WRC

The 2019 World Rally Championship finale Rally Australia has been cancelled amid concerns about the rapidly spreading fires closing in on the event’s Coffs Harbour base. Official confirmation of the decision from rally organisers is expected imminently. Autosport has seen email confirmation from rally officials to the FIA and WRC Promoter declaring the cancellation, with […]

Hyundai Motorsport has confirmed Ott Tanak will join its team for the 2020 World Rally Championship season. Autosport broke the news the Estonian would leave his current team Toyota at the end of this season last week. The recently crowned World Rally Champion joins Thierry Neuville, Dani Sordo and Sebastien Loeb for the Korean manufacturer’s […]

OTT TÄNAK BECAME THE FIRST ESTONIAN TO WIN THE FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP IN A TENSE FINALE TO SPAIN’S RALLYRACC CATALUNYA – RALLY DE ESPAÑA ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. He snatched second place in the closing Wolf Power Stage to secure the crown with a round to spare, ending a 15-year French domination by the sport’s […]

OTT TÄNAK CLINCHED A HARD-EARNED WIN AT WALES RALLY GB ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO MOVE WITHIN TOUCHING DISTANCE OF A MAIDEN FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE. His fifth victory from the last seven rounds was topped off with maximum bonus points from the final Wolf Power Stage. He will secure the crown if he wins […]

NEW ZEALAND HAS RECLAIMED ITS PLACE IN THE FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP FOR 2020 AFTER A SEVEN-YEAR ABSENCE. Rally New Zealand was named in WRC Promoter’s 14-round calendar which was confirmed today (Friday) by the FIA, world motorsport’s governing body. The gravel road rally, which will form round 10 of the WRC, will return to […]

OTT TÄNAK WON HIS THIRD CONSECUTIVE ADAC RALLYE DEUTSCHLAND ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO TAKE ANOTHER HUGE STRIDE TOWARDS A MAIDEN FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE. He survived a late scare to claim his fourth victory in five rounds, leading Toyota to its first clean sweep of the podium since 1993 and the first in the […]

HAYDEN PADDON HAS BEEN RULED OUT OF THIS WEEK’S NESTE RALLY FINLAND (1 – 4 AUGUST) FOLLOWING A TEST CRASH ON MONDAY AFTERNOON ABOARD THE FORD FIESTA WORLD RALLY CAR HE WAS DUE TO DRIVE IN JYVÄSKYLÄ. M-Sport Ford World Rally Team principal Rich Millener confirmed the Kiwi’s entry car was too badly damaged and […]