Hyundai will be the first World Rally Championship manufacturer to show off its 2017 car in public, when it launches the i20 WRC at the Monza Rally on Dec. 1.Next season marks the start of a new era of WRC technical regulations, with the series ready to run the fastest-ever...

Volkswagen driver Sebastien Ogier claimed his fourth World Rally Championship title with victory on Rally Catalunya.Ogier secured the title with his 37th win in the WRC, drawing level with Finns Juha Kankunnen and Tommi Makinen for championship successes.32-year-old Ogier had taken the lead of the event on Friday morning, but...

Hyundai's World Rally Championship driver line-up will remain unchanged for 2017, with Thierry Neuville having re-signed for the Korean squad.The Belgian had agreed a deal to stay on for a fourth season in an i20 WRC. Official confirmation came on Wednesday morning, just hours after Citroen announced it had signed...

Hyundai's work on its fourth rally car in as many years is nearing completion as the 2017 New Generation i20 WRC moves into its final phase of testing.The Korean manufacturer's design for the new World Rally Championship rules was run for four days on gravel last week and will now...

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...

Hyundai's 2017 World Rally Car will be based on the three-door i20 it wanted to use this season. The Korean manufacturer's current car was planned to come off the three-door platform, until it was discovered the factory couldn't produce enough cars to satisfy homologation requirements, hence this season's five-door i20...

Hayden Paddon says the Rally of Portugal fire that destroyed his Hyundai World Rally Car was far too high a price to pay for what began as a small incident.Paddon's i20 WRC was consumed by fire just minutes after he slid off the road and down a bank on the...

Thierry Neuville's Rally of Portugal preparations were interrupted when he crashed Hyundai's test car on Tuesday.The Belgian and his co-driver Nicola Gilsoul were uninjured in the crash and the team is reporting the i20 WRC has been repaired and is running again in Portugal."The accident happened this morning when Thierry...

Sport newsThe fourth round of the FIA World Rally Championship got underway last night with an all-new tarmac super special stage in the city of Cordoba, which was jointly won by Ogier and Dani Sordo. Today, however, the crews headed south to the sandy roads of the Calamuchita Valley for...

With Volkswagen committed for the long term and Toyota and Citroen coming back, the World Rally Championship is regaining manufacturer momentum. But is it sustainable this time? Just over a decade ago, the bubble burst. I remember the realization of what was coming. It was Argentina 2005 when the pieces...