hybrid-era calendar was unveiled last October… (more…)
Triumphant Ogier bows out with eighth WRC title in nine seasons
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia swept to a remarkable eighth FIA World Rally Championship title in nine seasons in Italy on Sunday afternoon.
The Frenchmen ended their careers together in style with victory at FORUM8 ACI Rally Monza after a thrilling showdown with Toyota Gazoo Racing team-mate Elfyn Evans. (more…)
WRC: Ogier and Evans go head-to-head as Toyota targets title treble
History repeats as Monza hosts title decider between Toyota teammates.
Sébastien Ogier and Elfyn Evans duel for the FIA World Rally Championship in a last-round shootout in Italy this weekend as the curtain closes on the World Rally Car era. (more…)
WRC Secto Automotive Rally Finland / Evans Claims Victory to Remain in Title Contention
Elfyn Evans stormed to victory at Secto Automotive Rally Finland on Sunday afternoon to keep alive his hopes of a maiden FIA World Rally Championship title. (more…)
Kalle Rovanperä Targets Double Celebration at WRC Rally Finland
Celebrating your 21st birthday by threading a state-of-the art World Rally Car along the world’s fastest rally roads in pursuit of victory in front of passionate home-town fans sounds like a comic-book story. (more…)