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The new rear wing and bumper, crafted at Ford’s motorsport development centre in Charlotte earlier this season, were tested extensively in Finland earlier this month.M-Sport's original intention had been for all three factory cars to run the update, but Motorsport.com understands a combination of wing damage and lack of availability of parts has made that impossible.The update is ... Keep reading View the full article

Motorsport.com understands the FIA is working through possible electric and hybrid options for the WRC, but so far there are no new rules in place for the beginning of the next regulatory cycle at the start of 2020. Smeets has worked in the WRC throughout his career, starting 94 rallies in a decade as a frontline co-driver, before switching to team management at Citroen and then ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Motorsport.com understands the FIA is working through possible electric and hybrid options for the WRC, but so far there are no new rules in place for the beginning of the next regulatory cycle at the start of 2020. Smeets has worked in the WRC throughout his career, starting 94 rallies in a decade as a frontline co-driver, before switching to team management at Citroen and then ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Motorsport.com understands the FIA is working through possible electric and hybrid options for the WRC, but so far there are no new rules in place for the beginning of the next regulatory cycle at the start of 2020.Smeets has worked in the WRC throughout his career, starting 94 rallies in a decade as a frontline co-driver, before switching to team management at Citroen and then ... Keep reading View the full article

Only Sebastien Ogier knew it was coming. The rest of the Rally Sweden press office was taken completely by surprise when Julien Ingrassia requested journalists move their laptops aside to make room for him to stand on a desk wearing a pair of cross-country skis. At other times he'll be brightening the FIA's post-event gatherings with a line or two of AC/DC. Or speaking about the state of his ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Only Sebastien Ogier knew it was coming. The rest of the Rally Sweden press office was taken completely by surprise when Julien Ingrassia requested journalists move their laptops aside to make room for him to stand on a desk wearing a pair of cross-country skis. At other times he'll be brightening the FIA's post-event gatherings with a line or two of AC/DC. Or speaking about the state of his ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Only Sebastien Ogier knew it was coming. The rest of the Rally Sweden press office was taken completely by surprise when Julien Ingrassia requested journalists move their laptops aside to make room for him to stand on a desk wearing a pair of cross-country skis.At other times he'll be brightening the FIA's post-event gatherings with a line or two of AC/DC. Or speaking about the state ... Keep reading View the full article

Sebastien Ogier is driving the test car on Wednesday and Thursday, with teammate Elfyn Evans already having reported his findings after driving the car in Finland earlier this week. The main element of the new aero set-up is the rear wing, which is aimed at further improving the stability and grip from the rear of the car is one of the defending champion squad's aims for the second half of the ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Sebastien Ogier is driving the test car on Wednesday and Thursday, with teammate Elfyn Evans already having reported his findings after driving the car in Finland earlier this week. The main element of the new aero set-up is the rear wing, which is aimed at further improving the stability and grip from the rear of the car is one of the defending champion squad's aims for the second half of the ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Sebastien Ogier is driving the test car on Wednesday and Thursday, with teammate Elfyn Evans already having reported his findings after driving the car in Finland earlier this week.The main element of the new aero set-up is the rear wing, which is aimed at further improving the stability and grip from the rear of the car is one of the defending champion squad's aims for the second ... Keep reading View the full article

Toyota, Citroen and Hyundai will send cars for Ott Tanak, Craig Breen and Hayden Paddon respectively to this weekend's national-level event. The gravel rally was previously used by teams to prepare for Rally Poland - which dropped off the WRC calendar for 2018 - but its fast roads will still offer teams some guidance ahead of Rally Finland.“This rally was really good for Poland,” ... Keep reading View the full article

Toyota, Citroen and Hyundai will send cars for Ott Tanak, Craig Breen and Hayden Paddon respectively to this weekend's national-level event. The gravel rally was previously used by teams to prepare for Rally Poland - which dropped off the WRC calendar for 2018 - but its fast roads will still offer teams some guidance ahead of Rally Finland. “This rally was really good for Poland,” ... ... Keep reading View the full article

Toyota, Citroen and Hyundai will send cars for Ott Tanak, Craig Breen and Hayden Paddon respectively to this weekend's national-level event. The gravel rally was previously used by teams to prepare for Rally Poland - which dropped off the WRC calendar for 2018 - but its fast roads will still offer teams some guidance ahead of Rally Finland. “This rally was really good for Poland,” ... ... Keep reading View the full article

The chatter about the route for this year's Rally GB raised a thought: what good is a visionary without a clean sheet of paper? And if supplied with paper, could the vision be found? It could, thanks to Rally GB route co-ordinator Andrew Kellitt. It's worth noting that while thinking towards blue skies, Kellitt has been rather tethered to current World Rally Championship regulations. But ... ... Keep reading View the full article

The chatter about the route for this year's Rally GB raised a thought: what good is a visionary without a clean sheet of paper? And if supplied with paper, could the vision be found?It could, thanks to Rally GB route co-ordinator Andrew Kellitt.It's worth noting that while thinking towards blue skies, Kellitt has been rather tethered to current World Rally Championship ... Keep reading View the full article

The majority of the teams are lobbying the FIA to reduce the number of test days available in the WRC – that number was raised from 42 to 55 when the 2017 cars were introduced at the start of last season. But the most innovative approach to cost reduction could come with a potential group pre-event test with all four teams running in the same area on rotated test roads – in the style of ... ... Keep reading View the full article

The majority of the teams are lobbying the FIA to reduce the number of test days available in the WRC – that number was raised from 42 to 55 when the 2017 cars were introduced at the start of last season.But the most innovative approach to cost reduction could come with a potential group pre-event test with all four teams running in the same area on rotated test roads – in the style ... Keep reading View the full article

Japan will run a candidate event in November, but Motorsport.com’s sources have indicated the event will be included on the provisional calendar presented to the FIA in the autumn.WRC Promoter has always made it clear next year’s series will go from 13 to 14 rounds, but Japan’s first return since 2010 will force out one of the European rallies – sources predict that will be the Tour ... Keep reading View the full article

Just eight of the 24 competitive stages will remain unchanged compared to the 2017 event, with new roads and reverse sections set to make up large parts of the 317-kilometre route.The biggest change is that the gruelling 50-kilometre Nambucca stage is gone, although parts of it will be used to form the Argents Hill Reserve stage, which at 28.84 kilometres will now be the longest on ... Keep reading View the full article

As Kristoffersson all but cruised to his fifth win of the campaign having fended off Andreas Bakkerud into turn one, the battle for second on the last lap of the final was drama-filled.Peugeot’s Timmy Hansen took a lap one joker to release himself from traffic and set about closing on the trio ahead, hounded by Mattias Ekstrom.His brother and teammate Kevin Hansen retired on the ... Keep reading View the full article