Hyundai has confirmed Dani Sordo will remain with the team for the next two World Rally Championship seasons. The 33-year-old Spaniard, who has competed at the WRC's highest level for the last 10 years, says he wants to fight for regular victories in the Korean manufacturer's i20 WRC.The 2013 Rally...

Kris Meeke's Rally Finland victory has no value and he should not take any satisfaction from it, insists Volkswagen World Rally team boss Jost Capito.The VW chief's comments continue his invective against the FIA's WRC running order regulations, which force his championship leader Sebastien Ogier to run first on the...

World Rally Championship organizers will hold talks with teams and drivers over the controversial running order regulations in Poland next month, having set an August deadline for deciding 2017 rules.The stipulation that the championship leader must run first on the road – and therefore encounter the dirtiest stage conditions –...

World Rally Champion Sebastien Ogier will miss next month's Rally Italy if his wife Andrea goes into labor with their first child.The Volkswagen driver will travel to the Sardinian round of the WRC on June 9-12, but he will have a private plane waiting at Alghero airport for the duration...

Sport newsAfter its successful move back ‘home’ to the north last year, Rally de Portugal remains based out of Matosinhos, near Porto, for the first of four European gravel rallies in this year’s FIA World Rally Championship. First held in 1967, it is one of the founding events in the...

A decision on whether to cancel this week's Rally Sweden is likely to be made on Monday.The second round of the 2016 World Rally Championship has been hit by warmer than expected temperatures, melting away snow and ice on the roads around Karlstad. Ironically, a freeze is forecast for the...

M-Sport has committed to the full 2016 World Rally Championship season as a manufacturer team.Team principal Malcolm Wilson had admitted last week that there was no guarantee M-Sport would be present on all 14 rounds, which would have left Volkswagen and Hyundai as the WRC's only manufacturer entries this season...

Volkswagen has confirmed only minor changes to its Polo R WRC on the eve of its third straight World Rally Championship title defense. The car – which has won 34 of the last 39 world rallies – will feature a strengthened front subframe with further strength also being built into...

The 2016 World Rally Championship calendar remains firmly up in the air, less than three months out from the traditional start of the season in Monte Carlo.A list of 14 events was approved and released by the World Motor Sport Council in September, but no dates were attached to locations.Teams...