World Rally News

Hyundai Motorsport’s interim chief says losing out on the drivers’ title with two rounds of this season’s World Rally Championship remaining serves as “motivation and inspiration” to all those under his stewardship.

Oliver Solberg says he will leave Hyundai Motorsport at the end of the season “on good terms” after the team confirmed it will not be renewing the young Swede’s contract.

Finland’s 20-year wait for a new World Rally champion was ended by Kalle Rovanpera as he cruised to victory on the final day of Repco Rally New Zealand.

Toyota Gazoo Racing driver Kalle Rovanpera celebrated his birthday in dream fashion on the penultimate leg of Repco Rally New Zealand by ending Saturday with a near half-minute lead to inch closer to lifting a first World Rally Championship title.

On a day that produced plenty of drama and no fewer than three different leaders, it was Ott Tanak who ended the Friday leg of Repco Rally New Zealand at the top of the time sheets.

World Rally Championship leader Kalle Rovanpera threw down the gauntlet to his Rally1 rivals on the short Repco Rally New Zealand shakedown stage.

How do you prepare for a relative unknown in the World Rally Championship? That is one of the questions surely being asked by team personnel, drivers and co-drivers ahead of Repco Rally New Zealand in just a few days’ time.

Round eleven of the FIA World Rally Championship takes teams and crews to Repco Rally New Zealand for what is arguably the most eagerly-anticipated event on the 2022 calendar - and one team could already have a march on its rivals.

Adrien Fourmaux says the decision to withdraw his entry for next week’s Repco Rally New Zealand was made “by mutual agreement” between him and the management at M-Sport Ford.

Bosses at Hyundai Motorsport resorted to deploying team tactics on the final day of Acropolis Rally in Greece to ensure Thierry Neuville led home its first 1-2-3 finish in the World Rally Championship.

The retirement of Sebastien Loeb, and a puncture that robbed his M-Sport Ford team-mate Pierre-Louis Loubet of second spot, has gifted the Acropolis Rally lead to a hard-charging Thierry Neuville.

Three-time Acropolis Rally winner Sebastien Loeb snatched top spot on the closing Friday stage and, in the process, denied M-Sport Ford team-mate Pierre-Louis Loubet the chance to hold the overnight lead for the first time in his career.

Ott Tanak enjoyed his first shakedown stage win of the 2022 World Rally Championship campaign, while the involvement of nine-time champion Sebastien Loeb was curtailed by an engine misfire.

World Rally Championship leader Kalle Rovanpera says rediscovering his stage winning form is the number one priority for him on this week’s Acropolis Rally in Greece.

What a difference a month can make in the World Rally Championship. One minute, morale is rock bottom - arguably the worst it has ever been - and the next everyone has renewed impetus, spirits lifted to new heights thanks to quick-fire wins on opposing surfaces.

Sebastien Ogier says the fact he has “unfinished business” at Rally New Zealand is the core reason why he is returning to the Auckland-based event later this month with the Toyota Gazoo Racing squad.

Ott Tanak executed his final day “action plan” to perfection in Belgium to score a third World Rally Championship victory in Hyundai Motorsport colours alongside Martin Jarveoja – and a first at Ypres Rally.

Ott Tanak was handed the reins at Ypres Rally after a mistake by Hyundai team-mate Thierry Neuville on Saturday’s penultimate stage dashed all hope of a repeat victory in front of his home supporters.

Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville caught his Rally1 rivals napping over the closing miles of Ypres Rally this afternoon to move into the lead of his home round of the World Rally Championship.

Thierry Neuville edged out his Rally1 rivals on this afternoon’s short, sharp Ardeca Ypres Rally shakedown stage by powering through it six tenths of a second quicker than anyone else.

History beckons for Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Kalle Rovanpera should he emerge victorious on Ypres Rally, with the super talented Finn saying he is “feeling good” about what this weekend has in store for him.

Hyundai Motorsport’s Thierry Neuville has spoken of his relief that the World Rally Championship is switching back to Tarmac for the first time in four months after five consecutive outings on gravel.

Oliver Solberg has received the backing of his boss at Hyundai Motorsport who has said the young Swede must be given the opportunity to “learn and improve” as World Rally Championship driver.

World Rally Championship leader Kalle Rovanpera displayed great maturity by doing “a clever job” on his home round of the series to strengthen his grip on this season’s drivers’ title.