He may be the long shot in a three-way title shootout, but Oliver Solberg made the perfect start to his bid for a first FIA World Rally Championship drivers’ crown by winning Thursday evening’s opening stage of Rally Italy Sardinia.

Ford Racing will return to the FIA World Rally Championship as a full factory-backed team from 2028, with an all-new WRC car set to make its competitive debut one year later.The Blue Oval announced its renewed commitment to rallying at the WRC’s season-closing Rally Italy Sardinia on Thursday, confirming that...

Three drivers who’ve yet to taste WRC drivers’ championship success will make it an all-Toyota fight for the crown when Sardinia’s all-gravel event brings the WRC season to a truncated finish following the cancellation of Rally Saudi Arabia.

The 2026 FIA World Rally Championship will end with next month’s Rally Italy Sardinia after motorsport’s global governing body, the FIA, and WRC Promoter confirmed that Rally Saudi Arabia has been cancelled.Rally Saudi Arabia, was due to run Nov. 12-15 and would have hosted the WRC finale for a second...

Kalle Rovanpera is chasing a fourth consecutive WRC victory on this weekend’s Rally Italy Sardinia, June 2-5, as his Toyota Gazoo Racing squad bids for back-to-back wins on the fast, rough and hot gravel stages of the Mediterranean island event.The 21-year-old Finn (main image) heads to the FIA World Rally...