Toyota’s new World Rally Championship signing Sami Pajari has announced that Marko Salminen will be his co-driver for his first full-time season in the Rally1 class next year.Pajari has spent the last three years working alongside Enni Malkonen, but that partnership recently ended after winning…

Road order regulations appear set to remain unchanged in the World Rally Championship next year after a proposal to introduce a form of qualifying was rejected, Motorsport.com understands.The debate surrounding road position was ignited earlier this season, which prompted a proposal to alter the regulations…

It’s quite easy to marvel at the sight of a World Rally Championship car darting through narrow asphalt lanes, sliding between snow banks and surviving some of the world’s toughest rocky terrains. But exactly how are these machines built?Hyundai Motorsport has lifted the lid on…

The 2027 World Rally Championship regulations are likely to offer manufacturers a range of powertrain options and cars that will be significantly cheaper through a cost cap on components.The WRC’s 2027 ruleset for the future of Rally1 and Rally2 is expected to be revealed at…

Newly crowned world champion Thierry Neuville will headline a host of World Rally Championship stars set to compete at the Monza Rally Show next month.The event has returned this year to celebrate Pirelli’s four-year stint as the WRC’s sole tyre supplier with the championship set…

Sami Pajari has won the Junior WRC and now clinched the WRC2 crown, but the “hard work” starts now as the Finn prepares to join the World Rally Championship elite in 2025.Toyota has put its faith in Finland’s latest prospect to come from its storied…

Hyundai “needs to do better” and learn from Ott Tanak’s Rally Japan accident that contributed to a “painful” World Rally Championship manufacturers’ title defeat, according to team principal Cyril Abiteboul.The Korean marque missed out on a first manufacturers’ title since 2020 in dramatic circumstances on…

Toyota will expand its World Rally Championship entry to five cars at selected events next year following confirmation Sami Pajari will join the team for a maiden full-time Rally1 campaign.Fresh from sealing the WRC manufacturers’s title in dramatic fashion at last weekend’s Rally Japan, Toyota…

Rally Japan organisers have been fined €50,000 and issued an additional €100,000 suspended fine after an unauthorised vehicle ventured onto a live stage at the World Rally Championship season finale. A minivan entered stage 12 (Ena) on Saturday morning, forcing officials to cancel the test after…

Toyota snatching the World Rally Championship manufacturers’ crown on the final stage of the season was a great advert for rallying, according to team boss Jari-Matti Latvala. The Japanese brand overhauled an unlikely 15-point deficit to Hyundai coming into the Japan season finale, culminating in an…