Nine-time world champion Sebastien Loeb steps out of his Dacia rally-raid programme to contest Rallye Vosges-Grand Est in a 2017-spec Ford Fiesta WRC, his first stage-rally outing in top machinery since 2022.
Toyota leads the 2026 WRC by 127 points at halfway, but Hyundai is betting on road position and a gravel-heavy second half to fight back. Sporting director Andrew Wheatley wants to be 'as annoying as possible' to Toyota from the Acropolis onwards.
An FIA and WRC Promoter delegation begins a five-day inspection of Tennessee and Kentucky stages this weekend, with drivers and the FIA president lining up behind America's bid for a 2027 calendar slot.
Conner Martell will make his World Rally Championship debut at the Acropolis Rally in a Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale, the latest step in the storied marque's WRC comeback that already yielded a first win in 33 years.
Hankook is testing a revised hard compound for the Acropolis Rally after durability concerns in Portugal, a year on from Thierry Neuville's furious Greek puncture run.
WRC leader Elfyn Evans insists the title fight is wide open at the midpoint despite a 20-point lead, naming Oliver Solberg a live threat with seven gravel rounds left.
Elfyn Evans controlled FORUM8 Rally Japan from start to finish for his third win on the event and a stretched WRC championship lead, while Oliver Solberg explained the costly Saturday crash that ended his charge.
The Forum8 Rally Japan moves from November to a late-May slot for 2026, reshaping WRC strategy as Toyota's Elfyn Evans defends a 12-point championship lead over home favourite Takamoto Katsuta.
Hayden Paddon has returned to the World Rally Championship's top class with Hyundai eight years after walking away, and after a podium on his comeback campaign the New Zealander plans to drop his safety-first approach at Rally Japan.
Spanish outfit RMC Motorsport, in partnership with Spain's national motorsport federation RFEDA, has become the second new constructor to commit to building a Rally1 car under the FIA's 2027 World Rally Championship regulations, joining Toyota and the existing Project Rally One programme.
Ott Tanak completed his first day in Toyota WRC27 prototype on Finnish gravel as Sebastien Ogier welcomes the 2019 champion back to development duty for the marque he won the title with.
Rally Portugal organisers have launched a full investigation after two unauthorised vehicles entered the live Arganil stage on Saturday, forcing a red flag and leaving Elfyn Evans, Oliver Solberg and Yohan Rossel trading near-miss accounts of one of the most serious security breaches in recent WRC memory.
After a punishing asphalt run that handed Toyota a 1-2-3-4 in the Canaries, Hyundai is treating Rally Portugal as the real beginning of its 2026 WRC campaign — with Adrien Fourmaux, Thierry Neuville and seven-time podium finisher Dani Sordo all targeting podium pace on gravel.
Oliver Solberg was 2.2 seconds behind Sebastien Ogier and charging through Sunday morning when he ran wide at Ingenio and clipped a barrier, ending his first realistic Rally1 victory chance and gifting Ogier his first WRC win of 2026.
Takamoto Katsuta set the fastest time on the opening super special stage of Rally Islas Canarias, while veteran Dani Sordo made an emotional WRC return on home soil and Antonio Fornells crashed out early.
Spanish rally car builder RMC Motorsport has been announced as the WRC's third committed 2027 constructor, uniquely arriving with direct backing from Spain's FIA member club RFEDA.
Sebastien Ogier edged Takamoto Katsuta by 0.8 seconds on SS2 to lead a Toyota one-to-five at Rally Islas Canarias, then watched SS3 get cancelled after more than 100 spectator cars were discovered parked in a protected area.
Takamoto Katsuta leads the WRC standings into Rally Islas Canarias and has turned to Toyota stablemate Kalle Rovanpera, absent from this round, for private tutorials on the asphalt wizardry that won the Finn the event last year.
Sebastien Ogier returns to the WRC roster for Rally Islas Canarias, with Oliver Solberg and Elfyn Evans chasing tarmac redemption after crashing out in Croatia and Takamoto Katsuta defending a two-rally win streak.
Takamoto Katsuta heads into Rally Islas Canarias as World Rally Championship points leader for the first time in his career, as Toyota switch their attention from Croatia's loose-surface drama to the fast, high-grip asphalt of Gran Canaria on April 23-26.
