World Rally News

Senior representatives at the FIA World Rally Championship have thrown Rally Northern Ireland organisers a fresh lifeline by agreeing to extend the funding deadline until the end of next month.

Kris Meeke has been called up to the Team Hyundai Portugal squad for this weekend’s Rali Terras d’Aboboreira to “carry on the legacy” of his late friend and former colleague, Craig Breen. 

M-Sport Ford’s Ott Tanak has conceded he is still trying to identify the “sweet spot” of his Puma Rally1 despite taking it to second place on last weekend’s Croatia Rally.

Elfyn Evans says he was left with “pretty mixed emotions” following his Croatia Rally victory at the weekend – an event that was overshadowed by the death of fellow competitor and friend Craig Breen during a testing accident earlier this month.

Ott Tanak has spoken publicly for the first time about how difficult it will be competing at Croatia Rally this weekend following the sudden death of Craig Breen in the country last week.

Craig Breen’s death as the result of a testing accident in the build-up to this weekend’s Croatia Rally was “instantaneous”, the Team Principal of Hyundai Motorsport has said.  

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.

Mourners who attended the funeral of Craig Breen – who lost his life in a pre-Croatia Rally testing accident last week – have heard how he succeeded in bringing “so much joy to so many people”.

Hyundai Motorsport has announced that it will wrap its two i20 N Rally1 cars in a one-off livery for this week’s Croatia Rally as a mark of respect to Craig Breen following his sudden death.

Toyota Gazoo Racing team boss Jari-Matti Latvala believes everything is in place to allow the Japanese manufacturer to enjoy “another successful weekend” on the first pure asphalt event of the season.

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”.

Tributes have been paid by Craig Breen's fellow drivers, after he tragically died aged 33.

Hyundai Motorsport has confirmed that Craig Breen has lost his life during a pre-event test for Croatia Rally.

Northern Irishman Creighton says entering this weekend’s Circuit of Ireland Rally was a no-brainer as it takes place so close to the next round of the FIA Junior World Rally Championship, which he currently leads.

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.

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.

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.

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.