Esapekka Lappi led a Hyundai Motorsport one-two on this morning’s Rally Italia Sardegna shakedown stage from Thierry Neuville in the second i20 N Rally1.
Elfyn Evans insists the disappointment of crashing out of Rally de Portugal is “behind us now” as he readies himself for one of the toughest World Rally Championship rounds on the calendar this week.
Eight-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Ogier has revealed Rally Italia Sardegna is one of the events he has “learned to love” in all the years he has been involved with the sport.
The Team Principal of Toyota Gazoo Racing believes Kalle Rovanpera’s success on Rally de Portugal could prove a watershed moment in this season’s World Rally Championship title fight.
Elfyn Evans says the way in which Rally de Portugal’s roads will evolve this weekend means it is highly unlikely he will be completely happy with the set-up of his Toyota GR Yaris Rally1.
Twelve months on from missing out on a podium finish at Rally de Portugal, Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Takamoto Katsuta is confident of putting the record straight this weekend.
Peru’s Annia Cilloniz says triumphing in the FIA Rally Stars Women’s Final made her realise she has what it takes to go all the way and be a real success in the World Rally Championship.
Irishman James Fulton says that he is “ready to return” to the FIA World Rally Championship following the sudden death of his close friend and Hyundai Motorsport team-mate Craig Breen.
Eight-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Ogier insists his winning mentality has not changed despite only partaking in a partial programme with Toyota Gazoo Racing this year.
The President of Hyundai Motorsport has paid an emotional tribute to Craig Breen following his death in a testing accident on Thursday, saying he was a “phenomenal driver” and a “true lover of the sport”.
Gus Greensmith feels that “important data” has been banked from last weekend’s Quattro River Rally in Croatia, and says it puts him in a much stronger position heading to the next WRC2 round later this month.
Ott Tanak reckons the best is yet to come from M-Sport Ford’s Puma Rally1 car, especially when it comes to challenging for top honours on Tarmac rounds of the 2023 World Rally Championship.
World Rally Championship veteran Dani Sordo says a top-three finish on his return to Rally Mexico this week is the “minimum” goal he is chasing alongside navigator and countryman, Candido Carrera.
The entire Hyundai Motorsport team is “on a mission” to preserve their strong record on gravel as the FIA World Rally Championship makes its way to WRC Guanajuato Rally Mexico next week.
World Rally Championship leader Ott Tanak says his first foray onto gravel with the Puma Rally1 in the coming days should provide plenty of answers to the questions he has been fielding to his M-Sport Ford engineers in recent weeks.
Reigning World Rally Champion Kalle Rovanpera says the progress technicians and engineers have been making with Toyota’s GR Yaris Rally1 car is giving him real cause for optimism heading to Mexico.
M-Sport Ford Team Principal Richard Millener believes the decision to introduce a sound module on all Rally1 cars in the coming weeks is a “sensible and necessary requirement” from a safety perspective.
A top Northern Ireland academic has penned a white paper it is hoped can eradicate the “scourge” of online abuse and hate that currently exists across all forms of world motorsport.
More than 25% of the stage mileage that makes up the competitive route of this summer’s Secto Rally Finland - round nine of the World Rally Championship - is entirely new compared to last season, organisers have announced.
Up-and-coming co-drivers are set to benefit from “once in a lifetime opportunities” as part of a new working arrangement between Motorsport UK and World Rally Championship team, M-Sport Ford.
Takamoto Katsuta insists that he remains unfazed by the responsibility that comes with being a nominated points-scoring driver for the Toyota Gazoo Racing team on this week’s Rally Sweden.
M-Sport Ford’s Team Principal believes the work that has gone on behind the scenes in the period since Rallye Monte-Carlo last month puts their Puma Rally1 in a good place going into Rally Sweden.