While many of the stages and surroundings on this week’s Rally Japan will be familiar, the third and final all-asphalt round of the 2026 WRC World Rally Championship will throw new curveballs for the title-chasing crews.

Thierry Neuville says his Rally Portugal victory last weekend has restored belief inside Hyundai Motorsport after a frustrating start to the 2026 FIA World Rally Championship season.

The FIA World Rally Championship's early-season pacesetters face a very different kind of test this week as Rally Portugal threatens to turn their strong positions in the points battle into a disadvantage. After five rounds, Toyota Gazoo Racing drivers Elfyn Evans (above, during shakedown), Takamoto Katsuta and Sami Pajari occupy...

WRC benchmark Sebastien Ogier headed a Toyota Gazoo Racing lockout of the top five after a near-flawless day for the GR Yaris Rally1 fleet on the race track-like asphalt of the Canary Islands Rally.The nine-time and reigning FIA World Rally Champion won four of Friday’s five all-asphalt stages to build...

Thierry Neuville says he will “keep fighting” and “come back stronger” after a dramatic final-stage mistake cost the 2024 FIA World Rally Champion a certain victory at Croatia Rally.Neuville and co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe looked set to claim their first win of the WRC season – and the first for Hyundai...

Toyota’s Takamoto Katsuta (above) snatched a dramatic WRC Croatia Rally victory on Sunday after Thierry Neuville crashed his Hyundai out of a commanding lead on the rally-ending Wolf Power Stage. Neuville had looked set to take Hyundai Motorsport’s first win of the 2026 FIA World Rally Championship season, carrying a...

Thierry Neuville moved into the Croatia Rally lead on Saturday after a brutal afternoon loop on the FIA World Rally Championship’s first pure asphalt rally of the season ripped a potential first WRC win from Sami Pajari’s grasp and transformed the shape of the fight for victory.

Sami Pajari leads the Croatia Rally after a bruising Friday opening leg turned the FIA World Rally Championship’s first pure asphalt event of the season on its head and left two of the pre-rally favorites on the sidelines.The Toyota Gazoo Racing driver completed the day’s eight special stages in the...

Just weeks after sealing a record-equaling ninth World Rally Championship, Sebastien Ogier begins his title defense on home roads with history in his sights.The 2026 WRC season starts this weekend with its most iconic event, the Monte Carlo Rally, and a victory on the often-treacherous asphalt of the Alpes Maritime...

Hyundai wants to be ready for anything, including a GT3 program with its Genesis brand.