FIA rally director Jarmo Mahonen has admitted he got this year's World Rally Championship running order regulations wrong and will oversee rule changes at Wednesday's World Motor Sport Council.This year's rules forced the championship leader to run first on the road on the Friday and Saturday of every round of...

The World Rally Championship is considering making its European events shorter in order to add more rounds to the calendar.It was revealed earlier this year that 13 countries had an active interest in running new WRC events, but China – which had to cancel its rally at short notice this...

The FIA has quashed plans for a control tire in the 2017 World Rally Championship, but admitted it remains an option for after next year.Earlier this month WRC Promoter confirmed discussions about a return to a single tire supply were ongoing. This proved controversial at a time when tire competition...

The FIA's World Motor Sport Council meeting has confirmed no privateer drivers will be allowed to enter next generation World Rally Cars in 2017. The news from the Turin meeting means private drivers must be entered on world championship rallies by a manufacturer team.The sport's governing body has been keen...

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 –...

The FIA has launched an investigation into the Rally of Portugal organizers' handling of Hayden Paddon's fiery crash last month.The Ponte de Lima stage was allowed to continue while Paddon's Hyundai burned at the side of the road.It was only stopped when Ott Tanak crashed his Ford Fiesta RS WRC...

Long-standing World Rally Championship privateer Martin Prokop has walked away from the series following the five-minute penalty he was handed ahead of the Rally Italy start.The transmission seals on the Jipocar Czech National Team's Ford Fiesta RS WRC were broken, contravening championship regulations. Team manager Quirin Muller said he had...

Sebastien Ogier's argument for rule change in the World Rally Championship has been backed by nine-time title winner Sebastien Loeb.Ogier is vehemently against the current running order rules, which force him as championship leader to drive through the stages first on the road on Friday and Saturday, sweeping clean the...

World Rally Championship teams are divided over plans to change how many drivers per squad are eligible to score on each rally.Under the current system, teams are limited to two points-scoring drivers and any additional cars are entered as separate operations.For instance, although Sebastien Ogier, Jari-Matti Latvala and Andreas Mikkelsen...

The FIA will table a proposal for the future of current specification World Rally Cars before the end of this month.The existing machinery will not be competitive against the faster and more-advanced 2017 WRC cars, but will remain homologated and therefore technically legal to compete in the World Rally Championship.Manufacturers...