World Rally News

Craig Breen looks set to contest less than half of the rounds that make up next season’s FIA World Rally Championship calendar following comments made by his Hyundai team-mate, Dani Sordo.

Ott Tanak believes joining forces with M-Sport for the 2023 World Rally Championship season is the right call and one that represents his best chance of winning the drivers’ title for a second time.

The President of the FIA believes broadening the World Rally Championship’s reach is crucial if it hopes to add to its follower base both now and in the future.

Next year’s FIA World Rally Championship calendar will comprise a total of 13 rounds, with one running across three different European countries on the same weekend.

Thierry Neuville believes the shrewd business Hyundai Motorsport bosses have performed in the driver market should help give the team “renewed impetus” to fight on all fronts next season.

Elfyn Evans says he is already putting plans in place in the hope it leads to a “much stronger” World Rally Championship campaign in 2023.

Japanese star Takamoto Katsuta will share a drive with multiple World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier following his promotion to the Toyota Gazoo Racing Team.

Hyundai Motorsport has announced its new-look driver line-up for next season’s World Rally Championship, with Esapekka Lappi and Craig Breen agreeing personal terms to join its ranks.

Craig Breen has left the M-Sport Ford World Rally Championship team just one year into his two-year contract, saying he believes the decision to be the right one for all parties.

Toyota Gazoo Racing Team Principal Jari-Matti Latvala has described Takamoto Katsuta’s third place finish on Rally Japan as an “important achievement” for him and the team’s Challenge Programme.

Rally Japan winner Thierry Neuville hopes his victory can provide a “special boost” to those working on Hyundai’s World Rally Championship programme after a difficult start to life in the sport’s new hybrid era.

Julien Moncet – Hyundai Motorsport’s Deputy Team Director – is predicting an “exciting” finale to Rally Japan, the concluding round of the 2022 FIA World Rally Championship campaign.

Craig Breen’s shunt on the opening day of Rally Japan is “frustrating” but one that has already been forgotten about, according to M-Sport Ford Team Principal Richard Millener.

Hyundai Motorsport’s interim boss believes finding the root cause of the fire that completely destroyed Dani Sordo’s car on the opening stage at Rally Japan will be virtually impossible.

The chance for Toyota and its all-conquering World Rally Championship team to compete in its own back yard in front of its home supporters is one that it “deserves”, according to one rival Team Principal.

Everyone associated with the Toyota Gazoo Racing squad arrives at Rally Japan this week with “less pressure” on their shoulders, insistsTeam Principal Jari-Matti Latvala.

A Hyundai victory on the season-ending Rally Japan would be the “spark” the Alzenau-based team needs looking ahead to the 2023 World Rally Championship campaign.

Newly crowned World Rally champion Kalle Rovanpera has revealed that he came “really close” to representing his country at this year’s FIA Motorsport Games in France.

The FIA’s Rally Director says increasing the number of manufacturers represented in the World Rally Championship remains a “long-term target” moving forward.

Sebastien Ogier has admitted to a feeling of “surprise” following his runaway success on the penultimate round of the World Rally Championship at the weekend.

Toyota Gazoo Racing Team Principal Jari-Matti Latvala has suggested that, if he had his way, he would not change the current driver line-up for next year’s FIA World Rally Championship.

Former World Rally champion Ott Tanak will leave Hyundai Motorsport at the end of the season, it has been confirmed.

With two World Rally Championship rounds remaining, Craig Breen says the objective couldn’t be any simpler: try to get the rub of the green and end the year on something of a high note.

On the eve of the current World Rally Championship season, the expectation was that M-Sport Ford would consistently challenge Toyota and Hyundai for podiums and wins at each of the thirteen rounds.